Congratulations on FINDING Tabernash!
It has a Wikipedia page, so now anyone can find it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabernash,_Colorado
Interesting story there about an airplane crash.
Talk about a small town, I'm proud to say that in the past 3 years, we went from having a post office, restaurant, and convenience store to just a post office and restaurant. We are SMALL
With a listed elevation of 8333 it is not as flat in the area as the photo makes it appear.?ÿ To the south is Vasquez Peak (12947').?ÿ To the west is Sheep Mountain (10671').?ÿ To the east are all these little obstacles to transportation: Mount Epworth (11843'), Mount Neva (12814'), Mount Jasper (12923'), Mount Audubon (13229') and Apache Peak (13441').
To be an unincorporated community and have a post office is a great combo.
For those who have no idea what the term unincorporated community means: In law, an?ÿunincorporated area?ÿis a region of?ÿland?ÿthat is not governed by a local?ÿmunicipal corporation; similarly an?ÿunincorporated community?ÿis a?ÿsettlement?ÿthat is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger?ÿadministrative divisions, such as a?ÿtownship,?ÿparish,?ÿborough,?ÿcounty,?ÿcity,?ÿcanton,?ÿstate,?ÿprovince?ÿor country.
A county close to me has 30 places designated as unincorporated communities.?ÿ Each served a purpose at some point in time but that purpose generally disappeared as the world changed.?ÿ There are ten cities in that county today.?ÿ So try to imagine 40 cities within an area of under 600 square miles with a population less than 40,000.
Meanwhile Grand County, Colorado has an area of 1870 square miles and a population of 15,525.?ÿ There are six cities and three unincorporated communities.
That photo captures the fact that grand county has wide valleys, but not shown is that the county border is bounded on the north, east and South by the continental divide. There is a peak nearby called BYERS PEAK, everyone thinks William N Byers founded the Rocky Mountain News, but actually, he was a federal surveyor laying out sections in 1868, when he discovered hot sulphur springs" and made that area into a tourist site, laid out several subdivisions, and now has a street, canyon and peak named after him
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sure miss my "iron hound"?ÿ ?ÿ
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