Purgatoire River
The Purgatoire River is a river in southeastern Colorado, United States. The river is also known locally as the Purgatory River or the Picketwire River.Localities in the Area
Fort Lyon
Hamlet
Fort Lyon is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Bent County, Colorado, United States. Fort Lyon is situated 2½ miles northeast of Purgatoire River.
Boggsville
Locality
Boggsville is a former settlement in Bent County, Colorado, USA near the Purgatoire River about 3 miles above the Purgatoire's confluence with the Arkansas River. Boggsville is situated 2½ miles southwest of Purgatoire River. Photo: ERoss99, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Las Animas
Las Animas is the Statutory City that is the county seat and the only incorporated municipality in Bent County, Colorado, United States. Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.Purgatoire River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in southeastern Colorado
- Category: river
- Location: Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
Latitude 38.065° or 38° 3' 54" north | Longitude -103.1769° or 103° 10' 36.7" west |
Elevation 3862 feet (1177 metres) | GeoNames ID 5435507 |
Also Known As
- Catalan: Purgatoire
- Cheyenne: Hótoanáo'hé'e
- Chinese: 珀加圖瓦爾河
- English: Picketwire River
- Irish: Abhainn Purgatoire
- Spanish: Rio Purgatorio
- Spanish: Rio de las Animas Perdidas
- Spanish: Río Purgatorio
- Welsh: Afon Purgatoire
- First Fork
- Hotoana'ohe
- Las Animas
- Las Animas River
- Picket-wire
- Picketwire
- Puratory River
- Purgatory River
- River Purgatoire
Other Places Named Purgatoire River
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In the Area
Localities
- Las Animas JunctionLocality
- Keller1½ miles east
- MelinaHamlet, 2½ miles north
- KreybillHamlet, 5 miles northeast
Landmarks
- Picketwire ValleyValley, 880 feet west
- Las Animas Post OfficePost office, 2½ miles west
- Las Animas CemeteryCemetery, 2½ miles southwest
- Fort Lyon National CemeteryCemetery, 3 miles northeast
Other Places
- Keller SchoolSchool, 1½ miles south
- Rixey SchoolSchool, 2 miles northeast
- WesternGas station, 2½ miles west
- ATSF Las Animas DepotIndustrial park, 2½ miles west
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