Elevation 10,830 feet
—White River National Forest —
Founded July 4, 1879 when gold was discovered, Independence was the first community in the Roaring Fork Valley. A thriving mining camp, stagecoach and layover stop for all travel across Hunter's Pass, it became a ghost town in the late 1800's when trains came into Aspen and the gold played out.HM Number | HM1Z6X |
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Placed By | Aspen Historical Society and the U.S. Forest Service |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Monday, June 26th, 2017 at 3:01am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 13S E 361348 N 4329845 |
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Decimal Degrees | 39.10673333, -106.60358333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 6.404', W 106° 36.215' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 6' 24.24" N, 106° 36' 12.9" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 970 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 39182-42640 CO-82, Aspen CO 81611, US |
Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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