Ashcroft e-tour
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historic sites map
Welcome to the Ashcroft Ghost Town e-tour. Drag across and/or click on areas of the map or on the map's legend below to learn more about the town's features. Dotted outlines indicate collapsed structures. Descriptions written by 1994-5 Ashcroft intern Jon Coleman.

#12 Laundry (not original)
#13 Livery Stable (Headquarters for Sgt. Preston)
#14 Living Cabin
#15 Mercantile Store
#16 Mill Block
#17 Ore Wagon (used in Sgt. Preston TV series)
#18 Post Office
#19 Small Saloon
#20 Telegraph Pole (also from TV series)
#21 Whispering Swede Cabin
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Visit Ashcroft's Historical and Environmental interpretive stations…
 created in cooperation with the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) and the US Forest Service.
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The Ute People | What's For Supper | Overcoming Isolation | Building a Town | Those Who Stayed—The Boys Club | Accidents | Take a Look Inside | The Mace Family | "Thar's Silver in Them Thar Hills" | A Pint for a Long Winter's Night
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The Changing Landscape | Native Americans | Mining the Land | Ranchers—Living off the Land | Loving the Land—Hikers, Skiers and Historians

Also visit:
Hard-Rock Mining:
Covers the history of mining in Aspen, from prospectors, speculators and industrialists to the eventual collapse of silver and the fate of mining during Aspen's "Quiet Years" and beyond.
on-line Flash movie (20.6 MB)
on-line slide show

Postcards from the Past:
Covers the of Aspen from prehistory to the present, Ute Indians to snowboarders.
on-line Flash movie —(39.2 MB) updated 8/11/05
on-line slide show

Ashcroft History | Independence Ghost Town

Geology of the Ashcroft Area | Ecology of the Ashcroft Area | The Most Asked Questions About Ashcroft

Become an Ashcroft Ghost Town Summer Education Intern