Julesburg (Colo.)

LC control no.	n 83205039
Geographic heading	Julesburg (Colo.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	Colorado--Julesburg
Variant(s)	Denver Junction (Colo.) Fort Julesburg (Colo.) Julesburg Station (Colo.) Morrell's Crossing (Colo.) Overland City (Colo.) South Platte Station (Colo.) Upper Crossing Station (Colo.)
Found in	Map of the city of Julesburg, Colorado, 1983 (subj.) map recto (Julesburg) Rand McNally comm. atlas, 1982 (Julesburg, Sedgwick Co.) Colorado Place Names, 1977 (Julesburg, Sedgwick. County seat; Originally a stage station at the rach and trading post of Jules Beni, from which the town gets its name; Present Julesburg was located when the Union Pacific Railroad built a branch line to Denver; It was incorporated as Denver Junction in November, 1885, and as Julesburg the following year) Cheyenne County, via WWW, Nov. 13, 2001 (fights with the Indians near Julesburg; Julesburg derives its name from a Frenchman named Jules Beni, who owned a ranch at this point, which was, at the time of the mail and stage routes, used as a ranch for the keeping of stage horses) The overland stage, 1994: p. 122 (Julesburg began as a stage station on the Leavenworth & Pile's Peak stage/express line; Built in 1859, it was the largest settlement between Fort Kearny and Denver; Ben Holladay renamed the community "Overland City") Historic Resource Study Pony Express National Historic Trail, 1994: p. 132 (Julesburg Station; identity as a Pony Expresss and stage station; On the L. & P.P. Express Co. station list, it was probably called Upper Crossing, South Platte or Morrell's Crossing; In 1859, Jules Reni established a trading post at the site and served as stationkeeper for the Pike's Peak stage line and the Pony Express; At Julesburg, Pony Express riders and stages crossed the South Platte and took the California Road/Overland Trail to Lodgepole Creek) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 40°59ʹ18ʺN 102°15ʹ52ʺW)
Geographic area code	n-us-co