Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-02 | Page 3 | Last Citizen of Colorado Ghost City Laid to Rest

LAST CITIZEN OF I COLORADO GHOST CITY LAID TO REST DENVER Feb 2 Tw seven Twenty seven nt-seven I years year ago Bald Mountain Colo In n Gilpin county was undergoing a mining boom and had a population of ot Yesterday its last citizen was burled He lie was William DIckerson the mayor With his death tho the settlement settlement set set- Is no more The streets are deserted comfortable houses that formerly formerly formerly for for- merly sheltered the wives and children chil chil- dren of sturdy miners miners' are boarded up and the business buildings of ot the town are in decay Bald Dald Mountain has jO Joined the ghost cities II of the West te oO rb I Ierson Only a few months t ago Mayor Dickerson Dick Dick- erson turned over the last bit of or I money In the town treasury to the county treasurer of Gilpin county declaring it was not legally his and belonged to the ghost city Dickerson was a member of ot the volunteer fire department during the towns town's prosperous days and was Influential in influential in- in In the community Finally he was named as mayor He lIe served year ear after year and then the boom ended One by one residents of or the town departed Dickerson and his wife continued to reside there with their children as the population dwIndled dwindled dwin dwIn- until only they were left With the mayors mayor s demise his wife and five children have moved to Central Central Cen Cen- City nearby