Little Dolores School, Glade Park, Colorado 1946 1957 38.988793 -108.888456 Glade Park Mesa Colorado USA https://goo.gl/maps/ksuBxZ2hSj4JXPdE9 Map of the Little Dolores School A school house that was located near the Gordon Ranch and the old S-Cross Ranch, and along the Little Dolores River where it crosses DS Road. According to Ellen (Morse) Brouse, who attended the school, it was built as a closer alternative to the Coates Creek School, because travel conditions to Coates Creek could be difficult. According to Albert and Terry LaSalle in their book “In the Beginning… A History of the Districts and Schools that became Mesa County Valley School District Number 51,” the Little Dolores School was built in 1946 after the nearby Sleeper School burnt down in 1945. The Little Dolores was built a small distance east from what had been the location of the Sleeper School. The school was closed in 1957 due to declining student population, and students sent to Coates Creek School. yes yes