Sunset Colorado Townsite - Ghost town
Not much left of Sunset. It sits in Four Mile Creek. Several buildings and an ore cart with the towns name. Great spot to start your trip up the Switzerland Trail. The old railroad grade that goes to Ward. Several nice roads out of town for the 4x4s, bikes, ATVs etc.
A viewer writes - just found this site. we, the smiths, of Denver, used to own the little school house in sunset. i spent most summers up there and lots of time in the winters. it was a great spot to spend time. i have so many wonderful memories of being with my parents, grandparents, and my brothers and sister. my grandparents, parents and one brother are gone now, so i hold on to the memories. we made a small pond down at the creek. made snow graves in the snow when it was 4 feet deep. sled on the old mine hills. once we climbed up the mountain in front of the cabin and found a den o 3 mountain lion babies. of course i wanted to take all of them home, but my dad said that wasn't a good idea duh!! we had 2 outhouses, one for the guys and one for the girls, which are still there, and i just knew one night when we went out there, a mountain lion was going to get us. i really wish we would have held on to the place, i really miss it. i go up sometimes just to look at the place and remember great times. thanks for listening! smt_forever@yahoo.com
A viewer writes - I was so surprised to see the "cabin" again! I am the youngest Smith daughter. I was too young to remember much, but by golly I remember those outhouses! I have gone back to some of the pictures we have of Sunset and I found one with the family in front of a Train Car with SUNSET on the side of it, I wonder if it's still there? I wish we could have kept the Sunset history in the family, but mom and dad sold it in the mid 70s, to a guy who made Dulcimers. Anyway, I am glad to have found this website.
Photos courtesy of Mike Sinnwell 2005
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