A U.S. Geological Survey employee with nothing better to do on vacation than pore over old maps in the Library of Congress made an astonishing discovery last year: a Colorado map from 1894 that ...

Loveland author Kenneth Jessen wrote about the facts, figures and statistics of Colorado’s ghost towns, but he wanted to tell his own stories of his visits to hundreds of these towns. IRIS, CO: Sept.

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado has a rich history ...

About 11 miles south of Aspen, Colorado, is the ghost town of Ashcroft. Ashcroft once had hotels, saloons, and 2,000 residents. But 5 years after being built, it was deserted. I toured Ashcroft's ...

In 1858, prospectors struck gold on Cherry Creek, and in an instant a generation of Americans and fortune seekers from abroad was bound for what would become Colorado. It worked out OK for Denver, ...

A cross the country, forgotten ghost towns are finding new life as communities of artists, historians, and entrepreneurs ...

Formerly known as Castle Forks City, Ashcroft was founded in 1880 by a group of silver-searching prospectors. They built a courthouse and laid streets in two weeks’ time, and by 1883, the town ...

The Loveland Museum is unveiling its next exhibit, “Images of Colorado’s Ghost Towns,” at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Foote Gallery at 503 N. Lincoln Ave. The exhibit will feature a variety of photographs ...

But the doors are shuttered, the windows are mostly boarded up, and there is no sign of the gangs of carousing miners that would descend on the town from surrounding valleys on weekends, pay in hand, ...

The historic ghost town of Dearfield, located roughly 24 miles east of Greeley and 70 miles northeast from Denver, could become Colorado's next national park if the U.S. Department of the Interior can ...