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© 2005-2010 Lake City/Hinsdale County Marketing Board. All rights reserved.
Heirloom Vacations & Cure for the Common Crowd are Service Marks of the Lake City Marketing Board.
Overview of the District
In some ways, it is amazing that so much of Lake City remains intact, with its wood plank boardwalks and fabulously preserved buildings, for you to enjoy today.
Many other western frontier towns succumbed to fires or were abandoned by dreamers gone bust. After the Brunot Agreement displaced the native Tabeguache Utes from the area, Lake City was incorporated in 1875 as a supply hub for prospectors, miners, and speculators.
Lake City's population peaked in 1900. Over the next decades, the silver and gold mines dwindled away, along with the population. However, a growing tourism trade gradually took the place of mining, and helped Lake City to survive into the 21st century.
Generations of families who discovered Lake City as visitors purchased many of the historic homes and stores and kept them in good repair. Today, Lake City contains over 75 historic buildings, including homes, businesses, churches, civic buildings, tourist cabins, and outbuildings.
Residents and visitors who have loved and tended the buildings, the history, and the slower pace of life have kept Lake City alive for generations. And though it may feel like a town that time forgot, the people of Lake City are friendly and creative, fueling old traditions with new life and ideas.
We encourage you to meet the people who believe that sometimes, old things are worth keeping because they are a valuable part of who we are today.
In some ways, it is amazing that so much of Lake City remains intact, with its wood plank boardwalks and fabulously preserved buildings, for you to enjoy today.
Many other western frontier towns succumbed to fires or were abandoned by dreamers gone bust. After the Brunot Agreement displaced the native Tabeguache Utes from the area, Lake City was incorporated in 1875 as a supply hub for prospectors, miners, and speculators.
Lake City's population peaked in 1900. Over the next decades, the silver and gold mines dwindled away, along with the population. However, a growing tourism trade gradually took the place of mining, and helped Lake City to survive into the 21st century.
Generations of families who discovered Lake City as visitors purchased many of the historic homes and stores and kept them in good repair. Today, Lake City contains over 75 historic buildings, including homes, businesses, churches, civic buildings, tourist cabins, and outbuildings.
Residents and visitors who have loved and tended the buildings, the history, and the slower pace of life have kept Lake City alive for generations. And though it may feel like a town that time forgot, the people of Lake City are friendly and creative, fueling old traditions with new life and ideas.
We encourage you to meet the people who believe that sometimes, old things are worth keeping because they are a valuable part of who we are today.
