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The path to an old outhouse in Vicksburg, Colorado, is paved with golden aspen leaves on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. Vicksburg is a well preserved ghost town tucked away in Clear Creek Canyon. The canyon lies between Leadville and Buena Vista on Highway 24. Vicksburg is a well preserved ghost town tucked away in Clear Creek Canyon. The canyon lies between Leadville and Buena Vista on Highway 24. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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A baby Aspen tree is lit by a shaft of sunlight near the ghost town of Vicksburg, Colorado on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett)
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Cyclists were taking advantage of a beautiful day and beautiful scenery on Castle Creed Rd. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. The Fall colors are putting on a show, but mostly at the higher elevations. Castle Creek Rd. is located south of Aspen. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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A cyclist takes advantage of a beautiful day and beautiful scenery on Castle Creed Rd. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. The Fall colors are putting on a show, but mostly at the higher elevations. Castle Creek Rd. is located south of Aspen. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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Morgan and Chere Garvey from Highlands Ranch enter the Bird House Hotel in the ghost town of Ashcroft on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. In 1883, Ashcroft, Colorado was a town with a population of perhaps 2,000 with two newspapers, a school, sawmills, a small smelter, and 20 saloons—bigger than Aspen at the time. Ashcroft is 11 miles south of Aspen on Castle Creek Rd. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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Tom Moura and his son, Gustavo, and Tom’s parents Claudia and Eric Villela were visiting the Bird House Hotel in the ghost town of Ashcroft on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. In 1883, Ashcroft, Colorado was a town with a population of perhaps 2,000 with two newspapers, a school, sawmills, a small smelter, and 20 saloons—bigger than Aspen at the time. Ashcroft is 11 miles south of Aspen on Castle Creek Rd. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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This guy had to wait outside the ghost town, because dogs aren’t allowed in the ghost town of Ashcroft. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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Claudia and Eric Villela check out a historic placard before going in the Bird House Hotel in Ashcroft on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2021. In 1883, Ashcroft, Colorado was a town with a population of perhaps 2,000 with two newspapers, a school, sawmills, a small smelter, and 20 saloons—bigger than Aspen at the time. Ashcroft is 11 miles south of Aspen on Castle Creek Rd. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)el
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Golden aspens fill the hillside above the ghost town of Ashcroft, Colorado. In 1883, Ashcroft, Colorado was a town with a population of perhaps 2,000 with two newspapers, a school, sawmills, a small smelter, and 20 saloons—bigger than Aspen at the time. Ashcroft is 11 miles south of Aspen on Castle Creek Rd. Sept. 22, 2021. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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Visitors to Ashcroft, Colorado, walk through a patch of aspens in Ashcroft, Colorado, on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. In 1883, Ashcroft, Colorado was a town with a population of perhaps 2,000 with two newspapers, a school, sawmills, a small smelter, and 20 saloons—bigger than Aspen at the time. Ashcroft is 11 miles south of Aspen on Castle Creek Rd. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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The colors of Fall on the Castle Creek Rd. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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The colors of Fall on the Castle Creek Rd. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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Draven Romero and Melissa Rodriguez, from Colorado Springs, look out at the aspen colors through the windows of the Bird House Hotel on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. In 1883, Ashcroft, Colorado was a town with a population of perhaps 2,000 with two newspapers, a school, sawmills, a small smelter, and 20 saloons—bigger than Aspen at the time. Ashcroft is 11 miles south of Aspen on Castle Creek Rd. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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Visitors to Ashcroft, Colorado, walk through a patch of aspens in Ashcroft, Colorado, on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. In 1883, Ashcroft, Colorado was a town with a population of perhaps 2,000 with two newspapers, a school, sawmills, a small smelter, and 20 saloons—bigger than Aspen at the time. Ashcroft is 11 miles south of Aspen on Castle Creek Rd. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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Draven Romero and Melissa Rodriguez check out a couple of the old saloons on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. In 1883, Ashcroft, Colorado was a town with a population of perhaps 2,000 with two newspapers, a school, sawmills, a small smelter, and 20 saloons—bigger than Aspen at the time. Ashcroft is 11 miles south of Aspen on Castle Creek Rd. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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Visitors to Ashcroft, Colorado, walk through a patch of aspens in Ashcroft, Colorado, on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. In 1883, Ashcroft, Colorado was a town with a population of perhaps 2,000 with two newspapers, a school, sawmills, a small smelter, and 20 saloons—bigger than Aspen at the time. Ashcroft is 11 miles south of Aspen on Castle Creek Rd. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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An old yellow iron bed in Ashcroft on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. In 1883, Ashcroft, Colorado was a town with a population of perhaps 2,000 with two newspapers, a school, sawmills, a small smelter, and 20 saloons—bigger than Aspen at the time. Ashcroft is 11 miles south of Aspen on Castle Creek Rd. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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Vicksburg is a well preserved ghost town tucked away in Clear Creek Canyon. The canyon lies between Leadville and Buena Vista on Highway 24. Vicksburg is a well preserved ghost town tucked away in Clear Creek Canyon. The canyon lies between Leadville and Buena Vista on Highway 24. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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The colors of Fall on the Castle Creek Rd. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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Interlaken, an abandoned lakeside resort, can be seen on the other side of Twin Lakes underneath a mountainside. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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