Bijou Basin, Colorado
Bijou Basin | |
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 Early El Paso County Colorado map. Bijou Basin was five miles southeast of Sidney in northeastern El Paso County | |
  Bijou Basin Location of Bijou Basin, Colorado.  Bijou Basin Bijou Basin (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 39°07′24″N 104°27′37″W / 39.1234°N 104.4602°W | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | State of Colorado |
| County | El Paso County[1] |
| Elevation | 6,400 ft (2,000 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
Bijou Basin is an extinct town located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at coordinates 39°07′24″N 104°27′37″W / 39.1234°N 104.4602°W at an elevation of 6,400 feet (2,000 m). Travelers could take post road 49 to the settlement.[2] It was located five miles southeast of another early settlement, Sidney.[3]
History
[edit]The Bijou Basin, Colorado Territory, post office operated from April 8, 1869, until March 30, 1907.[4] Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876.[5]
See also
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- Bibliography of Colorado
- Geography of Colorado
- History of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- List of Colorado-related lists
- Outline of Colorado
References
[edit]- ^ "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
- ^ George A. Crofutt (1885). Crofutt's Grip-sack Guide of Colorado: A Complete Encyclopedia of the State. Overland Publishing Company. p. 72.
- ^ "Place Names of Colorado" (PDF). Denver Public Library. p. 68. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
- ^ Ulysses S. Grant (August 1, 1876). "Proclamation 230—Admission of Colorado into the Union". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
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