Call NumberCPHOTO141-2024-1530CreatorJessen, KennethDateApril 24, 2004SummaryExterior view of an abandoned building with only some walls left standing. Rocks, trash, and other debris are near the structure and a pink, rearing horse is painted on the exterior side of one wall.Physical Description1 digital file : colorBorn-Digital or AnalogBorn-digitalSubjectRuins--Colorado--BloomAbandoned buildings--Colorado--BloomGeographic AreaBloom (Colo.)Las Animas County (Colo.)Finding Aidhttps://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/2088Type of MaterialDigital photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC PHOTO 141. Kenneth Jessen photo collectionNotesDerived title. Photographer's note: "Bloom is located along U.S. 350 at County Road 801 in the southwestern corner of Otero County, along the old Santa Fe Trail. All of its structures are ruins. Bloom was named for Wilbur Frank Bloom, who came to Trinidad to open a coal mining business. He represented his brothers-in-law, John and Mahlon Thatcher, famous for pioneering the banking business in Pueblo. Around 1887, Wilbur Bloom started ranching at nearby Hole in the Rock along the Santa Fe Trail. The Bloom Cattle Company had more than a thousand acres of pasture and added another 20 percent in 1910. During its peak years, it ran more than 5,000 head. Bloom was the economic center of the area for the cowboys and cattlemen. The Bloom post office opened in 1899, but the area population wasn't sufficient and it was rescinded later the same year. Bloom got its second post office when the nearby Delhi post office was moved to Bloom in 1913. It remained open until 1938 when the town was abandoned."DonorGift; Kenneth Jessen; 2020.
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