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Kokomo is a silver- and gold-mining ghost town in Summit County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. [3] Before being depopulated in the 1960s, Kokomo was at its height home to over 10,000 people. [ 4 ]
The town was founded as a gold mining camp, after a "rich strike" was discovered west of Fort Collins [1] in September 1886 between the Seven Mile and Elk Horn creeks. [3] [4] This resulted in a rush of miners to the area along Manhattan Creek. [3] [5] The town was platted in 1887 [6] [7] and a post office opened in March of that year.
The Leadville strike of 1880 was the first major labor conflict in the central Colorado silver boomtown, shutting down most of the area’s mining district from May 26, 1880. [ 12 ] According to one historian of the era, "The outpouring of the precious metal from Leadville transformed the struggling Centennial State into a veritable autocrat in ...
Colorado ghost towns were abandoned for a number of reasons: Mining towns were abandoned when the mines closed, largely due to the devaluation of silver in 1893. Mill towns were abandoned when the mining towns they serviced closed. Farming towns on the eastern plains were often deserted due to rural depopulation.
Known for its magnificent Rocky Mountains, national parks and, of course, the mile-high metropolis of Denver, the state of Colorado also boasts many affordable spots in which to retire.
Uravan (a contraction of uranium/vanadium [2]) is a former uranium mining town [3] in western Montrose County, Colorado, United States, which still appears on some maps.The town was a company town established by U. S. Vanadium Corporation in 1936 to extract the rich vanadium ore in the region.
Clean, crisp air, sparkling river canyons and snow-dusted Rocky Mountain vistas are just a few of the things that make Colorado truly unique and a favorite destination amongst domestic and ...
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.