| TOWN |
FOUNDED |
COMMENTS |
| Antler Creek |
1885 |
Ghost Town
E of Janeway |
| Ashcroft |
1880-1912 |
aka Chloride
and Castle Forks City, 12 mi S of Aspen, abandoned by 1935, used as training
camp in WWII for Army 10th Mtn Division, 1950s TV show Sergeant Preston
of the Yukon was filmed here. Town is now a national historic
site and has been partially restored. |
| Aspen |
1880-Present |
formerly named
Ute City, Aspen Guide, began as
a silver camp, now ski resort for the rich and famous. |
| Aspen City |
. |
small camp,
now merged into Aspen |
| Aspen Junction |
1890 |
renamed Basalt |
| Aspen-Gerbaz |
1967 |
rural branch
of Aspen |
| Avalanche |
. |
located on
Crystal River, RR stop |
| Basalt |
. |
aka Frying
Pan City and Aspen Junction, on border of Eagle and Pitkin Counties at
confluence of Fryingpan and Roaring Fork rivers, supply town for Colorado
Midland Railway, burned in 1892, 1898, and 1900 |
| Biglow |
. |
aka Quinn's
Spur, RR loading spur, |
| Calcium |
1888-1890 |
became Thomasville,
limestone quarry |
| Carey/ Careys
Camp |
1883-1884 |
aka Carey's
Camp, located on Conundrum Creek |
| Castle Forks
City |
1880-1881 |
became Ashcroft |
| Cervera |
. |
aka Sewell
and Manalta, located on Crystal River |
| Chipeta |
1899-1899 |
became Independence |
| Chloride |
1881-1882 |
mining
camp, aka Highland |
| Clifton |
. |
aka Penny Hot
Springs, N of Redstone, ochre mine |
| Coalbasin |
1881-1909 |
Ghost Town,
12 mi W of Redstone, RR spur |
| Concentrator |
1923 |
RR stop
4 mi NW of Aspen |
| Cooper's Camp |
1880-1886 |
Ghost Town,
2 mi S of Ashcroft |
| Crystal Ranch |
. |
located on
Crystal River |
| Davies |
1895-1895 |
. |
| Difficult Creek |
1885 |
SE of
Aspen on way to Taylor Pass |
| Douglass City |
. |
construction
camp on W side of Hagerman Tunnel, near Ivanhoe |
| Eagle Sampler |
. |
camp and mill
near Independence |
| Elk Mtn Lodge |
. |
. |
| Emma |
1883-1947 |
Began as RR
camp on Roaring Fork between Glenwood & Aspen, 2 bldgs remain |
| Farwell |
1881-1882 |
became Independence |
| Gerbazdale |
1918-1918 |
aka Watson |
| Gulch |
1891-1916 |
aka Spring
Gulch |
| Hellgate |
. |
Mining camp
on Maroon Creek |
| Highland |
1879-1890 |
formerly Chloride,
Ghost Town, now has some new cabins |
| Hope |
1880s |
mining
camp near Independence, aka Mount Hope |
| Hot Springs |
. |
located on
Crystal River |
| Humphrey |
. |
RR stop |
| Independence |
1880 |
Ghost Town
on Independence Pass, formerly Chipeta, Sidney, Farwell and Sparkill, renamed
Mammoth City and Mount Hope for awhile, several cabin ruins remain, Named
after Independence Mine which was discovered 4 July 1879. |
| Ivanhoe |
1888-1918 |
RR stop on
FR 527 next to Lake Ivanhoe |
| Janeway |
1887-1900 |
located on
Crystal River, Ghost Town, 1 cabin remains, N of Redstone, formerly Mobley's
Camp |
| Junction House |
. |
station stop
on Independence Pass |
| Kellogg |
. |
Ghost Town,
2 mi S of Ashcroft, just N of Cooper's Camp |
| Lenado |
1891-1907 |
4 mi
NE of Aspen on Woody Creek, at foot of Porphyry Mtn, began 1880s lead,
silver and zinc, now hippy haven |
| Mammoth City |
. |
aka Independence |
| Manalta |
. |
aka Cervera
and Sewell |
| Marion |
. |
. |
| Maroon Creek |
. |
scattered settlement
along creek |
| Massive City |
1879-1883 |
on W
slope of Mt massive, ghost town |
| McClure |
. |
located on
Crystal River at county border |
| Medio |
. |
RR & coal
camp between Redstone & Coalbasin |
| Merideth |
1889 |
started as
Limestone quarry, now a resort on Frying Pan River, store remains |
| Mobleys Camp |
1887 |
stage stop
between Redstone and Marble, renamed Janeway |
| Mount Hope |
. |
aka Independence |
| Muckawanago |
. |
lumber loading
spur, aka Rileys |
| Nast |
1909-1918 |
RR stop and
resort |
| Norrie |
1894-1918 |
started as
a lumber camp |
| Penny Hot Springs |
. |
aka Clifton,
north of Redstone, had ochre mine |
| Placita |
1899-1934 |
located on
Crystal River, Ghost Town, Coal Town established by Colo Fuel & Iron |
| Quinn's Spur |
. |
RR loading
spur, aka Biglow |
| Rathbone |
. |
near Woody
Creek |
| Redstone |
1898-Present |
Redstone
Online, established by JC Osgood as a company town for his nearby coal
mines, now a resort |
| Richland |
. |
aka Highland |
| Riley's |
. |
aka Muckawanago,
lumber loading spur |
| Roaring Fork
City |
1879 |
Just
W of Aspen |
| Rock Creek |
. |
Early name
for Crystal River |
| Ruby |
1890s |
silver camp
in Lincoln Gulch,10 mi S of Independence, Ghost Town |
| Ruedi |
. |
now submerged
under Ruedi Resv |
| Satank |
1882-1904 |
. |
| Sellar |
1888-1918 |
RR stop and
PO on Colorado Midland RR on Seller Creek |
| Sewell |
. |
aka Cervera
and Manalta, 4 mi N of Janeway |
| Sidney |
1881-1882 |
aka Independence |
| Smuggler |
. |
mining camp
near Smuggler mine, now part of Aspen |
| Snowmass |
1889-Present |
Snowmass
Online, named for nearby stream, ski resort |
| Snowmass Village |
1967-Present |
Snowmass
Village Online, |
| Sparkill |
1882-1887 |
became Independence |
| Spring Gulch |
1891-1916 |
coal town,
aka Gulch |
| Tellurium Park |
. |
between Thomasville
and Troutville in Eagle County |
| Thomas |
. |
located on
Crystal River |
| Thomasville |
1890-1918 |
aka Calcium,
began as smelter, on Frying Pan River on FR 105, several cabins remain |
| Tourtelotte |
1899-1894 |
1.5 mi S of
Aspen, now part of Aspen Ski Area |
| Ute City/ Springs |
. |
renamed Aspen |
| Watson |
1889-1918 |
renamed Gerbazdale,
2 mi N of Woody Creek, RR stop |
| Weller |
. |
stage
stop 12 mi from Aspen on way to Independence pass |
| West Aspen |
. |
camp
absorbed into Aspen |
| Woody Creek |
1920 |
. |
