Knowledge

Deora, Colorado

Source 📝

1167: 306: 58: 88: 95: 65: 741: 1035: 767: 689: 663: 395:
were described as "outlets for cream and produce and as centers for the distribution of staple groceries and gasoline." Deora's population remained small, being listed as high as 10, and as low as 4.
1256: 415: 365:
youth club was started in Deora, with 40 members. The chapter still operates, and is the largest 4-H club in the county, although the members now meet in Springfield.
1261: 1080: 937: 120: 515: 255: 369: 472: 1073: 506: 267: 403:
In the 1950s, Deora still appeared in publications of the Colorado State Planning division, listed alongside Baca communities such as
87: 1018: 57: 819: 511: 355: 1066: 870: 243: 1058: 1188: 174: 528: 309:
Baca County, Colorado, in 1921, showing the locations of Deora and Maxey in the northwestern part of the county
152: 993: 501: 1226: 715: 637: 611: 585: 305: 440: 426: 354:
The school in Deora was named Valley View school. In 1927, the teacher assigned to Deora was a student at
1141: 1112: 1090: 456: 411:, and Utleyville. Deora's population was 4 in 1960. The Frick rail station was still operating in 1963. 408: 340: 286: 179: 383:
Deora was a small, rural community. In the 1940s, the town of Deora and the Baca County communities of
1233: 1213: 1208: 1146: 444: 392: 384: 344: 321: 235: 213: 297:
Deora was once the site of a post office, rail siding, school, and store, but little remains today.
1178: 1136: 994:"University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Detailed Collection Record Information" 347:, going through Deora, was completed in September 1923. This was later called a "fine road" in the 282: 43: 203: 920: 886: 313:
When a post office was established in 1920, the postmistress suggested naming the settlement
260: 891:. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 150. 793: 1203: 1198: 1156: 1151: 1131: 957:. Vol. C. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. 1960. pp. 672–673. 404: 388: 373: 328:
called a large post office building began in March 1922. Construction began in August.
372:(AT&SF) built a rail line connecting Baca County towns, including Springfield and 1250: 248: 968: 420: 902: 569: 1105: 1040: 460: 336: 332: 936:
Division, Colorado State Planning; Commission, Colorado State Planning (1956).
17: 844: 537: 432: 162: 220: 199: 135: 122: 418:
collected specimens of plants one mile south of Deora. The observers noted
194: 532: 228: 167: 875:. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. p. 34. 774:. Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. September 22, 1927. p. 3 696:. Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. October 12, 1923. p. 2 324:
and Deora took place in June 1921. The excavation work for what the
320:, meaning "of gold" in Spanish. Examinations for rural carriers in 304: 1166: 1123: 541: 1062: 531:. United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from 362: 670:. Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. September 14, 1923 1165: 380:
opened 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of the Deora townsite.
748:. Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. July 20, 1923 925:. Colorado State Planning Division. 1956. p. 706. 455:
Deora is located 23 mi (37 km) northwest of
351:. J.S. Dockum operated the Deora store in the 1920s. 1257:
Unincorporated communities in Baca County, Colorado
1177: 1122: 266: 254: 242: 227: 210: 193: 185: 173: 161: 151: 34: 29:
Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States
459:, the county seat. It is north of the junction of 869:Service, United States Soil Conservation (1941). 436:(grama). These specimens are held by the museum. 942:. Colorado State Planning Division. p. 706. 416:University of Colorado Museum of Natural History 1074: 8: 768:"Bureau Places Many Students in Winter Work" 1081: 1067: 1059: 31: 370:Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad 1170:Map of Colorado highlighting Baca County 563: 561: 516:United States Department of the Interior 376:. A rail siding on the AT&SF called 484: 253: 226: 192: 184: 150: 115: 49: 1262:Unincorporated communities in Colorado 1024:. US Department of the Interior. 2016. 496: 494: 492: 490: 488: 361:In 1933, the Big Rock chapter of the 265: 241: 209: 172: 160: 7: 473:List of cities and towns in Colorado 507:Geographic Names Information System 1089:Municipalities and communities of 939:Year Book of the State of Colorado 439:Deora gives its name to the Deora 25: 93: 86: 63: 56: 722:. September 14, 1923. p. 3 512:United States Geological Survey 356:Colorado State Teachers College 414:In 2007, researchers from the 1: 571:Colorado, South of the Border 107:Show map of the United States 94: 64: 820:"Colorado Preservation, Inc" 644:. August 18, 1922. p. 4 189:4,672 ft (1,424 m) 800:. Colorado State University 720:Springfield Democrat-Herald 642:Springfield Democrat-Herald 618:. March 31, 1922. p. 4 616:Springfield Democrat-Herald 590:Springfield Democrat-Herald 326:Springfield Democrat-Herald 1278: 136:37.5802889°N 102.9665917°W 1222: 1163: 1103: 592:. May 27, 1921. p. 1 568:Taylor, Ralph C. (1963). 116: 50: 41: 824:coloradopreservation.org 421:Hesperostipa neomexicana 283:unincorporated community 141:37.5802889; -102.9665917 44:Unincorporated community 955:World Book Encyclopedia 1171: 463:6 and County Road SS. 427:Achnatherum hymenoides 310: 1169: 1092:Baca County, Colorado 998:botanydb.colorado.edu 969:"Santa Fe Time Table" 798:Baca County Extension 308: 287:Baca County, Colorado 212: • Summer ( 1235:United States portal 909:. 1940. p. 193. 872:Physical Land Survey 574:. Sage. p. 538. 546:on November 22, 2010 445:US Geological Survey 77:Show map of Colorado 794:"Big Rock 4-H Club" 746:The Democrat-Herald 694:The Democrat-Herald 668:The Democrat-Herald 447:topographical map. 132: /  1189:Buckeye Crossroads 1172: 1019:"Deora Quadrangle" 888:The Attorneys List 433:Chondrosum gracile 311: 301:Early 20th Century 1244: 1243: 1036:"Deora, Colorado" 907:Colorado Magazine 529:"ZIP Code Lookup" 502:"Deora, Colorado" 430:(ricegrass), and 289:, United States. 276: 275: 16:(Redirected from 1269: 1236: 1229: 1168: 1115: 1108: 1098: 1093: 1083: 1076: 1069: 1060: 1053: 1052: 1050: 1048: 1032: 1026: 1025: 1023: 1015: 1009: 1008: 1006: 1004: 990: 984: 983: 981: 979: 973: 965: 959: 958: 950: 944: 943: 933: 927: 926: 917: 911: 910: 899: 893: 892: 883: 877: 876: 866: 860: 859: 857: 855: 841: 835: 834: 832: 830: 816: 810: 809: 807: 805: 790: 784: 783: 781: 779: 764: 758: 757: 755: 753: 738: 732: 731: 729: 727: 712: 706: 705: 703: 701: 686: 680: 679: 677: 675: 660: 654: 653: 651: 649: 634: 628: 627: 625: 623: 608: 602: 601: 599: 597: 582: 576: 575: 565: 556: 555: 553: 551: 545: 525: 519: 518: 498: 217: 147: 146: 144: 143: 142: 137: 133: 130: 129: 128: 125: 108: 97: 96: 90: 78: 67: 66: 60: 32: 21: 1277: 1276: 1272: 1271: 1270: 1268: 1267: 1266: 1247: 1246: 1245: 1240: 1234: 1228:Colorado portal 1227: 1218: 1180: 1173: 1161: 1118: 1113: 1106: 1099: 1096: 1091: 1087: 1057: 1056: 1046: 1044: 1034: 1033: 1029: 1021: 1017: 1016: 1012: 1002: 1000: 992: 991: 987: 977: 975: 971: 967: 966: 962: 952: 951: 947: 935: 934: 930: 919: 918: 914: 901: 900: 896: 885: 884: 880: 868: 867: 863: 853: 851: 843: 842: 838: 828: 826: 818: 817: 813: 803: 801: 792: 791: 787: 777: 775: 766: 765: 761: 751: 749: 740: 739: 735: 725: 723: 714: 713: 709: 699: 697: 688: 687: 683: 673: 671: 662: 661: 657: 647: 645: 638:"Rock Crossing" 636: 635: 631: 621: 619: 612:"Rock Crossing" 610: 609: 605: 595: 593: 584: 583: 579: 567: 566: 559: 549: 547: 535: 527: 526: 522: 500: 499: 486: 481: 469: 453: 424:(needlegrass), 401: 349:Democrat-Herald 303: 295: 238: 211: 140: 138: 134: 131: 126: 123: 121: 119: 118: 112: 111: 110: 109: 106: 105: 104: 103: 102: 98: 81: 80: 79: 76: 75: 74: 73: 72: 68: 46: 37: 36:Deora, Colorado 30: 23: 22: 18:Frick, Colorado 15: 12: 11: 5: 1275: 1273: 1265: 1264: 1259: 1249: 1248: 1242: 1241: 1239: 1238: 1231: 1223: 1220: 1219: 1217: 1216: 1211: 1206: 1201: 1196: 1191: 1185: 1183: 1179:Unincorporated 1175: 1174: 1164: 1162: 1160: 1159: 1154: 1149: 1144: 1139: 1134: 1128: 1126: 1120: 1119: 1104: 1101: 1100: 1088: 1086: 1085: 1078: 1071: 1063: 1055: 1054: 1027: 1010: 985: 960: 945: 928: 912: 903:"State Museum" 894: 878: 861: 849:www.mindat.org 836: 811: 785: 759: 733: 707: 681: 655: 629: 603: 577: 557: 520: 483: 482: 480: 477: 476: 475: 468: 465: 452: 449: 400: 397: 302: 299: 294: 291: 274: 273: 270: 264: 263: 258: 252: 251: 246: 240: 239: 233: 231: 225: 224: 218: 208: 207: 197: 191: 190: 187: 183: 182: 177: 171: 170: 165: 159: 158: 155: 149: 148: 127:102°57′59.73″W 114: 113: 100: 99: 92: 91: 85: 84: 83: 82: 70: 69: 62: 61: 55: 54: 53: 52: 51: 48: 47: 42: 39: 38: 35: 28: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1274: 1263: 1260: 1258: 1255: 1254: 1252: 1237: 1232: 1230: 1225: 1224: 1221: 1215: 1212: 1210: 1207: 1205: 1202: 1200: 1197: 1195: 1192: 1190: 1187: 1186: 1184: 1182: 1176: 1158: 1155: 1153: 1150: 1148: 1145: 1143: 1140: 1138: 1135: 1133: 1130: 1129: 1127: 1125: 1121: 1117: 1116: 1109: 1102: 1097:United States 1094: 1084: 1079: 1077: 1072: 1070: 1065: 1064: 1061: 1043: 1042: 1037: 1031: 1028: 1020: 1014: 1011: 999: 995: 989: 986: 974:. Summer 1963 970: 964: 961: 956: 949: 946: 941: 940: 932: 929: 924: 923: 916: 913: 908: 904: 898: 895: 890: 889: 882: 879: 874: 873: 865: 862: 850: 846: 840: 837: 825: 821: 815: 812: 799: 795: 789: 786: 773: 769: 763: 760: 747: 743: 737: 734: 721: 717: 711: 708: 695: 691: 685: 682: 669: 665: 659: 656: 643: 639: 633: 630: 617: 613: 607: 604: 591: 587: 581: 578: 573: 572: 564: 562: 558: 543: 539: 534: 530: 524: 521: 517: 513: 509: 508: 503: 497: 495: 493: 491: 489: 485: 478: 474: 471: 470: 466: 464: 462: 458: 450: 448: 446: 442: 437: 435: 434: 429: 428: 423: 422: 417: 412: 410: 406: 398: 396: 394: 390: 386: 381: 379: 375: 371: 368:In 1937, the 366: 364: 359: 357: 352: 350: 346: 342: 338: 334: 329: 327: 323: 319: 316: 307: 300: 298: 292: 290: 288: 284: 280: 271: 269: 262: 259: 257: 250: 247: 245: 237: 232: 230: 222: 219: 215: 205: 201: 198: 196: 188: 181: 178: 176: 169: 166: 164: 157:United States 156: 154: 145: 124:37°34′49.04″N 117:Coordinates: 89: 59: 45: 40: 33: 27: 19: 1193: 1111: 1047:December 12, 1045:. Retrieved 1039: 1030: 1013: 1001:. Retrieved 997: 988: 976:. Retrieved 963: 954: 953:"Colorado". 948: 938: 931: 921: 915: 906: 897: 887: 881: 871: 864: 852:. Retrieved 848: 839: 827:. Retrieved 823: 814: 802:. Retrieved 797: 788: 776:. Retrieved 771: 762: 750:. Retrieved 745: 736: 724:. Retrieved 719: 710: 698:. Retrieved 693: 684: 672:. Retrieved 667: 658: 646:. Retrieved 641: 632: 620:. Retrieved 615: 606: 594:. Retrieved 589: 580: 570: 548:. Retrieved 533:the original 523: 505: 454: 438: 431: 425: 419: 413: 402: 382: 377: 367: 360: 353: 348: 337:county seats 335:between the 330: 325: 317: 314: 312: 296: 278: 277: 26: 1181:communities 1142:Springfield 1114:Springfield 1107:County seat 1041:Google Maps 1003:October 24, 978:October 24, 854:October 24, 829:October 24, 804:October 24, 778:October 23, 752:October 24, 726:October 23, 700:October 23, 674:October 23, 648:October 23, 622:October 23, 596:October 23, 461:County Road 457:Springfield 399:Later years 341:Springfield 333:graded road 180:Baca County 139: / 1251:Categories 1214:Utleyville 1209:Stonington 1147:Two Buttes 772:The Mirror 586:"Untitled" 550:January 3, 538:JavaScript 479:References 441:quadrangle 393:Utleyville 345:Las Animas 322:Stonington 236:Las Animas 1137:Pritchett 451:Geography 256:FIPS code 244:Area code 195:Time zone 186:Elevation 922:Colorado 467:See also 409:Bartlett 261:08-20110 229:ZIP Code 168:Colorado 1038:(Map). 845:"Deora" 742:"Deora" 716:"Deora" 690:"Deora" 664:"Deora" 293:History 272:196051 268:GNIS ID 153:Country 391:, and 281:is an 234:81054 175:County 1204:Lycan 1199:Edler 1194:Deora 1157:Walsh 1152:Vilas 1132:Campo 1124:Towns 1022:(PDF) 972:(PDF) 405:Lycan 389:Edler 385:Graft 378:Frick 374:Campo 279:Deora 223:(MDT) 221:UTC−6 200:UTC−7 163:State 101:Deora 71:Deora 1049:2020 1005:2022 980:2022 856:2022 831:2022 806:2022 780:2022 754:2022 728:2022 702:2022 676:2022 650:2022 624:2022 598:2022 552:2007 542:HTML 443:, a 343:and 363:4-H 339:of 318:oro 285:in 249:719 214:DST 204:MST 1253:: 1110:: 1095:, 996:. 905:. 847:. 822:. 796:. 770:. 744:. 718:. 692:. 666:. 640:. 614:. 588:. 560:^ 514:, 510:, 504:, 487:^ 407:, 387:, 358:. 331:A 315:de 1082:e 1075:t 1068:v 1051:. 1007:. 982:. 858:. 833:. 808:. 782:. 756:. 730:. 704:. 678:. 652:. 626:. 600:. 554:. 544:) 540:/ 536:( 216:) 206:) 202:( 20:)

Index

Frick, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Deora is located in Colorado
Deora is located in the United States
37°34′49.04″N 102°57′59.73″W / 37.5802889°N 102.9665917°W / 37.5802889; -102.9665917
Country
State
Colorado
County
Baca County
Time zone
UTC−7
MST
DST
UTC−6
ZIP Code
Las Animas
Area code
719
FIPS code
08-20110
GNIS ID
unincorporated community
Baca County, Colorado

Stonington
graded road
county seats
Springfield
Las Animas

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.