ABBEYVILLE |
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NAME: Abbeyville COUNTY: Gunnison ROADS: 2WD GRID: 5 CLIMATE: Cold winter with snow, cool summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer |
COMMENTS:
Two miles north of Tincup REMAINS: Sign, possible smetler remains.. |
In 1881, a C. F. Abbey built a smelter to handle the ores from the Virginia City mines. A small camp grew up around the smelter and, to no one�s surprise, was named Abbeyville. For unknown reasons, neither the smelter nor the town lasted but a short time. Most of the occupants returned from whence they came which was Tin Cup, only a mile north of Abbeyville. There is not much to mark the site of the former town. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth. |
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