GLENCOE

NAME: Glencoe COUNTY: Lincoln ROADS: 2WD GRID: 7 CLIMATE: Cool winter, warm summer. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: Just off SR 189. REMAINS: Sparse remnants.

Glenco lasted to as recently as 1940. Its find wasn't gold, silver or copper. It was coal. The discovery came about as a result of an expedition launched in 1822, which had an enormous impact on the history of the West. The expedition was organized by William Ashley and Andrew Henry for the purpose of exploring the Rocky Mountains. It opened the South Pass to Oregon, discovered and navigated the Great Salt Lake and discovered outcroppings of coal. It was not until 72 years later however that formal coal mining operations began. It was an immigrant from Scotland that got things started. He named his mine Glenco after a small village in his native Scotland. When the settlement grew to town size, it too was named Glenco. Several disasters occurred in later years killing over a hundred miners. That, along with the fact coal was giving out, caused the mines to close in the early 1940s. Only scattered remains are left for the dedicated tourist. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenowith

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