During the first year of the gold rush, an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 prospectors spent an average of three months packing their outfits up the trails and over the passes to the lakes. The distance from tidewater to the lakes was about 35 miles, but each individual trudged hundreds of m...
Of course, each work suggested specific trails and towns as the “only” route west. With shady information available, many men in the Midwest spent the winter of 1858-1859 planning their trips to the Rockies. Most of those who participated in the rush were young men in their late teens ...
Aside from the ghost town, in 2022 the area is a popular spot for offroad vehicles. Trails nearby often bring OHVs here, but fishermen also still frequent the area to drop a line into Chalk Creek which runs through the former St. Elmo site. St. Elmo, Colorado National Historic District ...