Rifle, Colorado Rifle, Colorado Railroad Avenue in Rifle, looking north.
Railroad Avenue in Rifle, looking north.
Location in Garfield County and the state of Colorado Location in Garfield County and the state of Colorado State State of Colorado The City of Rifle is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
Rifle is a county-wide center of the cattle ranching trade located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Plateau, which dominates the horizon of the town.
The town was established in 1882 by Abram Maxfield, and was incorporated in 1904 along Rifle Creek, near its mouth on the Colorado.
The territory that Rifle resides on was once in the heart of the Ute Nation, a classification of the Indigenous citizens s of the Great Basin.
The most common tribe in the region were the Tabagauche, who hunted and lived on the territory slightly to the east of Rifle in the Roaring Fork Valley.
In 1879, Nathan Meeker was appointed as the director of the White River Ute Agency (the town of Meeker 40 miles north of Rifle was titled after him).
Aftermath of the conflict resulted in nearly all members of the Ute country being forcibly removed from Colorado into easterly Utah, despite the fact that they had been formerly guaranteed the territory on which they were residing by the federal government. Rifle became more and more settled as the 19th century gave way to the 20th.
In 1889, the barns cut through from the east and ended in Rifle for a while before connecting lines were completed.
Rifle was now a grow core for commerce.
The first primary economy known to Rifle was ranching.
Rifle is positioned in the east portion of the Piceance Basin.
The Roan Plateau is accessible from the JQS Trail, positioned 3 miles (5 km) north of Rifle, or from the Piceance Creek road. Rifle Falls State Park, north of town Rifle is positioned at 39 32 13 N 107 46 58 W (39.536992, -107.782709) in the valley of the Colorado River where Rifle Creek joins from the north.
Most of the town/city is on the north side of the river, but there is some town/city land to the south.
I-70 leads east 26 miles (42 km) to Glenwood Springs, the Garfield County seat, and southwest 60 miles (97 km) to Grand Junction.
Route 6 runs along the north side of the Colorado River through Rifle, providing a small-town parallel route to I-70.
Colorado State Highway 13 intersects I-70 and US-6, passing through the southern and parts of Rifle, then dominant north 41 miles (66 km) to Meeker.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city of Rifle has a total region of 5.7 square miles (14.7 km2), of which 5.6 square miles (14.5 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 1.18%, is water. Climate data for Rifle In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 34.4% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Rifle Bridge in winter on the Colorado River.
Rifle Mountain Park, positioned 16 miles (26 km) north of Rifle, is maintained by the City of Rifle.
It is prominent with modern climbers. Other outside attractions near the town/city include Rifle Falls State Park, Rifle Falls Fish Hatchery, Rifle Gap State Park, Harvey Gap State Park, and access to BLM land, including Hubbard Mesa Open Area, Rifle Arch, and the Roan Plateau. 6 miles (10 km) north of the center of the town/city is Rifle Creek Golf Course. Rifle is home to the Garfield County Fair Grounds.
On August 10, 1972, Christo and Jeanne-Claude instead of the Valley Curtain universal at Rifle Gap, 6 miles (10 km) north of town.
A portion of the film Vanishing Point was filmed in Rifle.
Scenes include a shot of Kowalski's car crossing Rifle Bridge, and confronting Utah state patrol cars.
Rifle is also mentioned in Stephen King's The Stand.
State of Colorado Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Garfield County, Colorado a b "Active Colorado Municipalities".
State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs.
City of Rifle website "Colorado Municipal Incorporations".
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
Rifle Shots: The Story of Rifle, Colorado, compiled by the Reading Club of Rifle, Colorado, 1973.
The Utes of Colorado- People of the Shining Mountains.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rifle city, Colorado".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Mountain Project: Climbing Rifle Mountain Park." "Rifle, CO - Rifle Creek Golf Course".
"About the Ute Theater - Ute Theater".
Shooters Grill of Rifle.
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