White River City, Colorado

White River City
Ambrose Oldman, hailing from Gloucester, England, built his first store in the spring of 1888 in White River City on Piceance Creek.
White River City
Coordinates: 40°5′26.9″N 108°13′27.31″W / 40.090806°N 108.2242528°W / 40.090806; -108.2242528Coordinates: 40°5′26.9″N 108°13′27.31″W / 40.090806°N 108.2242528°W / 40.090806; -108.2242528
Country United States
State Colorado
County Rio Blanco
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MST)
ZIP code 81641
Area code(s) 970

White River City is a populated place in Rio Blanco County, Colorado,[1] located along the White River.[2]

The settlement was 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]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: White River City
  2. ↑ Rue, Eugene Clyde La (1916). Colorado River and Its Utilization. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Habitat in the Past: Historical Perspectives of Riparian Zones on the White River. Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office. 1988. p. 9.
  4. ↑ Bowen, Kristin (2014). Meeker. Arcadia Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-4671-3202-2.
  5. ↑ "Buford School / White River Community Building" (PDF). Colorado Historical Society. July 31, 2005. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
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