Rosita, Colorado

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Rosita, Colorado is a historic former silver-mining town in Custer County that is now largely a ghost town and unincorporated community.

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Label Occurrences
Rosita, Colorado canonical 2

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ghost town ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
accessibleBy Custer County Road 328 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Custer County, Colorado ⓘ
countySeatFrom 1878 ⓘ
countySeatUntil 1886 ⓘ
currentUse residential area ⓘ
rural community ⓘ
declineCause competition from other mining camps ⓘ
exhaustion of ore bodies ⓘ
elevation about 2,680 meters ⓘ
about 8,800 feet ⓘ
foundedAs mining camp ⓘ
hasEconomicBasisInHistory hard-rock mining ⓘ
hasHeritageType Colorado mining history site ⓘ
hasHistoricFunction county seat ⓘ
hasHistoricSiteType historic townsite ⓘ
hasPostOfficeStatus post office discontinued ⓘ
hasRemnants cemetery ⓘ
foundations ⓘ
scattered buildings ⓘ
locatedIn Wet Mountain Valley ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedSoutheastOf Westcliffe, Colorado ⓘ
nameLanguage Spanish ⓘ
nameMeaning little rose ⓘ
nearbySettlement Silver Cliff, Colorado ⓘ
Westcliffe, Colorado ⓘ
peakActivityPeriod 1870s ⓘ
1880s ⓘ
postOfficeClosedIn early 20th century ⓘ
primaryResourceMined copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
lead ⓘ
silver ⓘ
region south-central Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Southern Colorado
state Colorado ⓘ
status ghost town ⓘ
largely abandoned ⓘ
succeededAsCountySeatBy Silver Cliff, Colorado ⓘ
UTCOffsetDaylightSavingTime −6 ⓘ
UTCOffsetStandardTime −7 ⓘ
wasCountySeatOf Custer County, Colorado ⓘ

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Wet Mountain Valley → hasSettlement → Rosita, Colorado ⓘ