Fort Lyon, Colorado
Fort Lyon is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Bent County, Colorado, United States.
History
A post office called Fort Lyon was established in 1862. The Fort Lyon Post Office had the ZIP Code 81038, though the zip code for nearby Las Animas is also used.The community was named after Nathaniel Lyon, an officer in the American Civil War.
The ghost town of Sheridan, [Logan County, Kansas|Sheridan], in Logan County, Kansas, became a railhead for westbound freight to the Santa Fe Trail on a wagon road to the area.
Some German [prisoners of war in the United States|German prisoners of war] were buried at Fort Lyon and built furniture and worked on local roads.
Geography
Fort Lyon is located at .Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Fort Lyon has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.Notable people
- Eugene Davis, a doctor who managed a Veterans Administration facility in Fort Lyon.
- Farmer Ray, former Major League Baseball player, was born in Fort Lyon.
- Edward W. Wynkoop, a post commander at Fort Lyon.
- Samuel F. Tappan, military officer
- Enoch Steen, United States military officer who commanded at Fort Lyon.
- Josephine Beatrice Bowman, Navy nurse stationed at Fort Lyon
- Walter McCaw, Army surgeon
- William Nathaniel Thomas, Navy chaplain who served at the US Public Service Hospital.
- Kit Carson, a frontiersman who died at the surgeon's quarters in Fort Lyon.
- Laurice Aldridge Tatum, namesake of the USS Tatum, served at Fort Lyon's Naval Hospital.