Ludlow, Colorado

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Ludlow, Colorado is a former coal mining settlement in southern Colorado best known as the site of the 1914 Ludlow Massacre during a major coal miners' strike.

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Ludlow, Colorado canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former coal mining town ⓘ
labor conflict ⓘ
mass killing ⓘ
memorial ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
associatedField industrial relations ⓘ
labor rights ⓘ
associatedWith Rockefeller family (owners of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company) ⓘ
linked to: Rockefeller family
category company town ⓘ
ghost town in Colorado ⓘ
cause coal miners' strike ⓘ
commemorates Ludlow Massacre ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse historic site ⓘ
date 1914-04-20 ⓘ
elevation approximately 1900 meters ⓘ
approximately 6200 feet ⓘ
hasEvent Ludlow Massacre ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus listed as a National Historic Landmark district ⓘ
hasStructure Ludlow Monument ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 2009 ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century coal mining era ⓘ
historicalSignificance site of the Ludlow Massacre ⓘ
impact influenced U.S. labor law and public opinion on labor disputes ⓘ
involvedOrganization Colorado Fuel and Iron Company ⓘ
Colorado National Guard ⓘ
United Mine Workers of America ⓘ
knownFor Ludlow Massacre of 1914 ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow Massacre

coal mining history ⓘ
labor history ⓘ
locatedIn Las Animas County, Colorado ⓘ
Ludlow, Colorado ⓘ
Ludlow, Colorado ⓘ
southern Colorado ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
maintainedBy United Mine Workers of America ⓘ
namedAfter Ludlow (railroad station or area name origin associated with railroad officials) ⓘ
near Interstate 25 ⓘ
Trinidad, Colorado ⓘ
numberOfDeaths approximately 20 ⓘ
partOf Colorado Coalfield War ⓘ
State of Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Colorado
populationTrend declined after coal mining era ⓘ
primaryIndustry coal mining ⓘ
servedBy railroad (historically associated with coal transport) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ludlow strike → locatedIn → Ludlow, Colorado ⓘ
Colorado Coalfield War → location → Ludlow, Colorado ⓘ
Ludlow Monument → locatedIn → Ludlow, Colorado ⓘ
Ludlow Massacre → locatedIn → Ludlow, Colorado ⓘ
subject linked to: Ludlow, Colorado
Ludlow Monument → locatedIn → Ludlow, Colorado ⓘ
subject linked to: Ludlow, Colorado