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 Redstone "Ruby of the Rockies" - Redstone, CO Posted by:  condor1
N 39° 11.255 W 107° 14.075
13S E 307005 N 4339971
This Welcome Sign is located at the north end of this small hamlet of Redstone. In fact it is the first thing you see before entering Redstone from the north.
Waymark Code: WMC9Y4
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2011
Views: 2
The "Ruby of the Rockies" located at the bottom of their Welcome sign has nothing to do with the Gemstone, but has everything to do with the beautiful location of this small town.
The following is an extract from the Official Website for Redstone.
The Redstone Story re-lives the industrialization of the West . . .
"Fortunes were won, lost and consumed and coal was king. John Cleveland Osgood, the fifth richest and most private of the elite industrialists known as the Robber Barons, built Redstone to give substance to his business ideas – a perplexing mix of feudalism, capitalism and industrial paternalism."
"Completed in 1902 at the cost of almost $5,000,000 Redstone was the utopian coal town with the castle for Osgood and his succession of three wives, the Redstone Inn for the bachelor cokers (coke oven workers), 88 cottages for the cokers' families; a theater, a school, a library, a lodge and a clubhouse."
" . . . But this industrial utopia was short lived, the mines closed in 1908. In 1924 Osgood returned to his castle with Lucille, his third wife, to re-develop Redstone as a resort but he died before its completion. Lucille inherited Osgood's entire estate and attempted to run the Redstone Inn as a resort hotel, but the Great Depression fairly guaranteed its failure. By 1941 Redstone had a population of 14."
Redstone Castle
"Were it not for its spectacular scenery and the grand buildings, Redstone might have fallen into disrepair to become just another Colorado ghost town. Today we invite you to share the incredible beauty, the true western hospitality and the unique history of this magical village."
Redstone....known as "The Ruby of the Rockies" currently has a population of 97.
Type of community: Town
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Visit Instructions:
More pictures of the sign would be great. Try and take a picture of yourself with it if you can!
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