Calumet, Colorado

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Calumet is a ghost town in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States, northwest of Walsenburg.^[1] Calumet was a mining town. One of the mines, Calumet No. 2, was briefly owned by Henry J. Kaiser and maintained by Kaiser Steel^[2] between 1924 and 1971. In 1961, the Calumet mine was the leading producer of coal.^[3]

[edit] Trivia

Although not filmed there, Calumet was the setting of the movie Red Dawn.^[4]

[edit] References

1. ^ Calumet Colorado
2. ^ Miners ABC
3. ^ Huerfano County news
4. ^ Red Dawn (1984)

[edit] External links

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