Dutchtown was a mining community high in the
Never Summer Mountains
The Never Summer Mountains are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in north central Colorado in the United States consisting of seventeen named peaks. The range is located along the northwest border of Rocky Mountain National Park, forming t ...
of what is now
Rocky Mountain National Park. The
ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by All ...
lies just below the timberline, and comprises the ruins of four cabins. The site was inhabited by squatters who were made unwelcome in
Lulu City, in the
Kawuneeche Valley a couple of miles to the east. Dutchtown existed to work the same silver deposits mined by Lulu City residents, but existed as a suburb of Lulu City to accommodate Dutch miners who were run out of town after a drunken affray in Lulu City. It existed from about 1879 to about 1884.
The town site was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
on January 29, 1988.
See also
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References
National Register of Historic Places in Rocky Mountain National Park
Ghost towns in Colorado
Houses in Grand County, Colorado
Former populated places in Grand County, Colorado
National Register of Historic Places in Grand County, Colorado
Populated places on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
1879 establishments in Colorado
Populated places established in 1879
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