Highest population was about 1,000 in 1900.
Alta Vista - founded in 1894 three miles south of Victor, site of the narrow gauge classification yard, abandoned in 1912 with the closure of the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad.Mining communities sprang up quickly, but most lasted only as long as gold continued to be produced.
Smelting was in Gillett, Florence, and (Old) Colorado City. Mining exchanges were in Cripple Creek, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Victor. The Cripple Creek Gold Rush was a period of gold production in the Cripple Creek area from the late 1800s until the early 1900s.
