Editing Beulah Valley, Colorado (section)

==History==
The town of Mace's Hole was settled in 1862.<ref name=ColoPlaceNames/> The town was named for Juan Maes, anglicized to "Mace," a bandit who used the valley for a hideout.<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|year=1954|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=9}}</ref>  The Mace's Hole, Colorado Territory, post office opened on April 23, 1873,<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 Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876.<ref name=Colorado_Statehood_Proclamation>{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-230-admission-colorado-into-the-union|title=Proclamation 230—Admission of Colorado into the Union|author=[[Ulysses S. Grant]] |date=August 1, 1876|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=December 24, 2024}}</ref> A local preacher took umbrage at the town's name and suggested the biblical name Beulah as a more wholesome alternative.<ref name=ColoPlaceNames/> The Mace's Hole post office was renamed Beulah on October 25, 1876.<ref name=CPO/> The name is a reference to Isaiah 62:4;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2062:4-5&version=9;|title = Isaiah 62:4-5 KJV - - Bible Gateway}}</ref> it comes from the Hebrew for "married."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/beulah-1|title = Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions|website = [[Answers.com]]}}</ref>

[[Bishop Castle]], constructed by [[Jim Bishop (builder)|Jim Bishop]], otherwise known as a "one man castle", is located between Beulah and [[San Isabel, Colorado]].