Bijou Basin, Colorado
Bijou Basin is an extinct town located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at 39°08′08″N 104°27′25″W / 39.1356°N 104.4569°W at an elevation of 6,398 feet (1,950 m). Travelers could take post road 49 to the settlement. It was located five miles southeast of another early settlement, Sidney.
History
The Bijou Basin post office operated from April 8, 1869, until March 30, 1907.
See also
References
- ^ 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.