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Eldora (pronounced el-DOH-ruh),〔Benson, Maxine (1994). ''1001 Colorado Place Names''. University Press of Kansas. Page 64. ISBN 9780700606320.〕 previously known as Happy Valley, then Eldorado or Camp Eldorado,〔http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bgs/project_items/Colorado_Place_Names_for_1890_Census_Reconstruction.pdf〕〔Bauer, Carolyn (1987). ''Colorado Ghost Towns: Remnants of Colorado's Mining Days''. American Traveler Press. Page 19. ISBN 9781558380677.〕〔Langley, John R. and Donald Campbell Kemp (1945). ''Happy Valley, a Promoter's Paradise: Being an Historic Sketch of Eldora, Colorado and Its Environs''. Smith-Brooks Printing Company.〕 is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southwest Boulder County, Colorado. The population was 142 at the 2010 census.〔(Colorado Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data). ) Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed 2011-02-25.〕 The CDP of Eldora is more commonly referred to as a small town or village.〔Roach, Gerry (1998). ''Colorado's Indian Peaks: Classic Hikes and Climbs''. Fulcrum Publishing. Page 5. ISBN 9781555914042.〕〔Muller, Dave (2003). ''The Colorado Year Round Outdoor Guide''. The Mountaineers Books. Page 44 and page 194. ISBN 9780972441322〕〔Grinstead, Steve and Ben Fogelberg (2006). ''Walking Into Colorado's Past: 50 Front Range History Hikes''. Big Earth Publishing. Page 78. ISBN 9781565795198.〕〔Dziezynski, James (2012). ''Best Summit Hikes in Colorado: An Opinionated Guide to 50+ Ascents of Classic and Little-Known Peaks from 8,144 to 14,433 feet''. Wilderness Press. Page 68. ISBN 9780899977126.〕 Eldora is located within the Roosevelt National Forest, and is primarily a rural, densely forested, and sparsely populated area. Eldora is tucked into the valley carved by Middle Boulder Creek, from which there are views up toward the alpine ski runs of Eldora Mountain Resort.〔Walter, Claire (2004). ''Snowshoeing Colorado''. Fulcrum Publishing. Page 92. ISBN 9781555915292.〕 A one-time gold camp, Eldora was a shipping point for the Caribou silver mine in nearby Nederland, CO.〔Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Colorado (1948). ''Colorado, a Guide to the Highest State''. North American Book Dist LLC. Page 268. ISBN 9780403021581.〕 At present, Eldora is characterized by small cabins, a sprinkling of vacation homes, and several long-shuttered mercantiles. Points of interest near Eldora include the Eldora Mountain Resort, Eldora Historic District, and Indian Peaks Wilderness.〔 Eldora Historic District has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places since 1989.〔http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html〕 The area is home to an abundance of wilderness and wildlife, including animals such as mountain lions, black bears, coyotes, red foxes, mule deer, elk, bobcats, and much more.〔http://www.stateparks.com/eldorado_canyon_state_park_in_colorado.html〕 The elevation of the town is 8,700 ft.,〔 and the highest point is 10,800 ft.〔Forster, Matt (2011). ''Explorer's Guide Colorado''. The Countryman Press. Page 75. ISBN 9780881509564〕 Eldora receives a heavy annual snowfall of 300 inches each winter.〔Forster, Matt (2011). ''Explorer's Guide Colorado''. The Countryman Press. Page 76. ISBN 9780881509564.〕 To get to Eldora from Boulder, CO, drive 18 miles west of Boulder on CO 119 to Nederland, CO. Continue through Nederland and turn right at the sign for Eldora. This road is CR 130, also known as Eldora Road. The town center of Eldora is approximately 3 miles from this turn.〔Grinstead, Steve and Ben Fogelberg (2006). ''Walking Into Colorado's Past: 50 Front Range History Hikes''. Big Earth Publishing. Page 74. ISBN 9781565795198.〕 == Etymology == Eldora was originally named Happy Valley in the 1890s for the discovery of the Happy Valley Placer Mine by John J. Kemp and seven city associates.〔 The town was soon renamed El Dorado,〔Dallas, Sandra (1988). ''Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps''. University of Oklahoma Press. Page 71. ISBN 9780806120843.〕 Eldorado or Eldorado Camp. But, as frequently happened at the time, the U.S. Postal Service mistakingly delivered their mail to towns by the same name in other U.S. states, particularly to El Dorado, CA,〔〔Crossen, Forest (1962). ''The Switzerland Trail of America: An Illustrated History of the Romantic Narrow Gauge Lines Running West from Boulder, Colorado: the Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific, and the Colorado & Northwestern, Later the Denver, Boulder & Western''. Pruett Press. Page 335.〕 creating havoc by delaying payroll checks and important papers. Consequentely, the U.S. Post Service changed the conflicting name by dropping the last syllable “do” from Colorado’s Eldorado.〔 That name change found place in 1898, one year after the post office was established (Feb. 13, 1897), which was in use until it closed in September 1977.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eldora, Colorado」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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