Ludlow, Colorado
Encyclopedia
Ludlow is a ghost town
in Las Animas County
, Colorado
, United States
. It was famous as the site of the Ludlow Massacre
in 1914. The town site is nestled at the entrance to a canyon in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
. It is located along the western side of Interstate 25
approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of the town of Trinidad
. Nearby points of interest include the Ludlow Monument
, a monument to the coal
miners and their families who were killed in the 1914 massacre, the Hastings coke ovens, and the Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster
Monument.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
in Las Animas County
Las Animas County, Colorado
Las Animas County has the largest area of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Las Animas County takes its name from the Mexican Spanish name of the Purgatoire River, originally called El Río de las Ánimas Perdidas en Purgatorio, which means "River of the Lost Souls in...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was famous as the site of the Ludlow Massacre
Ludlow massacre
The Ludlow Massacre was an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado on April 20, 1914....
in 1914. The town site is nestled at the entrance to a canyon in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States...
. It is located along the western side of Interstate 25
Interstate 25
Interstate 25 is an Interstate Highway in the western United States. It is primarily a north–south highway. I-25 stretches from Interstate 10 at Las Cruces, New Mexico, , to Interstate 90 in Buffalo, Wyoming, .Interstate 25 is the main north–south expressway through...
approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of the town of Trinidad
Trinidad, Colorado
The historic City of Trinidad is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Las Animas County, Colorado, United States...
. Nearby points of interest include the Ludlow Monument
Ludlow Monument
The Ludlow Monument is a granite memorial by sculptor Hugh Sullivan erected by the United Mine Workers of America at Ludlow, Colorado in 1918 to honor the victims of the Ludlow massacre. The Monument was damaged by persons unknown in 2003 with the heads and arms of the statue figures cut and...
, a monument to the coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
miners and their families who were killed in the 1914 massacre, the Hastings coke ovens, and the Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster
Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster
The Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster was a fire at the Victor American Fuel Company coal mine in Hastings, Colorado, on April 27, 1917, in which 121 people died...
Monument.