Querida (also called Bassick City) is a
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), ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* Ghost Town (1956 film), ''Ghost Town'' ...
in
Custer County,
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
, United States.
The town was built to serve the surrounding silver mines, the most important of which was the Bassick mine. ''Querida'' is Spanish for "beloved."
Geography
Querida is located at (38.1261125,-105.3344427).
Querida is located on the eastern flanks of the
Wet Mountain Valley
The Wet Mountain Valley is a high elevation mountain valley mostly located in Custer County but extending southward into Huerfano County in south-central Colorado. Westcliffe and Silver Cliff are the two towns in the valley which is mostly de ...
.
See also
List of ghost towns in Colorado
This is a list of some ghost towns in the U.S. State of Colorado. Colorado has over 1,500 ghost towns, although visible remains of only about 640 still exist. Due to incomplete records and legends that are now accepted as fact, no exhaustive li ...
References
External links
Ghosttowns.com: Bassick City or QueridaFull Resolution Ghost Town and Historic Site Photos by Coloradopast.com
Former populated places in Custer County, Colorado
Ghost towns in Colorado
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