Columbine or Columbine Gold Camp is a former gold mining community in

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, United States (near

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). Now it is an

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, and a rental cabin resort. It dates from around 1895. It was listed as a

on the

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in 2007. It is located at elevation.

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The historic register listing gave the community a bit of a boost. The listing included 20

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and a

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on . Specific buildings include: *General Store / Columbine Mercantile Store (1898). Built by James R. Caron, a store and post office from 1898 to 1967, a Conoco gas station from 1915 to 1967. Now the registration office for cabin rentals. *Oil House (c.1915). Built by James R. Caron, it was used to store

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sold in the general store. *Skiers Cabin (c.1895), which served as "Hitter's Mercantile" before James Caron purchased the property and moved the store in 1898 to the Columbine Mercantile building. One-story north-facing front-gabled log building with

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, with notched corners at the north end and with metal roof installed in 1994 that extends out from the south end to two timber posts. Although altered, has historic integrity. *Skiers Cabin Woodshed (1940s). One of two woodsheds built by Ross Crossley, a log building with notching and with a flat metal roof. About 20 more buildings and structures exist. Columbine is located in the Sierra Madre Mountains (of Colorado and Wyoming) about northwest of

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and north of

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, with a good view of

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. With It is a populated place; also 14 cabins are available for rent, billed as 1800s gold miner cabins.

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