ROGGEN

NAME: Roggen
COUNTY: Weld
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Very hot in summer, cold and windy winters
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring, summer, fall 		COMMENTS: Roggen appears on your Colorado/Weld County map but is not listed as a ghost town. There are a few residents, but they're outnumbered by abandoned houses in various stages of disrepair.
REMAINS: Motel, gas station, deserted main street, about a dozen abandoned homes and shacks

The website http://www.rockymountainprofiles.com/roggen_colorado.htm lists Roggen as a "ghost town." It's "main street" is a dirt road that runs along side a railroad track. It has a few empty store fronts and a very large abandoned house at the center of town. A motel, also vacant and in poor repair, is at the end of the road. There's an active mill of some kind across the tracks and a few residents. I actually didn't see a single live person in the two hours or so I spent there taking pictures this past summer (July 13th, 2009). But some homes in the old town are obviously inhabited. Most are not. Submitted by: D. Squat


Roggen Frontier Service and Motel
Courtesy GT Calvert


Roggen Frontier Service and Motel
Courtesy GT Calvert


Abandoned Cabin in Roggen (Weld County), Colorado
Courtesy D.Squat


Large, deserted house on Front Street
Courtesy D.Squat


Downtown Roggen Colorado (Front Street)
Courtesy D. Squat


Another photo of Roggen's deserted "downtown" (looking northeast along Front Street)
Courtesy D. Squat


An old gas station off Highway 76, Roggen, Colorado
Courtesy D. Squat


An abandoned building in Roggen
Courtesy D. Squat


Abandoned house on Front Street
Courtesy D. Squat


Derelict Prairie Lodge Motel
Courtesy D. Squat


Back view of the deserted Prairie Lodge
Courtesy D. Squat

 

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