Piñon, Montrose County
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Coordinates: 38°15′59″N 108°24′02″W / 38.26639°N 108.40056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Montrose County |
Highest elevation | 5,840 ft (1,870 m) |
Piñon is a town in Montrose County, Colorado. The town is 93 kilometers (58 miles) south of Grand Junction, Colorado along San Miguel River, and was created as a colony for the Colorado Cooperative Company.[1]
History[edit]
In 1894, the Colorado Cooperative Company created a town for its members. Eventually named Piñon, it had 50 buildings, including the company office, a print shop, commissary, library, school, hall, carpenter shop, barn, cabins, post office, a rooming house known as the “Beehive” and a community dining hall.
In August 2010, The Energy Fuels Resources Corporation planned to make a uranium and vanadium mill at Pinon Ridge.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Pinon (Montrose County, CO)". roadsidethoughts.com.
- ^ "Approval for the Pinon Ridge Uranium Mill". 2 July 2009.