ASHCROFT

NAME: Ashcroft
COUNTY: Pitkin
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 5
CLIMATE: Cold Winter, mild summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:
Summer
COMMENTS: Maintained by the Aspen Historical society.
REMAINS: Nine original buildings.

Originally named Castle Forks, then Chloride, this town was founded aroun 1880 due to the location of placer deposites in the Castle Creek Valley. There was such a boom that three years later there were 2500 residents, two newspapers, a school, two sawmills, and 20 saloons. The town soon dwindeled as the mines played out and nearby the nearby Aspen load was located. By 1900, there was only two people left. In 1953, the land was deeded to the Forest Service and is now preserved by the Aspen Historical Society.


Ashcroft
Courtesy Dolores Steele


House
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Blue Mirror Saloon
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Hotel
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Ashcroft
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Ashcroft
Todd Underwood


Ashcroft
Todd Underwood


Ashcroft
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Ashcroft
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Ashcroft
Courtesy Mike Woodfin

 


Ashcroft Today
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Ashcroft
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Ashcroft
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Mercantile
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Ashcroft
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Ashcroft
Todd Underwood


Ashcroft
Todd Underwood


Ashcroft
Todd Underwood


Ashcroft
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Ashcroft
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Ashcroft
Courtesy Mike Woodfin

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