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The Colorado Town that time forgot - untouched, unspoiled, and unequalled." Redstone owes its origins to John Cleveland Osgood, an ambitions turn of the century entrepreneur. Initially on a scouting mission of a railroad company, Osgood recognized the potential for developing a mining operation throughout the state. With a handful of investors, he began building his empire. In 1892, he merged with an iron and steel manufacturing company in Pueblo to form the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
The high-grade coking coal of the Coal Basin area, 4.5 miles west of Redstone, and the beehive coking ovens in Redstone spurred the construction of the Crystal river railroad, connecting the coal mines up-valley to the main lines in Carbondale. The coke was then transported to the steel mills in Pueblo.
On the West Elk Loop Scenic By-Way, the Valley is home to abundant wildlife, and Redstone is a "National Historic District" in the center of the White River National Forest. |
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