Buckskin Joe
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 39.293, -106.088
Why it was abandoned
⛏️ Gold rush
Detected automatically from the text: Buckskin Joe is an extinct gold mining town located in Park County, Colorado, United States.
History
Buckskin Joe is an extinct gold mining town located in Park County, Colorado, United States. The town was founded in 1860 as Laurette, Kansas Territory. The Territory of Colorado was created in 1861, and Laurette served as the county seat of the Park County, Colorado Territory, from January 7, 1862, until November 7, 1867. On December 21, 1865, the Laurette, Colorado Territory, post office was renamed Buckskin, although the town was popularly known as Buckskin Joe.