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Museum
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Walk the
streets of
a time gone by.
Railroad
Depot
Drug Store
School House
and much, much More.
Turn back the pages of history.
Authentic
ghost town ... an amazing restoration
of a Colorado mining
Boomtown.
The year was 1859. Gold was discovered in South Park and the rush was on! Hordes of gold-seekers spilled into the Park, and within a few short months the mountains were dotted with mining camps sporting names like Tarryall, Leavick, Eureka and Buckskin Joe. These camps grew to become boom towns, thriving communities on the edge of the frontier. Gradually the mining dried up and the people moved on until all that remained were decaying ghost towns.
Located in Fairplay, Colorado, the South Park City ghost town museum is an accurate representation of a mining town between 1860 and 1900. Thirty-four authentic buildings filled with over 60,000 artifacts portray most of the economic and social aspects of boomtown life. Buildings are from abandoned ghost towns in South Park, a 900 square mile basin surrounded by Colorado's majestic Rocky Mountains. The restored ghost town buildings contain period room settings and exhibits illustrating the professions, trades and industries that contributed to life in a nineteenth century Colorado mining town.
To give you just a taste of what you can see and do in South Park City ghost town, take our short online Ghost Town Museum Tour. Before planning to visit South Park City ghost town, be sure to look over the Museum Info page. For ghost town history buffs who want to learn even more, our website has much to offer. We also have a selection of informative ghost town history books & videos. Finally, enjoy the benefits of becoming a ghost town supporter by becoming a South Park City Museum Member. Help us preserve the past and educate the present at the same time.
Ghost Town Home Page
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