Nevadaville: The hazardous ghost town thrown a lifeline by Freemasons
Daniel Coughlin
14 November 2023
Explore this once-thriving Colorado community
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The birth of Nevadaville
Library of Congress / Corbis / VCG via Getty Images
The 1861 fire
Henry Faul / Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons
Peak population
Denver Public Library / Public domain
Steady decline
Denver Public Library / Public domain
Nevadaville the ghost town
Denver Public Library / Public domain
Surviving structures
Denver Public Library / Public domain
Nevadaville's Masonic lodge
Kurt James / Shutterstock
Social security
Val Duncan / Kenebec Images / Alamy
Interiors with a history
Callamachus / Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA 4.0]
The Kramer Saloon
Bradley Gordon / Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
City Hall
SK Miller -Travel / Alamy
Bon-Ton Saloon
lucianf / Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
Bald Mountain Trading Post and General Store
maxstrz / Flickr [CC BY-ND 2.0]
Bald Mountain Trading Post and General Store
Google Street View
Gest House
lucianf / Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
Devinney-Mansur-Prouse-Russell House
Google Street View
Rice-Andrews-Paul House
lucianf / Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
Henry Richards House
Google Street View
Ellis-Quick-Furze-James House
JPAR Modern Real Estate Co / Zillow
Lovingly maintained
JPAR Modern Real Estate Co / Zillow
Dogtown stone house
Google Street View
Masonic cemetery
Welsh Designs / Alamy
Mine structures
Welsh Designs / Alamy
Shaky ground
Welsh Designs / Alamy
What lies below
Welsh Designs / Alamy
Private property
lucianf / Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
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