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rosita
3 Porch Notes tagged “rosita,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Custer County
Custer County started with silver and settled into ranching
Silver Cliff and nearby camps grew from an 1870s mining rush, and when the ore played out the Wet Mountain Valley turned to hay and cattle.
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The county seat that moved three times
Custer County's seat of government started at Ula, then moved to Rosita, then Silver Cliff, and finally Westcliffe, tracing the rise and fall of each mining town.
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Rosita and Querida: vanished silver camps
Rosita and Querida were busy silver camps east of Silver Cliff in the 1870s and 1880s, where thousands once lived among hills that have mostly returned to grass and timber.
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