Calumet, Colorado

Calumet, Colorado

Calumet is a ghost town in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States, northwest of Walsenburg. [ [http://www.brainygeography.com/features/CO.locale/calumet.html Calumet Colorado ] ] Calumet was a mining town. One of the mines, Calumet No. 2, was briefly owned by Henry J. Kaiser and maintained by Kaiser Steel [ [http://www.kmitch.com/Huerfano/miners.htm Miners ABC ] ] between 1924 and 1971. In 1961, the Calumet mine was the leading producer of coal. [ [http://www.kmitch.com/Huerfano/news1960.html Huerfano County news ] ]

Trivia

Although not filmed there, Calumet was the setting of the movie "Red Dawn". [ [http://imdb.com/title/tt0087985/ Red Dawn (1984) ] ]

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