MONTGOMERY
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MONTGOMERY |
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NAME: Montgomery COUNTY: Park ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in winter, moderate climate in summer. Great fall leaves! BEST TIME TO VISIT: After the middle of May to 1st of October |
COMMENTS:
From Highway 9 west on Park county rd 4 one mile to Montgomery Reservoir REMAINS: Magnolia Mill and some skeletal remains of cabins above the lake |
| Founded August 22 1861 two years after gold was discovered in the area.By 1862 Montgomery had 150 cabins, five sawmills, three hotels and the largest dancehall in the region.The towns people named 14,286 ft Mt. Lincoln after the current President and sent him a bar of gold from the Montgomery mine.By the late 1860's the gold had played out and the residents had moved south to Buckskin Joe.The city of Colorado Springs bought the site in the late 1890's to contruct the reservoir and most of the towns remains are lost beneath the waters of the lake. Submitted by: Wayne Saunders |
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