Lulu City - Colorado Ghost Town

LULU CITY

NAME: Lulu City
COUNTY: Grand
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 2
CLIMATE: Cold winter with snow, cool summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: In Rocky Mountain National Park.
REMAINS: A few foundations.

When the miners first swarmed into Lulu City, most planned to stay for a very long time. That was in 1879. The city was laid out on an ambitious scale. One hundred blocks were platted. In no time, Lulu had four lumber mills, a fancy hotel, a justice of the peace and a post office. The stage from Fort Collins arrived three times a week. The boom lasted little more than a year when people began to leave. Lulu was virtually empty by 1884. Some good gold, silver and lead were mined, but high costs and generally low-grade ore made it hardly worth the trouble. It is said a Benjamin Franklin Burnett founded the town and named it after his daughter, Lulu.Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

When the miners first swarmed into Lulu City, most planned to stay for a very long time. That was in 1879. The city was laid out on an ambitious scale. One hundred blocks were platted. In no time, Lulu had four lumber mills, a fancy hotel, a justice of the peace and a post office. The stage from Fort Collins arrived three times a week. The boom lasted little more than a year when people began to leave. Lulu was virtually empty by 1884. Some good gold, silver and lead were mined, but high costs and generally low-grade ore made it hardly worth the trouble. It is said a Benjamin Franklin Burnett founded the town and named it after his daughter, Lulu.Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

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