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In 1878, lode deposits were discovered in the area, and the town of Virginia City was laid out in March 1879. By the 1880 census, the town had a population of 1,495. As Virginia City, it was incorporated in August 1880, but confusion with Virginia City, Nevada, and Virginia City, Montana, caused the residents to change the name. The town was ...
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.
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Virginia City was the first silver rush town, and the first to intensely apply large-scale industrial mining methods. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] After a year in existence, the boomtown had 42 saloons, 42 stores, 6 restaurants, 3 hotels, and 868 dwellings to house a town residency of 2,345.
A mysterious "7ft" figure filmed walking through a remote part of Colorado has sent Bigfoot enthusiasts into a frenzy. Shannon Parker and Stetson Tyler were travelling on the Narrow Gauge train ...
The Hastings mine explosion was a fire at the Victor-American Fuel Company coal mine in Hastings, Las Animas County, Colorado, on April 27, 1917, in which 121 people died. [1] A small monument marks the location, on County Road 44, about 1.5 km west of the Ludlow Monument , which commemorates those who died in a massacre during the Colorado ...
Location: Otero County, Colorado, United States: Nearest city: La Junta, Colorado: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 799 acres (3.23 km 2) [2]: Built: 1833: Architect: William Bent; Charles Bent: Visitation: 28,131 (2009) [3]: Website: Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site: NRHP reference No.: 66000254: Significant dates; Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966 [4]: Designated NHL: June 3, 1960: Designated NHS ...
Virginia Dale is a tiny unincorporated community located in northwestern Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Virginia Dale is situated in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains on U.S. Highway 287 , approximately 45 mi (72 km) northwest of Ft. Collins and approximately 4 mi (6 km) south of the Wyoming border.