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'''Segundo''' is a small [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Las Animas County, Colorado|Las Animas County]], [[Colorado]], [[United States]],<ref>{{gnis|196404}}</ref> west of [[Trinidad, Colorado|Trinidad]]. |
'''Segundo''' is a small [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Las Animas County, Colorado|Las Animas County]], [[Colorado]], [[United States]],<ref>{{gnis|196404}}</ref> west of [[Trinidad, Colorado|Trinidad]]. |
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Segundo, Colorado, was a company town where the [[Colorado Fuel and Iron|CF&I]] coal company housed its workers. It offered adequate housing and promoted upward mobility through its sponsorship of a YMCA Center, elementary school, and some small businesses, as well as a [[company store]]. However air pollution was a constant health threat; the houses lacked indoor plumbing. As demand for metallurgical coke declined, the mine laid off workers and Segundo's population declined. After a major fire in 1929, CF&I left town and Segundo became practically a ghost town.<ref>Glen D. Weaver, and Ryan C. Graham, "Segundo, Colorado," ''New Mexico Historical Review'' (2008) 83#3 pp 323-351</ref> |
Segundo, Colorado, was a [[company town]] where the [[Colorado Fuel and Iron|CF&I]] coal company housed its workers. It offered adequate housing and promoted upward mobility through its sponsorship of a YMCA Center, elementary school, and some small businesses, as well as a [[company store]]. However air pollution was a constant health threat; the houses lacked indoor plumbing. As demand for metallurgical coke declined, the mine laid off workers and Segundo's population declined. After a major fire in 1929, CF&I left town and Segundo became practically a ghost town.<ref>Glen D. Weaver, and Ryan C. Graham, "Segundo, Colorado," ''New Mexico Historical Review'' (2008) 83#3 pp 323-351</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 10:45, 1 January 2016
Segundo is a small unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States,[1] west of Trinidad.
Segundo, Colorado, was a company town where the CF&I coal company housed its workers. It offered adequate housing and promoted upward mobility through its sponsorship of a YMCA Center, elementary school, and some small businesses, as well as a company store. However air pollution was a constant health threat; the houses lacked indoor plumbing. As demand for metallurgical coke declined, the mine laid off workers and Segundo's population declined. After a major fire in 1929, CF&I left town and Segundo became practically a ghost town.[2]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Segundo, Colorado
- ^ Glen D. Weaver, and Ryan C. Graham, "Segundo, Colorado," New Mexico Historical Review (2008) 83#3 pp 323-351
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