Chama is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
U.S. Post Office located in
Costilla County,
Colorado
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, United States.
History
Chama is located in the
Rio Culebra valley which is part of the
Sangre de Cristo Land Grant was awarded to the family of
Carlos Beaubien in 1843 by the government of New Mexico. The town of Chama was established by settlers from
Chamita,
New Mexico
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, in 1860.
[ The Chama, Colorado, post office opened on May 3, 1907.]
Description
Most of Chama's houses are made of adobe
Adobe (from arabic: الطوب Attub ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for mudbrick. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is use ...
. Many of them are very old. There are also a lot of rocks and "chamiso" sagebrush
Sagebrush is the common name of several woody and herbaceous species of plants in the genus ''Artemisia (plant), Artemisia''. The best-known sagebrush is the shrub ''Artemisia tridentata''. Sagebrush is native to the western half of North Amer ...
in Chama. The community lies at the foot of the Culebra Ranch.
See also
* Alamosa, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area
* List of populated places in Colorado
*List of post offices in Colorado
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* Old Spanish National Historic Trail
*San Luis Valley
The San Luis Valley is a region in south-central Colorado with a small portion overlapping into New Mexico. The valley is approximately long and wide, making it the largest alpine valley in the world. It extends from the Continental Divide on ...
References
External links
State of Colorado
History Colorado
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Unincorporated communities in Costilla County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado