Doyleville is an
unincorporated community in
Gunnison County
Gunnison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,918. The county seat is Gunnison. The county was named for John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer and captain in the Army ...
, in the
U.S. state of
Colorado. It is located east of
Gunnison on
U.S. Highway 50
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic ...
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History
Doyleville is named after Henry Doyle who, along with his wife Susan and their children,
homesteaded 160 acres along Tomichi Creek in 1876. The settlement became a stop for the Barlow and Sanderson stage, and a train station was later established with the arrival of
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in the summer of 1881. The Doyleville station allowed area ranchers to ship hay and livestock by rail to markets east over the Continental Divide. The station also became active with passengers traveling to and from nearby Waunita Hot Springs. A post office and one-room school were also opened in 1881.
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In its early years this settlement or its train station briefly assumed various names included Doyle, Doylestown, Gilman, and Hot Springs.]
See also
''Shavano (train)
The ''Shavano'', named for nearby Mount Shavano, was operated by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The passenger train ran between Salida and Gunnison, Colorado on the railroad's historic narrow gauge route over Marshall Pass. The ''Shavano' ...
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References
External links
Barlow & Sanderson Company – Staging in the Mountains
Legends of America.
D&RGW train nearing the Doyleville station from the east.
Photo by Otto Perry
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Unincorporated communities in Gunnison County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado
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