Dyersville, Colorado
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Dyersville was a mining town — now a ghost town — in Summit County, Colorado, United States. It was named after Methodist minister John Lewis Dyer.
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[edit] History
Methodist minister John Lewis Dyer, better known as "Father" Dyer, built a cabin in a secluded location in Indiana Gulch in January 1881. He was soon joined in his seclusion by miners and merchants connected to the nearby Warrior's Mark mine. The community named itself after its first resident, Father Dyer.[1]
[edit] Notable residents
- John Lewis Dyer, pioneer Methodist minister.
[edit] Geography
The site of Dyersville is at , at an elevation of 10,879 feet (3316 m) above mean sea level. The site is in Indiana Gulch, six miles southeast of Breckenridge, Colorado.
[edit] References
- ^ Mark Fiester (1980) Look for me in Heaven, Boulder, Colo.: Pruett, p.380-385.
[edit] See also
List of ghost towns in Colorado
[edit] External links
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