Primero, Colorado
Primero is a ghost town in Las Animas County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1]
A post office called Primero was established in 1901, and remained in operation until 1933.[2] The mining community was one of the first in the region, hence the name.[3] An explosion at the Primero mine killed 75 miners in 1910.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Primero (historical)
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 42.
- ^ Hellmann, Paul T. (14 February 2006). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
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