Tabernash, Colorado

The Tabernash Post Office has been in operation since 1905.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=11 July 2016}} The community has the name of a Ute Indian.{{cite book| last=Dawson| first=John Frank| title=Place names in Colorado: Why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin| url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=54| publisher=J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.| location=Denver, CO| page=48}}

On August 10, 1984, a Cessna L-19 Bird Dog (registration {{Airreg|N|4584A|)}}, piloted by 36-year-old James Jeb Caddell, crashed in the Arapaho National Forest near Tabernash while it was en route from Granby to Jeffco Airport. Despite the efforts of a search party, the two men could not be located at first, partly because the plane had flipped over and landed on its Emergency Locator Transmitter, destroying it.{{cite web |title=L-19 Crash Documents |url=http://www.ameliaslanding.com/l-19_crash_documents.htm |date=7 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407050857/http://www.ameliaslanding.com/l-19_crash_documents.htm |archive-date=April 7, 2015 }}{{cite web |last1=Wrigley |first1=Sylvia |title=Cockpit View of a Fatal Crash |url=https://fearoflanding.com/accidents/cockpit-view-of-a-fatal-crash/ |website=Fear of Landing |date=10 February 2012}}{{cite web |title=Incredibly Sad |url=https://carynschulenberg.com/2019/08/incredibly-sad/ |website=carynschulenberg.com |date=10 August 2019}} The wreckage was found by backpackers three years later on August 23, 1987.

A 6½ minute video shot from a VHS camcorder mounted on the instrument panel was found at the site. The heavily damaged tape, some of it hanging from tree branches, was recovered and repaired by Colorado deputy sheriff Dale Wood. Subsequent analysis of the footage revealed that the pilot had not taken into account the density altitude conditions that existed on the day of the flight. The aircraft was unable to climb away from steadily rising terrain. In an attempt to return to the departure airfield, the pneumatic stall warning of the airplane sounded three times during a turn to the right. The pilot could be heard yelling "Damn, hang on Ronnie!" to his one backseat passenger, 36-year-old Ronald Hugh Wilmond, three seconds before impacting the terrain and trees.{{cite news |author= |date=August 27, 1987 |title=The wreckage of a small plane that crashed three... |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/08/27/The-wreckage-of-a-small-plane-that-crashed-three/2094557035200/ |work=United Press International |location= |access-date=September 23, 2023}}{{ASN accident|37640|title=N4584A|wikibase=yes|accessdate=January 24, 2025}}

The Caddells had put a 20-year moratorium (via the FAA) on the release of the film to the general public with the only stipulation that it (at the FAA's request to the Caddells) be shown only to flight instructors at conventions and workshops. The moratorium eventually expired and was not renewed, and thus the footage became part of the public domain. The video is now viewable on YouTube.{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhZy12jVfCw|title=Cessna L-19E Bird Dog Crash 1984 (Tabernash, Colorado)|access-date=7 July 2023}}

Tabernash is located in the valley of the Fraser River. U.S. Route 40 passes through the community, leading northwest {{convert|11|mi}} to Granby and southeast {{convert|9|mi|0}} to Winter Park.

The Tabernash CDP has an area of {{convert|12.295|km2|acres|disp=flip}}, all land.

This climate type is dominated by the winter season, a long, bitterly cold period with short, clear days, relatively little precipitation mostly in the form of snow, and low humidity. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Tabernash has a subarctic climate, abbreviated "Dfc" on climate maps.[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=611350&cityname=Tabernash%2C+Colorado%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate summary for Tabernash, Colorado]

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the {{nowrap|Tabernash CDP}} for the {{nowrap|United States Census 2000.}}

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• Arapaho National Forest

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• [https://www.colorado.com/cities-and-towns/tabernash Tabernash @ Colorado.com]
• [https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/tabernash/ Tabernash @ UncoverColorado.com]
• [https://co.grand.co.us/ Grand County website]

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