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Bowen, Colorado (other)
Bowen, Colorado may refer to: * Bowen, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA * Bowen, Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA * Bowen Mountain (Colorado) Bowen Mountain is a mountain summit in Grand County, Colorado, Grand County, Colorado, United States. Description Bowen Mountain is the seventh-highest peak of the Never Summer Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The mounta ..., USA; a summit See also * Bowen (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowen, Las Animas County, Colorado
Bowen is an extinct town located in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. History The Aylmer, Colorado, post office opened on March 23, 1900. On August 7, 1902, an explosion of dust ignited by giant powder at the Bowen Mine killed 13 people. The precise location of the town site is unknown to the GNIS, but newspaper articles reporting the 1902 Bowen Mine Explosion place the town "about a quarter of a mile below the mine", near Trinidad. The name of the Aylmer, Colorado, post office was changed to Bowen on September 18, 1906, and it remained in operation until January 15, 1929. The community took the name of Thomas F. Bowen, the owner of the Bowen Mine and a state legislator. The 1911 Colorado Business Directory described the town as "Coal mining town and station", population 200, on the Colorado and Southern Railway. See also *List of ghost towns in Colorado *List of post offices in Colorado A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowen, Rio Grande County, Colorado
Bowen is a ghost town located in Rio Grande County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. History The Bowen, Colorado, post office operated from May 1, 1883, until September 30, 1901. Bowen is mentioned, along with Bowen School, in a 1910 USGS report. Bowen Cemetery and Bowen Community United Methodist Church preserve the place name of the community. Geography Bowen is located at coordinates at an elevation of . See also *List of ghost towns in Colorado *List of post offices in Colorado A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... References External links State of ColoradoHistory Colorado [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowen Mountain (Colorado)
Bowen Mountain is a mountain summit in Grand County, Colorado, Grand County, Colorado, United States. Description Bowen Mountain is the seventh-highest peak of the Never Summer Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is set in the Never Summer Wilderness on land managed by Arapaho National Forest. It is situated along the Continental Divide with the summit offset by approximately one-half mile. Precipitation Surface runoff, runoff from the mountain's slopes drains chiefly into the Colorado River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above the Kawuneeche Valley in and above Bowen Gulch in . Etymology The mountain was named for James H. Bourn, a prospector in this area whose name was misunderstood by a county clerk. Bourn and Alexander Campbell staked a claim on the southern end of Bowen Mountain on July 10, 1875, and called it Wolverine Mine.Phyllis Perry (2011), ''Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History'', Publisher: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
