Tarryall is an unincorporated town of cabins and old buildings in eastern Park County,

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in the eastern edge of the

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, between Lake George and

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History

The town was founded in 1896 as Puma City, in response to mineral discoveries in the area. Within its first year, it reached a peak population of about a thousand residents. The Tarryall Post Office soon opened to serve the town. The population dwindled as the mineral discoveries proved to be much smaller than first thought. In the 1900s, the town took the name of its post office, Tarryall.Robert L. Brown, 2003, ''Ghost towns of the Colorado Rockies'', Caxton Press
, p.286-290 Only a handful of residents remain.

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Colorado Mining Boom Populated places in Park County, Colorado