What we know
PO June 3, 1873 (Alvarado Arnold) to March 31, 1959; D&RG station 47 miles from Denver; 'To the eastward, five miles, is Spring Valley' (Crofutt 1881); later the Greenland Ranch headquarters (Kountze from 1886; Higbys from 1909). County open space since 1996-97.
Where it was
USGS GNIS Populated Place 193187. Townsite platted by Fred Z. Salomon, Sept. 28, 1875: W1/2 SE NE and E1/2 SW NE, Sec. 14, T10S R67W (abstract of title). The post office stayed in Sec. 14 from 1873 to 1959. GNIS's point is inside the platted quarter.
The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.
Sources
Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.