Turret - Colorado Ghost Town

TURRET

NAME: Turret
COUNTY: Chaffee
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 5
CLIMATE: Harsh winters,and mild summers
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Late spring to early fall

COMMENTS: Turret is located in a beautiful setting about 12 miles n/w of Salida. It is reached by a fairly well maintained dirt road. There were at least a dozen buildings still standing when I last visited in the summer of 1996. There is one obvious summer home,which was unoccupied when I visited.
REMAINS: About a dozen buildings still standing.

Turret was a gold camp that was discovered in 1897. It had a peak population of about 400. In 1941 the post office was closed, and the town died. One resident,Pete G. Schlosser of Illinois,claimed to be the first man to eat tomatoes and prove they weren't poisonous. Submitted by Rob Newquist. Turret Courtesy Dolores Steele For Sale - Air Conditioned Courtesy Dolores Steele Turret Courtesy Dolores Steele	Turret Courtesy Dolores Steele Turret Courtesy Dolores Steele Broken pieces of wood and 1 marked grave is all remaining on hilltop Courtesy Dolores Steele

Turret was a gold camp that was discovered in 1897. It had a peak population of about 400. In 1941 the post office was closed, and the town died. One resident,Pete G. Schlosser of Illinois,claimed to be the first man to eat tomatoes and prove they weren't poisonous. Submitted by Rob Newquist.

Turret
Courtesy Dolores Steele

For Sale - Air Conditioned
Courtesy Dolores Steele

Turret
Courtesy Dolores Steele

Broken pieces of wood and 1 marked grave is all remaining on hilltop
Courtesy Dolores Steele

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