# Wolford house (1934-38)

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/wolford-house-1934-38/
- Also known as: Edith and Ira Wolford
- Kind: Historic homes and cabins
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 39.0129, -104.6818 (from a cited description (good to a quarter mile))

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

Edith Wolford came to teach at the Black Forest school in 1934; her husband died in 1938 (Ira, per the church's charter list), after which she boarded with the Tevebaughs, in their log house about half a mile east of the community center (Ellett pp. 28, 31). In 1941 her home was in the Falcon School District; in 1956 she sold land about a quarter mile west of the community center for the Truett-Frazier garage (Ellett pp. 30, 66). Ellett prints a 1987 photo of 'Edith Wolford's Place' (p. 14) without saying which house. She taught 52 years, retired in 1969, and the school was renamed for her (p. 44).

## Where it was

'A big two story house just off Shoup Road on Hering' (Ellett p. 28); placed at the Shoup-Herring junction in OpenStreetMap. Which side, and how far off Shoup, is not stated. One source; 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.

## Nearby

- [Perkins and Barrett fox farm](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/perkins-and-barrett-fox-farm/): 0.1 mi northeast
- [Fishbeck fox farm](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/fishbeck-fox-farm/): 0.2 mi south
- [Black Forest Community Church](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-community-church/): 1.0 mi west
- [Collins and Morrell fox farm](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/collins-and-morrell-fox-farm/): 1.0 mi west
- [Black Forest](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest/): 1.0 mi west
- [Black Forest General Store](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-general-store/): 1.0 mi west

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