Rosita, Colorado
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Rosita, Colorado is a historic former silver-mining town in Custer County that is now largely a ghost town and unincorporated community.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ghost town
ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ |
| accessibleBy | Custer County Road 328 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Custer County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countySeatFrom | 1878 ⓘ |
| countySeatUntil | 1886 ⓘ |
| currentUse |
residential area
ⓘ
rural community ⓘ |
| declineCause |
competition from other mining camps
ⓘ
exhaustion of ore bodies ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 2,680 meters
ⓘ
about 8,800 feet ⓘ |
| foundedAs | mining camp ⓘ |
| hasEconomicBasisInHistory | hard-rock mining ⓘ |
| hasHeritageType | Colorado mining history site ⓘ |
| hasHistoricFunction | county seat ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSiteType | historic townsite ⓘ |
| hasPostOfficeStatus | post office discontinued ⓘ |
| hasRemnants |
cemetery
ⓘ
foundations ⓘ scattered buildings ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Wet Mountain Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedSoutheastOf | Westcliffe, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | little rose ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Silver Cliff, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Westcliffe, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakActivityPeriod |
1870s
ⓘ
1880s ⓘ |
| postOfficeClosedIn | early 20th century ⓘ |
| primaryResourceMined |
copper
ⓘ
gold ⓘ lead ⓘ silver ⓘ |
| region | south-central Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
| status |
ghost town
ⓘ
largely abandoned ⓘ |
| succeededAsCountySeatBy | Silver Cliff, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UTCOffsetDaylightSavingTime | −6 ⓘ |
| UTCOffsetStandardTime | −7 ⓘ |
| wasCountySeatOf | Custer County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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