Lenado, Colorado

Lenado, Colorado, elevation 8,540 feet (2,603 m),^[1] is a ghost town in Pitkin County, Colorado near Woody Creek along Woody Creek Road. Its main period of activity was in the late 19th century, due to the local lead and zinc deposits, during which time it was home to ca. 300 people. Following a slump in lead prices, the town became abandoned soon later, notwithstanding a brief surge in activity after 1917 due to a zinc shortage brought on by the First World War.^[2][3]

In the mid-1960s and early 1970s Lenado was resurrected into a logging community and lumber mill which was home to about 100 people working and living there for 15 years.

See also

• Colorado
  • Outline of Colorado
    • Index of Colorado-related articles
  • Bibliography of Colorado
  • Geography of Colorado
  • History of Colorado
  • Colorado statistical areas
    • Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area
  • List of counties in Colorado
    • Pitkin County, Colorado
  • List of places in Colorado
    • List of census-designated places in Colorado
    • List of forts in Colorado
    • List of ghost towns in Colorado
    • List of mountain passes in Colorado
    • List of mountain peaks of Colorado
    • List of municipalities in Colorado
    • List of post offices in Colorado
  • Protected areas of Colorado

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