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Former railway junction in Park County, Colorado, United States Ghost town in State of Colorado, United States of America
Alma Junction, Colorado
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Train depot at Alma Junction in the early 1900s.Train depot at Alma Junction in the early 1900s.
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Coordinates: 39°16′03″N 106°02′43″W / 39.2675°N 106.0453°W / 39.2675; -106.0453
CountryUnited States of America
StateState of Colorado
CountyPark County
Government
 • BodyPark County
Elevation10,256 ft (3,126 m)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
GNIS pop ID180004

Alma Junction was the terminal of the Fairplay–Alma branch of the Colorado and Southern railway in Colorado in the United States, which has been abandoned since the early 20th century. The depot closed in 1924, and the branch itself in 1937. It was also known as London Junction, and according to timetables published in November 1883 there were two trains per day between it and Garos.

The spur line of the railway, through Park City up to the London Mines, had been completed in 1882, the Mines themselves having been established in the 1870s. By 1884, a small town of some 150 people had grown up around the depot. It had an ore processing works, and for a short period between 1910 and 1912 (because of the death of its owner George Moe) a smelter.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  2. ^ "Alma Junction, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  3. Singewald & Butler 1941, p. 35.
  4. Simmons 2011, p. 147.
  5. Poor 1949, p. 333.
  6. ^ Massey & Wilson 2006, p. 72.
  7. ^ PCLHA 2015, p. 84.

Sources

  • Park County Local History Archives (2015). Park County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467132459.
  • Simmons, Virginia McConnell (2011). Bayou Salado. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 9781457109447.
  • Singewald, Quentin Dreyer; Butler, Bert Sylvenus (1941). "Ore deposits in the vicinity of the London fault of Colorado". Bulletin. No. 911. United States Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/b911.
  • Poor, Meredith Clarence (1949). Denver, South Park & Pacific: A History of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad and Allied Narrow Gauge Lines of the Colorado & Southern Railway Company. Rocky Mountain Railroad Club.
  • Massey, Peter; Wilson, Jeanne (2006). Colorado Trails North–Central Region. Adler Publishing. ISBN 9781930193116.

Further reading

  • Brown, Robert L. (1972). "London Junction". Colorado Ghost Towns: Past and Present. Caxton Press. pp. 164–168. ISBN 9780870045301.

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