Colfax, Colorado
Colfax was a short-lived communal farming community—now a ghost town–in Fremont County (now Custer County), Colorado Territory (now the state of Colorado), United States. It was named after Vice President Schuyler Colfax.
History[]
Colfax was founded in 1870 as a communal settlement of 397 German immigrants led by General Carl Wulsten. The colonists had been organized by the German Colonization society of Chicago.[1] It was the first non-indigenous community in what is now Custer County, Colorado. The principal activities were farming and cheesemaking. The communal effort failed after a frost and the settlers left the town. However, many of the settlers remained in the area as ranchers and farmers.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The Colfax Colony". Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Gayle Turk (1975) Wet Mountain Valley, Colorado Springs: Little London Press, p.6.
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