Badito, Colorado#History
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Badito is a historic ghost town along the Huerfano River in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. "Huerfano" is a Spanish language noun meaning "orphan". Badito is located at the intersection of Colorado State Highway 69 and County Road 520.
History
The long-abandoned community, located at the crossing of the Huerfano River, marks a path used by the Ancestral Puebloans during the Basketmaker era.
A Spanish expedition led by General Juan de Ulibarrí is the first known recorded journey through Badito. He documented the journey through Cuchara Pass, west of the Spanish Peaks in 1706. Juan de Ulibarrí's command reached the Rio de San Juan Baptista (currently named the Huerfano River) at Badito.
In 1819, Jacob Fowler noted an abandoned Spanish adobe fort at the location. Later, the Taos Trappers Trail, joining the Santa Fe Trail with the Cherokee Trail, passed through this location.
On February 28, 1861, Territory of Colorado was organized.{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/36th-congress/session-2/c36s2ch59.pdf|title=An Act To provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado|author=Thirty-sixth United States Congress|website=Library of Congress|author-link=36th United States Congress|date=February 28, 1861|access-date=December 23, 2024}} The Little Orphan, Colorado Territory, post office opened on May 1, 1865, but the name was changed to Badito on September 12 of that year.{{cite book|title=Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989|first1=William H.|last1=Bauer|first2=James L.|last2=Ozment|first3=John H.|last3=Willard|date=1990|publisher=Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation|location=Golden, Colorado|isbn=0-918654-42-4}} Badito served as the seat of Huerfano County, Colorado Territory, from 1868 until 1874, when the county seat moved to Walsenburgh.{{cite web |title=Colorado County History |url=http://cogenweb.com/coplaces/county-div.html |publisher=COGenWeb Project |date=April 29, 2011 |access-date=July 21, 2021 |archive-date=July 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723222500/http://www.cogenweb.com/coplaces/county-div.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://cogenweb.org/grand/evolution/cocounties.html|title=Colorado County Evolution|first=Don|last=Stanwyck|first2=Lee|last2=Zion|publisher=COGenWeb Project|year=2003|access-date=October 12, 2024}} Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876.{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-230-admission-colorado-into-the-union|title=Proclamation 230—Admission of Colorado into the Union|author=Ulysses S. Grant |date=August 1, 1876|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=December 24, 2024}} The Badito, Colorado, post office finally closed on November 15, 1910.
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See also
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References
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=Further reading=
- Whiteley, Lee. (1999). The Cherokee Trail: Bent's Old Fort to Fort Bridger. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Printing. {{ISBN|0-9671351-1-7}}
- Historic Marker #13. Posted by the Territorial Daughters of Colorado, Badito, Colorado.
- Juan de Ulibarrí. Juan de Ulibarrí's Diary. Translated and posted by the Territorial Daughters of Colorado.
- McKenna, Thomas (2023) True Southern Colorado;Gateway to the American Southwest. Pages 165-170. Posted by Thomas McKenna, KDP Publishing BOBp9wrg38
External links
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- [https://www.colorado.gov/ State of Colorado]
- [https://www.historycolorado.org/ History Colorado]
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Category:1865 establishments in Colorado Territory
Category:Former county seats in Colorado
Category:Former populated places in Huerfano County, Colorado
Category:Geography of Huerfano County, Colorado
Category:Ghost towns in Colorado