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PROWERS COUNTY, COLORADO WELCOMES YOU!! This site is up for adoption! If you are interested, please contact our State Coordinator. |
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Prowers County covers 1,644
square miles of the Great Plains and Arkansas River valley in southeastern
Colorado. The rectangular county is bordered to the north by Kiowa County, to
the east by the state of Kansas, to the south by Baca County, and to the west by
Bent County. Prowers County has a population of 11,954. More than 7,800 live in
the county seat of Lamar, in western Prowers County on the south bank of the
Arkansas, at the intersection of US Highways 50 and 385. Other communities
include Holly (pop. 1,048), Granada (640), Wiley (405), and Hartman (110), as
well as the smaller unincorporated communities of Bristol, Carlton, and Kornman.
In eastern Prowers County, US Highways 50, 400, and 385 converge in Granada,
while State Highway 89 runs south from Holly.
Prowers County was formed
in 1889 and named after John W. Prowers, an early rancher in the area. Once the
hunting and wintering grounds of many nomadic indigenous peoples, the Prowers
County area officially became part of the United States in 1803. In the late
nineteenth century, the arrival of railroads led to the development of
agriculture and towns. In the twentieth century the county became an important
center of the sugar beet industry, centered on the factory in Holly. During
World War II the county was the site of Granada Relocation Center, also known as
Amache, one of ten internment camps that held Japanese American citizens for the
duration of the war. Today, Prowers County is one of the most productive
agricultural counties in the state.
Welcome to Prowers County, Colorado. WE NEED A County Coordinator. If you have any information you would like to submit, have any questions, or need to let me know of any broken links, please contact me.
Prowers County is bordered by Kiowa County; Greeley County, Kansas; Hamilton County, Kansas; Stanton County, Kansas; Baca County; and Bent County.
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Cities and
Towns and Places - Then and Now
Adams - RR Stop 1892 map
Barton - PO 1891-1917, originally Zuck, aka Adana, Byron Station, Heron
Beta - RR Stop
Bristol - Est 1906
Byron Station - RR Station 1885-1899 map; PO was Zuck and Barton.
Carlton
Clay Creek
Granada founded in 1873, named in honor of a former Spanish kingdom, was
known as "The Gateway to Colorado." It was also a popular stopover along the
Santa Fe Trail. In the late 1800's Granada became a ghost town after losing
a bid to become the county seat to Lamar. It was not until 1942 with the
building of Camp Amache that Granada once again became a boom town.
Hartman Town
Holly Town, Holly Station, Holly Post Office
Lamar City - County Seat
Little Bear Creek
Queen Peach incorporated 9/22/1910
Twin Buttes
Two Butte Creek
Wild Horse Creek
Wiley town incorporated 1/28/1909
Wolf Creek
Zuck Post Office
This site last updated
State Coordinator:
Acting State Coordinator: Colleen Pustola
Assistant State Coordinator: Colleen Pustola
County Coordinator:
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