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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, 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 ..., 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 in Las Animas County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The 1911 Colorado Business Directory describes the town as "Coal mining town and station", population 200, on the Colorado and Southern Railway. On 7 August 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 Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos .... A post office called Bowen was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1929. The community had the name of Thomas F. Bowen, a state legislator. References Ghost towns in Colorado Geography of Las An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowen, Rio Grande County, Colorado
Bowen is an unincorporated community in Rio Grande County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. 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. References External links Bowen CemeteryBowen Community United Methodist Church Unincorporated communities in Rio Grande County, Colorado Unincorporated communities in Colorado {{Colorado-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowen Mountain (Colorado)
Bowen Mountain is a mountain summit in 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 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: Globe Pequot, , p. 39. The mountain' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
