Welcome to the Independence Ghost Town Tour

Independence e-tour
Independence History | The Most Asked Questions About Independence

Welcome to the Independence 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 represent collapsed structures.

LEGEND:
#1 Intern Cabin
#2 Ted Ackerman's Boarding House
#3 General Store

#4 Stables
#5 J.B. Conner's Boarding House (?)
#6 Farwell Stamp Mill

What Would You Do for Gold ?
	What Would You Do for Gold \| What on Earth Would You Do to Get to Aspen

Visit Independence's Historical and Environmental interpretive station—created in cooperation with the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) and the US Forest Service.

Also visit Experiences in Leadville and Independence, 1881–82 by Mrs. M. B. Hall and Roaring Fork—The Whole Truth About the District—How to Get There and What is to be Seen There—The Leadville Chronicle, July 11, 1880

**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.
	online Flash Movie (20.6 MB)
	on-line sli de show

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

For information on current activities of the Independence Pass Foundation visit www.independencepass.org

Independence History | The Most Asked Questions About Independence

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