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HISTORY
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Town Host |
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Allenspark |
Est. 1896; named for Alonzo N.
Allen who discovered gold nearby in 1864; stage stop bet. Ward and Estes
Park |
Community, 2000 population 496 |
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| Altona |
Originally called Modoc
(1874-79), Altona was a post office [Peter Haldi Postmaster] and business
point near mouth of Left Hand Canyon until 1916. Occupants: George Bader
and Samuel Arbutnot, pioneers. Search for Arbutnot Surname. Elevation:
5599 ft., latitude: 400802N, longitude: 1051656W |
Ghost town |
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| Balarat |
Post Office (1879-1887) -
Community. Elevation 7480 ft., latitude: 400933N, longitude: 1052345W |
Ghost town |
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| Big Five |
Present day:
Gold & silver mine; longitude: 400424N, latitude: 1053024W
Inactive coal mine; latitude: 395804N, longitude: 1051117W
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Ghost town |
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| Boulder |
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County seat; home of the
University of Colorado; population in the year 2000 - 94,673 |
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| Canfield |
Post office 1878-1906;
station on D&BV railroad 1¼ miles west of Erie; latitude: 400313N,
longitude: 1050427W |
Ghost town |
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| Cardinal |
Once a wagon stop mining camp
on the Coon Trail established in 1870 by Sam Conger and surveyed by J. D.
Peregrine. There was a post office, assay office, boarding house, saloons,
and several stores. In 1872 the population was 1872 [?] and increased to
1,500 between 1878 and 1883. A post office from 1905-1919. Elevation - 8980;
latitude: 395811N longitude: 1053250W. |
Ghost town |
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| Caribou |
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Ghost town |
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| Copperock |
Post Office 1892-1915 |
Ghost town |
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| Crisman |
Post Office 1876-1918;
elevation 6360 ft.; latitude: 400227N; longitude: 1052139W |
Ghost town |
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| Davidson |
Post Office 1873-1878
Station on C.C.R.R. 8 miles from Boulder. Davison Coal and Iron Co. and
Escelior Coal Co.; Robert Smith, general merchandise; W.A. Davison, coal;
J.E. Jones, hotel. |
Ghost town |
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| Delphi |
Post Office 1895-1898 . . .
see Wallstreet |
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| Eagle Rock (aka Eagle
Creek) |
Mining camp [hotel, M.
Boneber] Mines: Equator, Melbourne, Paymaster, Milan, Little Belle,
Wheeling, Whole, Golden Eagle, Lone Star.
Post Office 1876-1877 |
Abandoned |
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| Eldora |
Est. 1897, Inc. 1898;
previously known as Eldorado; elevation - 8641 ft.; latitude: 395655N;
longitude: 1053348W. |
Community |
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| Eldorado Springs |
Est. 1930; previously known
as Hawthorne; elevation - 5762 ft.; latitude: 395557N; longitude: 1051635W. |
Community; 2000 population
557 |
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| Gold Hill |
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Community; 2000 population
210 |
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| Gorham |
Post Office 1899-1942 (see
also Marshall) |
Renamed |
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| Gresham |
Post Office 1895-1912;
elevation 8444 ft., latitude: 400825N, longitude: 1052554W |
Ghost town |
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| Highland |
RR Stop 1892-1959 map;
elevation 5136 ft., latitude: 401420N, longitude: 1050458W |
Community |
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| Hygiene |
(Previously called Pella,
North Pella) Established in 1861; Post Office established 1883; Reverend
Jacob S. Flory built Hygiene, was the first postmaster and first publisher.
Elevation 5097 ft., latitude: 401119N, longitude: 1051049W |
Community |
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| Jamestown |
(Previously called Camp
Jimtown, Jimtown; aka Elysian Park) Est. 1867, Inc 1883. Early history
(source unknown): "One of oldest mining towns in Colorado on James creek, 5
miles northeast of Gold Hill, 8 east of Ward, 10 northwest of Boulder.
Population 700, with stores, saloons, not merely a community. Peabody
Mineral Springs: hotel and baths, C.F. Pease; Morley & Co., general
merchandise; Willard Mills." Elevation 6929 ft., latitude: 400656N,
longitude: 1052317W |
Community; 2000 population:
205 |
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| Keysport |
Early (source unknown): "1870
Keysport was on Beaver creek, in Grand Island district, Boulder county, 2
miles from Caribou, 16 miles from Central, and 18 miles from Boulder City.
[names: Alfred Tucker, E. Sexton, John Anderson, JS Beaman, J. W. Daniels,
Henry Deschner]." |
Ghost town |
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| Lafayette |
Est. 1889, Inc 1890, founded
by Mary Miller
and named for her husband Lafayette Miller |
Community, 2000
population 23,197 |
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| Liggett |
RR Stop-1969 map; elevation
5059 ft., latitude: 400242N, longitude: 1050800W |
Ghost town |
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| Longmont |
Early history (source
unknown): "Next to Boulder City, the principal town in Boulder county.
Terminus of the Colorado Central R.R., Julesburg Division. Daily mail and
express. Western Union and Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Lines. Tri-weekly
stages to la Porte, Ft. Collins, and Cheyenne; daily to Erie. Population,
800. Distances: To Evans or Greeley, 30 miles; Erie, 10; Long's Peak, 30;
Estes Park, 32." Est. 1871, Inc 1873; elevation 4942 ft. |
Community; 2000 population
71,093 |
Pauli Driver Smith |
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Louisville |
As found on
Boulder County Almanac, "The city's roots can be traced back to coal
mining in 1877. The town was founded in 1878 when Louis Nawatny platted his
farmland into city blocks and named the community after himself. Thirty
mines eventually opened." Elevation 5337 ft. |
Community; 2000 population
18,937 |
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| Lyons |
Early (source unknown): "Coal
mining town and trading point for farmers on the Colorado Central Railroad.
12 miles from Boulder. [CC Welch, Jay Gould, David Kerr, G. W. Eggleston, James
Minks.]" Mining Camp as early as 1858; Est. 1882; Inc 1891; elevation 5362
ft. |
Community; 2000 population 1,585 |
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| Magnolia |
Early (source unknown):
"Center of a new mining district in Boulder county, 10 miles from Boulder
City. Principal lodes: Magnolia, Alabama, Riter, Downs, Keystone, Atlantic,
Little Darrt, Jefferson, Dunraven, Queen Victoria." Post Office, 1876-1920;
elevation 7238 ft.; latitude: 395938N; longitude: 1052153W. |
Community |
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| Marshall |
Early (source unknown):
"Old-mining town with post office, 5 miles southerly of Boulder. Developed
by Joseph W. Marshall, William L. Lee, Mylo Lee and AG Langford." Est.
1860-1878; elevation 5509 ft.; latitude: 395720N; longitude: 1051345W |
Community |
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| Nederland |
Early (source unknown):
"Called Brownville in 1870, in 1875 the name changed to Nederland. Also
called Middle Boulder, on the road between Boulder City and Caribou, and at
the forks of the road to Central. Daily mails and express. Western Union
Telegraph. Daily stages to Central, Caribou and Boulder. Population 500.
Principal mines: Lone Star, First National, Boulder County, Trogan and
Washington Avenue lodes. Distance to Caribou, 4 miles; to Boulder, 16; to
Central, 15." Est. 1871, Inc 1874 (some sources say inc. 1859); additional
variant name: Tungsten Town; elevation 8233; latitude: 395741N; longitude:
1053037W
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Community; 2000 population 1,394 |
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| New Market |
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Ghost town |
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Niwot |
Early (source unknown):
"Settlers claimed lands as early as 1859, but the town was not established
until 1872. 'Ni-Wot' is named for the leader of a band of Arapaho Indians,
Chief Ni-Wot, meaning left handed. He is said to have evoked a curse--that
those who came to winter here, even if they subsequently left would always
be lured back. The curse is legend. The lure is real. Niwot's location, 4
miles from Boulder, below the Front range is in a calm weather pattern, snow
will fall on both sides and miss Niwot. [settlers: P T Hinman, his P M
Hinman and W Caywood & Sons, and Sylvanus Budd. On the Colorado Central
Railroad.]" Post Office established 1873; RR station 1875. |
Community; 2000 population
4,160 |
This Niwot
site is owned and maintained by Susie Allen |
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Orodelfan |
Post Office 1876-1881, also
called: Orodell, Maxwell's Mill, Hortonville, Hunt's Concentration Works |
Ghost town |
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| Pella |
Original townsite located
near present day Hygiene |
Ghost town |
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| Rowena |
Est. 1894; Post Office PO
1894-1918; elevation 7372 ft.; latitude: 400437N; longitude: 1052320W |
Community |
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| Salina |
Early (source unknown):
"Mining town in Boulder county. Daily stages to Boulder, Gold Hill and
Sunshine. Population 100. Reduction Works. H. G.. Sartore, general
merchandise." Post Office 1874-1925; elevation 6581 ft. |
Community |
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| Santa La Saria |
Latitude 395746N; longitude
1053034W |
Ghost town/Inactive mine |
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| Sugar Loaf |
Early (source unknown):
"Mining district in Boulder county, 10 miles west of Boulder." Post Office
1867-1944; elevation 7842 ft.; latitude: 400101N; longitude: 1052424W |
Community |
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| Sunshine |
Early (source unknown): "The
mining town in the eastern limits of Gold Hill mining district, in the foot
hills, at the elevation of about 6,700 feet above sea level, six miles from
Boulder City. Daily mails, express and stages to Boulder. Population, 800.
An excellent newspaper, the Sunshine Courier, Bruner & Cairus, publishers,
is printed here, and has done much to advertise this rich mining section.
Distances: Boulder, 6 miles, Denver, 40; Gold Hill, 2 ½; Salina, 1;
Jamestown, 8; Caribou, 16; Central City, 35." Post Office 1875-1913, Inc
1885; elevation 7160 ft.; latitude: 400357N; longitude: 1052158W |
Community |
This Sunshine site is owned
and maintained by Susie Allen (Coming
Soon) |
| Superior |
Est. 1896, Inc 1904; elevation
5490 ft.; population in 1990 was 255; in 2000 it was 9011 |
Community |
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| Tungsten |
Post Office 1916-1949;
reached a peak population of 20,000; elevation 8002; latitude: 395819N;
longitude: 1052832W |
Ghost town |
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| Valmont |
Early (source unknown): "On
the Denver & Boulder Valley Railroad, one mile from Colorado Central. Daily
mail and express. WU Telegraph line. Population 500. Distances: to Boulder
3½ miles, Erie 9, Davidson 4½." Post Office 1865-1901; elevation 5183 ft.;
latitude: 400155N; longitude: 1051250W |
Community |
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| Wallstreet |
Originally named Delphi; name
changed in 1898; Post Office 1895-1921; elevation 6878 ft.; latitude:
Photos |
Ghost town |
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| Ward |
Early (source unknown):
"1867-Population 1000, 8 miles north of Caribou and 6 above Gold Hill.
Population 400. Smith's Hotel, Ni-Wot Mill of fifty stamps; the Baxter,
Long & Ulverson, Weist's Snider, Sivyer, J. Ellingham & Co., Ward Mining
Co.'s stamp mills. Mines: Columbia, Celestial, Neillson and Humbold." Est.
1863 as Ward District; renamed Ward 1894, Inc 1896; elevation 9160 ft.
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Community, 2000 population
169 |
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