Colorado Ghost Town Books/Maps
Caribou Colorado Ghost town
Caribou was the site of a very large and prosperous Silver mine. The first time I visited the site, about 30 years ago, a cabin was still standing in the valley below the site. I remember it is because that was the first time I saw a snow escape hatch or "Snow Chimney".
Some summer
Some Winter
A viewer writes - I ran into your website. I found it interesting that your pictures only show the remains of one stone building. In the mid-1990s there were definitely more. We hiked from the Rainbow Lakes campsite to Caribou and were caught by a thunderstorm just as we arrived. We hid in the remains of one building that still had a partial roof. It had several rooms and a large frame of a window that faced down the valley. (Sketches of that building with the window can be seen in Stampede to Timberline.) We watched lighting strike down the valley through that window. I have pictures of the building.
A viewer writes - Monday, July 12, 2010 - Rocky, your ghost town pictures fit right in with me family genealogy. For instance; I have two families in Caribou on the 1880 Census. Maybe they are known by other people as well. My Great Uncle, John Retallack, was a miner and blacksmith in Caribou and he lived there with his wife Jennie Willis, Daughter Louise, Son John who died in Caribou in 1881 age 4. and son George. The Census for 1880 shows a good many people. James Collins is a relative as well and he was in Caribou with his wife Mary and her sister Alma. James and Mary had a daughter Mary Ann who was two years old. Maybe some one will find the cemetery and little John's grave, Thanks, Velda Stubbings Chico, CA velfred@sbcglobal.net
Photos 2002
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