Ghost towns of Colorado Ghost towns of Colorado Climax is a ghost town located in Lake County, Colorado. On the continental divide at 11,360 feet above sea level, it is the highest settlement in the United States – it holds the record for having the nation's highest post office and railroad station. ...more on Wikipedia about "Climax, Colorado"
Cripple Creek, is a city in Teller County, Colorado; it is the county seat. Cripple Creek is 24 miles south west of Colorado Springs, Colorado on the southern slopes of Pike's Peak. It was the most fabulous gold mining camp of Colorado. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cripple Creek, Colorado"
Gilman is a former town located in southeastern Eagle County, Colorado in the United States. Founded in 1886 during the Colorado Silver Boom, the town later became a center of lead and zinc mining in Colorado, centered around the now-flooded Eagle Mine. It was abandoned in 1984 by order of the Environmental Protection Agency ** because of toxic pollutants, including contamination of the ground water, as well as unprofitability of the mines. It is currently a ghost town on private property and is strictly off limits to the public. At the time of the abandonment, the mining operations were owned by Viacom International. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gilman, Colorado"
Ludlow is a former town located in Las Animas County, Colorado in the United States. Now a ghost town, the town was famous as the site of the Ludlow Massacre in 1914. The town site is nestled at the entrance to a canyon in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It is located along the western side of Interstate 25 approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of the town of Trinidad. Nearby points of interest include the Ludlow Monument, a monument to the coal miners and their families who were killed in the 1914 massacre, the Hastings coke ovens, and the Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster Monument. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ludlow, Colorado"
Manhattan is a former town and current ghost town located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northwestern Larimer County, Colorado in the United States. The town was founded in 1886 as gold mining camp, during the height of the Colorado Silver Boom. It was situated at an elevation of 8700 feet, located north of the Poudre Canyon and west of Red Feather Lakes, about halfway between Elkhorn Creek and Seven Mile Creek, in the valley of small tributary of Elkhorn Creek called Manhattan Creek. The town never experienced great prosperity, however, and had largely vanished by the early 20th century. The town was largely dismantled in the 1930s, and virtually nothing remains of it today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Manhattan, Colorado"
Tarryall was a former town in northern Park County, Colorado in the United States, and still exists as an unincorporated town of cabins and old buildings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tarryall, Colorado"
Uravan was a town in western Montrose County, Colorado, now abandoned as a ghost town and Superfund site. The town was a company town established by U. S. Vanadium Corporation in 1936 to extract the rich vanadium ore in the region. As a byproduct of vanadium extraction, small amounts of uranium were also produced, at the time mostly used as a yellow pigment. The name derives come a combination of these two elements. ...more on Wikipedia about "Uravan, Colorado"
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