Chandler, Colorado
Chandler is a ghost town in Fremont County, located south of the Lincoln Park area near Cañon City, Colorado.[3] Chandler was a company coal mining town owned and operated by the Victor-American Fuel Company.[4] It is located south of State Highway 115 along a county road named Chandler Road, west of Williamsburg, Colorado and north of Rockvale, Colorado. It was originally homesteaded in the 1880s, and the last ore was hauled out in 1942.[5] The town is now completely depopulated.[6] Chandler was home to a significant Asian-American mining population.[7]
Chandler | |
|---|---|
Mining ghost town | |
  Chandler Location within the state of Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 38°22′23″N 105°12′02″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Fremont |
| Elevation | 5,738 ft (1,749 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes | 81212 [1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 204919[2] |
References
- "Chandler - Cultural Feature (Locale) in Fremont County". CO HomeTownLocator. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- "Primero, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 13 October 1978. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chandler, Colorado
- Dalrymple, James; King, Henry P. (1916). "Fourth Annual Report of the State Inspector of Coal Mines". Colorado Coal Mining Department. p. 26. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- "Chandler". Coloradopast.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- Coriz, Dena Stevens (11 March 2007). "Chandler Still Haunts Colorado". Blogs. Active Rain.
- Eaton, M. Kathleen (10 April 2010). "Now & Then: Asian Americans in Fremont County – Laundries, Chandler Coal Mine Strike, and State Prison, 1880-1933". Now and Then. Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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