White River City is an Unincorporated community along the White River and Piceance Creek in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States.[1][2]
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 Ambrose Oldman, hailing from Gloucester, England, built his first store in the spring of 1888 in White River City on Piceance Creek. | |
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| Coordinates: 40°5′26.9″N 108°13′27.31″W / 40.090806°N 108.2242528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Rio Blanco |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MST) |
| ZIP code | 81641 |
| Area code | 970 |
History
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The settlement was formerly incorporated in 1888 by brothers Reuben and Ambrose Oldman, in hope that a railroad would come through the area along White River. Ambrose was involved in oil speculation in the area and ran a store on Piceance Creek until 1895, when he moved to Meeker.[3][4] There was a schoolhouse in 1902.[5]
See also
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References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: White River City
- ^ Rue, Eugene Clyde La (1916). Colorado River and Its Utilization. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 26.
- ^ Habitat in the Past: Historical Perspectives of Riparian Zones on the White River. Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office. 1988. p. 9.
- ^ Bowen, Kristin (2014). Meeker. Arcadia Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-4671-3202-2.
- ^ "Buford School / White River Community Building" (PDF). Colorado Historical Society. July 31, 2005. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
External links
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Media related to White River City, Colorado at Wikimedia Commons