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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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History and culture - Custer County

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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History and culture - Custer County

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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