Alma Junction was the terminal of the Fairplay–Alma branch of the Colorado and Southern railway in Colorado in the United States, which has been abandoned since the early 20th century.[3] The depot closed in 1924, and the branch itself in 1937.[4] It was also known as London Junction, and according to timetables published in November 1883 there were two trains per day between it and Garos.[5]

The spur line of the railway, through Park City up to the London Mines, had been completed in 1882, the Mines themselves having been established in the 1870s.[6] By 1884, a small town of some 150 people had grown up around the depot.[6] It had an ore processing works,[6][7] and for a short period between 1910 and 1912 (because of the death of its owner George Moe) a smelter.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Alma Junction, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  3. ^ Singewald & Butler 1941, p. 35.
  4. ^ Simmons 2011, p. 147.
  5. ^ Poor 1949, p. 333.
  6. ^ a b c Massey & Wilson 2006, p. 72.
  7. ^ a b PCLHA 2015, p. 84.

Sources

  • Park County Local History Archives (2015). Park County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467132459.
  • Simmons, Virginia McConnell (2011). Bayou Salado. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 9781457109447.
  • Singewald, Quentin Dreyer; Butler, Bert Sylvenus (1941). "Ore deposits in the vicinity of the London fault of Colorado". Bulletin. No. 911. United States Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/b911.
  • Poor, Meredith Clarence (1949). Denver, South Park & Pacific: A History of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad and Allied Narrow Gauge Lines of the Colorado & Southern Railway Company. Rocky Mountain Railroad Club.
  • Massey, Peter; Wilson, Jeanne (2006). Colorado Trails North–Central Region. Adler Publishing. ISBN 9781930193116.

Further reading

  • Brown, Robert L. (1972). "London Junction". Colorado Ghost Towns: Past and Present. Caxton Press. pp. 164–168. ISBN 9780870045301.


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