Hoehne (Colorado)

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Horn
County Road 40.6
County Road 40.6
Location in county and in Colorado
Las Animas County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hoehne Highlighted 0836940.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1860s
State : United States
State : Colorado
County : Las Animas County
Coordinates : 37 ° 17 ′  N , 104 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 17 ′  N , 104 ° 23 ′  W
Time zone : Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 )
Residents : 111 (as of 2010)
Population density : 13.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.05 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 8.05 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 1750 m
Postal code : 81046
Area code : +1 719
FIPS : 08-36940
GNIS ID : 194580

Hoehne is a place (status "Populated Place", CDP ) in Las Animas County in the US state of Colorado . At the April 2010 census , Hoehne had 111 inhabitants.

history

Hoehne was named after the German emigrant William "Dutch Bill" Hoehne. This first settled in the US state of Illinois . At the beginning of the 1860s at the latest, Hoehne moved further west. In today's local area, he built a mill and an irrigation ditch, today's Hoehne Ditch . In doing so, he laid the foundation for extensive irrigation of the area, which could then be used for agriculture. Mainly different types of fruit and sugar beets were grown. In the following years several shops, a post office and a forge opened in the village, and a church and a school were built.

At the beginning of the 20th century, several railway depots were built on the Trinidad - La Junta railway line , one of them in Hoehne. This depot was named Hoehnes and was in operation until 1967. Then it was first moved to another place in the village. In the 1990s the building was moved to the Texas Creek area and restored there as part of a private collection.

Public facilities

school

The Hoehne School District operates a K-12 school in the village , i.e. an institution from kindergarten to high school. The school is used by the residents of Hoehne and the surrounding towns.

Sports

The school's sports teams compete under the name Hoehne Farmers in the disciplines of volleyball , American football , basketball and athletics . The mascot of the teams is a farmer with a cowboy hat and boots, red dungarees and a pitchfork .

Others

On October 31, 1896, Casimiro Barela (1847-1920), who served as State Senator for Las Animas County in the Colorado Senate from 1876 ​​to 1916 , held a campaign speech in Hoehne. He was assassinated during the event. The Senator was shot five times in total, and one bullet hit him in the cheek. Despite his injury, Barela was still on site to ensure that the attackers were not lynched by the angry crowd .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: Colorado 2010. US Census Bureau, accessed June 21, 2018 .
  2. ^ William Bright: Colorado Place Names . Johnson Books, Boulder (Colorado) 2004, ISBN 1-55566-333-8 , pp. 86 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  3. ^ The Rural New Yorker . tape 69 . Rural Publishing Co., 1920, pp. 894 (English).
  4. ↑ Beet Sugar Notes . In: Planter and Sugar Manufacturer . tape 39 , 1907, pp. 300 (English).
  5. ↑ Hoehnes, CO. Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Subjects, accessed June 21, 2018 .
  6. ^ A b Hoehne "Farmers" Select IWS for Advanced Treatment System. (PDF) Integrated Water Services, accessed on June 21, 2018 .
  7. ^ Hoehne School District. Retrieved June 21, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Phyllis J. Perry: Colorado Vanguards - Historic Trailblazers and Their Local Legacies . The Historic Press, Charleston, SC 2015, ISBN 978-1-4671-1937-5 , pp. 151 ff . (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).