Auburn, Colorado
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Auburn is an unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado, United States, five miles southeast of Downtown Greeley.[1]
In the 1960s, Auburn was a farming community with no general stores and no post office.[2] Many of the families were first, second, and third generation immigrants with German-Russian, Mexican, and Swedish heritage. Families attended Baptist, Catholic, and Congregational churches in Greeley, Gilcrest, and Platteville.[1]
On December 14, 1961, Union Pacific's "City of Denver" passenger train collided with a school bus, killing twenty children who were on board.[1] Sixteen children and the driver survived. The crash was the deadliest traffic accident in Colorado history.[3]
Education
The Auburn area is now within Weld County School District Six. As of 2008, residents are zoned to Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology K-3 (formerly East Memorial Elementary, named for the school bus tragedy)[4] Bella Romero 4-8 Elementary School east of Greeley at the site of the former Delta Elementary School,[5] Heath Middle School in Greeley,[6] and Greeley West High School in Greeley.[7]
For many years, Auburn had a school district and a school at the northeast corner of Weld County Roads 47 and 54. A legislative study posted by the mid-1950s recommended reorganizing Colorado's school districts and declared school district reorganization as the state's main priority. Between 1956 and 1961, nearly 700 school districts closed, leaving 275 open. As a consequence, many small schools in Colorado began to close as a result of the district closures. The Auburn School District and the three-room school in Auburn closed, causing children to attend schools in Greeley beginning in 1961.[1][8] During that year children were assigned to Delta Elementary School, Meeker Junior High School, and Greeley High School.[1] The Auburn and Delta schools no longer exist.[9]
See also
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- Front Range Urban Corridor
- Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
- List of populated places in Colorado
References
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- ↑ a b c d e "The Crossing: Six Degrees." Rocky Mountain News. Tuesday January 23, 2007. 2.
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- ↑ "The Crossing: Six Degrees." Rocky Mountain News. Tuesday January 23, 2007. 5.
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- ↑ "District 6 Elementary School Boundaries Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.
- ↑ "District 6 Middle School Boundaries Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.
- ↑ "District 6 High School Boundaries Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.
- ↑ "The Crossing: Six Degrees." Rocky Mountain News. Tuesday January 23, 2007. 4.
- ↑ "The Crossing: Six Degrees." Rocky Mountain News. Tuesday January 23, 2007. 15.
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