Name/Title
Caribou historic miner's cabinEntry/Object ID
2024.1.14Description
Remains of a miner's house in Caribou, Colorado, 1951. Slide donated by Lorraine Todd. Print donated by Tom Hendricks.
1. Color print 8"x10". Located in white binder.
2. Color slide. Not digitized. Located in red binder.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 CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2024.1Source or Donor
Lorraine L. Todd