# Bear Cañon

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/bear-canon/
- Also known as: Bear Canyon; James Ranch
- Kind: Post offices and stage stations
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.3658, -104.9468 (from a cited description (good to a quarter mile))
- Post office: Bear Cañon, 1863–1867; Bear Canyon, 1869–1879

- Updated: 2026-10-17

## What we know

Bear Cañon PO 1863-1867 and Bear Canyon 1869-1879, 'same location' (Place Names of Colorado). Keystone 8 miles north, Huntsville 7 south (1871). St. Philip-in-the-Field, the Bear Cañon church, is three-quarters of a mile west-northwest. Northwest edge of the study area.

## Where it was

SE1/4 of Sec. 12, T8S R68W, from M. L. James's post office site report of Feb. 6, 1871 (local name 'James Ranch'), a mile east of Plum Creek (NARA M1126, S-0113), via the BLM PLSS survey grid. Good to about a quarter mile.

Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.

## Sources

- S-0064: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0064
- S-0065: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0065
- S-0066: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0066
- S-0113: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0113
- S-0120: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0120

## Nearby

- [Pleasant Valley Grange No. 33](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/pleasant-valley-grange-no-33/): 0.1 mi southwest
- [Oakland School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/oakland-school/): 0.6 mi northwest
- [Bear Canon Cemetery](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/bear-canon-cemetery/): 0.7 mi west
- [St. Philip-in-the-Field](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/st-philip-in-the-field/): 0.7 mi west
- [Oaklands Ranch](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/oaklands-ranch/): 1.4 mi north
- [Lone Tree School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/lone-tree-school/): 3.0 mi southwest

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.