Editing Bayfield, Colorado (section)

==History==
The town derives its name from W.A. Bay, founder.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217074131/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=15|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 17, 2023|year=1954|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=9}}</ref> The Bayfield, Colorado, post office opened on February 25, 1899,<ref name=CPO>{{cite book|title=Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989|first1=William H.|last1=Bauer|first2=James L.|last2=Ozment|first3=John H.|last3=Willard|date=1990|publisher=[[Colorado Railroad Museum|Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation]]|location=[[Golden, Colorado]]|isbn=0-918654-42-4}}</ref> and the Town of Bayfield was incorporated on August 18, 1906.<ref name=MuniIncCO/>

On January 19, 1988, [[Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286]] crashed in Bayfield, killing nine of the 17 people aboard.<ref name="AAR-89-01 Final Report">{{cite book|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8901.pdf |title=TRANS-COLORADO AIRLINES, INC., FLIGHT 2286, FAIRCHILD METRO III, SA227 AC, N68TC, BAYFIELD, COLORADO, JANUARY 19, 1988 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB/AAR-89/01 |date=February 4, 1989 |accessdate=September 6, 2016}}</ref>