Bowen, Las Animas County, Colorado

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Bowen

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Vintage postcard image of Bowen, Colorado, c. 1911

Bowen is an extinct town located in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States.

## History

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The 1911 Colorado Business Directory described the town as "Coal mining town and station", population 200, on the Colorado and Southern Railway.[1]

On 7 August 1902 an explosion of dust ignited by giant powder at the Bowen Mine killed 13 people.[2] The precise location of the town site is unknown to the GNIS,[3] but newspaper articles reporting the 1902 Bowen Mine Explosion place the town "about a quarter of a mile below the mine",[4][5] near Trinidad.

A post office named Aylmer, Colorado opened on March 23, 1900. The name was changed to Bowen, Colorado on September 18, 1906, and it remained open until January 15, 1929.[6] The community had the name of Thomas F. Bowen, a state legislator.[7]

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## References

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1. ^ "1911 Colorado Business Directory, Bowen, Las Animas County". The Gazeteer Publishing Co. Retrieved August 7, 2021 - via US Genweb Archives.
2. ^ Sherard, Gerald E. (2006). "Pre-1963 Colorado Mining Disasters" (PDF). Denver Public Library. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bowen (historical)
4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bowen Mine
5. ^ See, e.g. "Mine Disaster at Bowen, Colo". Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News. August 8, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 10.

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