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Call Number
K-231
Title
Ashcroft
,
Colo
.
Remains
of
Hotel
1943
Title-Alternative
Other
title
:
Ashcroft
,
Colorado
,
Remains
of
Hotel
1943
Creator(s)
Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975.
Summary
An
abandoned
hotel
stands
in a
field
in the
midground
in
Ashcroft
, a
mining
town
near
Castle
Creek
,
south
of
Aspen
in
Pitkin
County
,
Colorado
. The
town
was
originally
called
Chloride
but its
residents
renamed
it
Ashcroft
in
1882
after
rich
ore
was
discovered
in the
Montezuma
and
Tam
O'Shanter
mines
,
partially
owned
by
H.A.W
.
Tabor
of
Leadville
mining
fame
.
Tabor
and his
second
wife
,
Baby
Doe
,
reportedly
visited
Ashcroft
in
1883
and
hosted
a
grand
ball
and
banquet
during
;
snow-capped
mountain
is
in the
distance.
; their
stay
.
Tabor
also
reportedly
bought
rounds
of
drinks
for
everyone
in
each
of the
town's
13
saloons
. By
1885
,
Ashcroft
had
about
3,500
residents
with
six
hotels
and
20
saloons
. A
rich
strike
in
nearby
Aspen
in
1884
,
however
, would
lead
to the
end
of
Ashcroft's
prosperity
as
people
began
moving
to
Aspen
instead
of there. By
1890
,
most
of the
businesses
had
left
Ashcroft
, and, in
1939
, the
town's
last
resident
,
Jack
Leahy
,
died
,
officially
making
it
a
ghost
town
. A
Date
[1943?]
Notes
Negative
has
small
hole
in
upper
corner.
;
See
also "
K-7
" and "
K-232.
";
Title
from
inventory
prepared
by
Western
History
Department
,
Denver
Public
Library
;
words
"
Kemp
#A-10
S.W
. of
Aspen
near
Castle
Creek
"
penciled
on
negative
envelope.
;
R7001252317
Physical Description
1 photonegative ; 11 x 8 cm. (4 x 3 in.)
Subject
Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.
Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.
Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Film
negatives.
;
Imaged.
;
Image
Format-Medium
Photograph
Filename
00125231.tif
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