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
  1. "The Colfax Colony". Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. Gayle Turk (1975) Wet Mountain Valley, Colorado Springs: Little London Press, p.6.


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