INDEPENDENCE

NAME: Independence COUNTY: Teller ROADS: 2WD GRID: 5 CLIMATE: Snow in winter; cool summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: (There is also an "Independence" in Pitkin Co.). This is the largest true ghost town I have ever found (no residents and no restoration). Follow CO-67 south out of Cripple Creek to Victor. At the south end of Victor, a gravel road goes left toward the town of Goldfield. Stay to the left (Goldfield is to the right) and the road goes right to Independence. There are many cabins on both sides of the road, many still relatively intact. There are also some mining structures. REMAINS: Many cabins

Independence (along with several other sites in the area, though none as extensive as Independence) was part of the Colorado gold boom of the late 1800's. There is atill gold mining in the area and the many roads throughout the area are well maintained. Submitted by: Harold Frodge

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