Palmer Divide Research

Ramah

Also: O. Z. ('Old Zounds')

Towns and settlementsLiving todayEl Paso County

What we know

PO opened Jan. 29, 1877 as O. Z., 'on the Big Sandy Creek' (Crofutt 1881); Ramah from Aug. 8, 1889; Rock Island station.

Today: Town of Ramah

Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 203671

The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.

See it on the map

Sources

Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.

Know more about Ramah?

Corrections, family stories, photographs, deeds, letters and maps are all welcome. Messages and files come to Michael Christensen privately; nothing appears on the site until it has been checked, and you'll be credited the way you ask.