Caribou townsite, Colorado

1. Caribou townsite 1951: 8"x10" color print from slide donated by Lorraine Todd. Print donated by Tom Hendricks.
1. Caribou townsite 1951

8"x10" color print from slide donated by Lorraine Todd. Print donated by Tom Hendricks.

Name/Title

Caribou townsite, Colorado

Entry/Object ID

2024.1.16

Description

Remains of the townsite in Caribou, Colorado 1. Caribou townsite 1951. 8"x10" color print from slide donated by Lorraine Todd. Print donated by Tom Hendricks. Located in Box 18, white binder. 2. Caribou townsite 1951 (same as 1). Color slides (not digitized). Located in Box 18, red binder. 3. Caribou townsite. 2.25"x3.25" B&W negative. Located in Black Archive Box 1.

Context

Caribou City, established in 1870, soon grew to a thriving community of 60 businesses and 400 people, supported by 20 producing mines. At its peak, Caribou was home to over 1,000 people. Caribou was noted for its weather. At 10,000 feet elevation, the town was subject to thunderstorms, snow that buried buildings and violent winds. Old-timers said that Caribou was “the town where the winds were born.” Caribou was rebuilt after a devastating fire in 1879, but the silver crash of 1893, along with epidemics of scarlet fever and diphtheria and a second fire in 1900, meant the end of Caribou. Its cemetery was vandalized over the years and is now being restored.

Collection

Edgeley W. Todd and Lorraine Todd Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2024.1

Source or Donor

Lorraine L. Todd

Location

* Untyped Location

Black Archive Box 1