Fort Lyon, Colorado
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Fort Lyon is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Bent County, Colorado, United States.[1]
History
A post office called Fort Lyon was established in 1862.[2] The Fort Lyon Post Office had the ZIP Code 81038, though the zip code for nearby Las Animas (81054) is also used.[3]
The community was named after Nathaniel Lyon, an officer in the American Civil War.[4]
The ghost town of Sheridan, in Logan County, Kansas, became a railhead for westbound freight to the Santa Fe Trail on a Script error: No such module "convert". wagon road to the area.[5]
Some German prisoners of war were buried at Fort Lyon and built furniture and worked on local roads.[6]
Geography
Fort Lyon is located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". (38.096741,-103.152008).
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Fort Lyon has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[7]
Notable people
- Eugene Davis, a doctor who managed a Veterans Administration facility in Fort Lyon.[8]
- Farmer Ray, former Major League Baseball player, was born in Fort Lyon.
- Edward W. Wynkoop, a post commander at Fort Lyon.
- Samuel F. Tappan, military officer
- Enoch Steen, United States military officer who commanded at Fort Lyon.[9]
- Josephine Beatrice Bowman, Navy nurse stationed at Fort Lyon
- Walter McCaw, Army surgeon[10][11]
- William Nathaniel Thomas, Navy chaplain who served at the US Public Service Hospital.[12]
- Kit Carson, a frontiersman who died at the surgeon's quarters in Fort Lyon.[13]
- Laurice Aldridge Tatum, namesake of the USS Tatum, served at Fort Lyon's Naval Hospital.
References
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- ↑ Lloyd, R. Scott, "Wreath-laying honors WWI German prisoners buried at Fort Douglas", Deseret News, November 14, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ↑ Climate Summary for Fort Lyon, Colorado
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- ↑ Henry, Guy V., "Enoch Steen", Military Record of Army and Civilian Appointments in the United States Army (Volume II), D. Van Nostrand Publisher, New York, New York, 1873, p. 193.
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- ↑ Sides, 2006, pp. 482–483
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