Photos from my retro photo album titled: Colorado, August 2007.
Founded in 1880, Saint Elmo sits at an elevation of 9,961 feet (3,036 m). Nearly 2,000 people settled in this town when mining for gold and silver started. The mining industry started to decline in the early 1920s, and in 1922 the railroad discontinued service.
It is now one of Colorado’s best preserved ghost towns.
BONUS IMAGES FROM STUMPTOWN (which I would argue is Colorado’s best preserved ghost town, just because it gives a better feel for what it was like to exist there. Hard work was definitely the norm.)
My books Memory Road Trip (e-book or paperback) and Time Traveled (e-book or paperback) are both available! You can also find them at most major international book sites.
Krista Marson 