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Trump, Colorado
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Trump, Colorado
Coordinates: 38°50′57″N105°47′18″W / 38.84917°N 105.78833°W / 38.84917; -105.78833
Country United States
State State of Colorado
County Park County
Elevation
9,436 ft (2,876 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
GNIS feature ID191366 [1]

Trump is a ghost town in Park County, Colorado, United States. [1]

History

Trump was an agricultural and ranching settlement which prospered during the 1920s and early 1930s. [2] [3]

Trump had a store, and a post office which served neighboring ranches. Trump also hosted rodeo competitions between local ranch hands. [2] [3]

The population of Trump had declined to three people by 1936. [3]

In 1937, a unique sandstone was identified in the vicinity by J. H. Johnson, and was named "Trump conglomerate" after the nearby settlement. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Trump
  2. 1 2 Park County Local History Archives (2015). Park County. Arcadia. pp. 69, 120. ISBN   9781467132459.
  3. 1 2 3 McConnell Simmons, Virginia (2011). Bayou Salado. University Press of Colorado. ISBN   9781457109447.
  4. Keroher, Grace C. (1966). Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States for 1936-1960, Part 3. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 3966.
  5. Barkmann, Peter E.; Sterne, Edward J.; Dechesne, Marieke; Houck, Karen J. (2016). "South Park, Colorado: The Interplay Of Tectonics And Sedimentation Creates One Of Colorado's Crown Jewels". In Keller, Stephen M.; Morgan, Matthew L. (eds.). Unfolding The Geology Of The West. Geological Society of America. p. 162. ISBN   9780813700441.