Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States. This is a list of some notable ghost towns in the U.S. State of Colorado. A ghost town is a former community that now has no year-round residents or less than 1% of its peak population. Colorado has over 1,500 ghost towns, although visible remains of only about 640 still exist.
The Colorado and Wyoming Railway company extended its line to Tercio in 1902. Coal mined near Tercio was used mostly to produce coke which was transported by rail to Pueblo, Colorado to be used in the Colorado Fuel and Iron steel mill. [6] By August 1902 Tercio was a company town with 100 houses for employees and expanding rapidly.
The Aylmer, Colorado, post office opened on March 23, 1900. [2] On August 7, 1902, an explosion of dust ignited by giant powder at the Bowen Mine killed 13 people. [3] The precise location of the town site is unknown to the GNIS, [4] but newspaper articles reporting the 1902 Bowen Mine Explosion place the town "about a quarter of a mile below the mine", [5] [6] near Trinidad.
Gilman is an abandoned mining town in southeastern Eagle County, Colorado, United States.The Gilman post office operated from November 3, 1886, until April 22, 1986. [3] The U.S. Post Office at Minturn (ZIP Code 81645) now serves Gilman postal addresses.
Holy Cross City (also known as Holy Cross) is an extinct town located in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. Holy Cross City got its name from Mount of the Holy Cross , located nearby. The Holy Cross post office operated from January 23, 1882, until February 8, 1899, and from December 7, 1904, until August 7, 1905. [ 3 ]
Tiger is an extinct town in Summit County, Colorado, United States. A post office called Tiger was established in 1919, and remained in operation until 1940. [3] The community took its name from the Royal Tiger Mines Company. [4] The town site was destroyed before 1995 by the Forest Service in order to be used as a snowmobile track. [5]
At one point in Power Book II: Ghost‘s Season 4 premiere, in between shootouts and running for their lives, Tariq and Brayden muse about how nice it would be if they were just normal college ...
The lodge still holds meetings as the only Ghost town lodge in Colorado. The free Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861. [6] In 1861 a large fire destroyed 50+ buildings, (including naturalist and taxidermist Martha Maxwell's boardinghouse). However, residents made effective use of TNT to save the remaining parts of the city ...