HISTORICAL TOURS.

BUENA VISTA & SALIDA, COLORADO

Historical Tours

MOUNT PRINCETON

HOT SPRINGS RESORT

Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort is a historic hot springs resort.It was established in 1879. Read about the colorful history of these sacred waters.

Buena Vista & Salida, Colorado have historic downtowns. These towns were built up from mining and the railroad. Explore the unique architecture of these mountain towns. You can even take a guided historical tour with Salida Walking Tours.

Be sure to visit the Buena Vista Historical Museum along with the railroad depot. Learn about the history of Salida, Colorado at the Salida Museum.

 

The valley has many different ghost towns in the area.

St. Elmo, Colorado

One of the best preserved ‘ghost towns’ in Colorado. Miners and prospectors looking for mineral deposits in the Chalk Creek area southwest of Buena Vista eventually worked more than 50 mines in the area. To support the mining district, St. Elmo was established in the 1870s. Several commercial buildings and residential buildings remain today, many on private property.

First named Forest City, this thriving mining community was served by the Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad, then the Colorado and Southern.

Winfield, Colorado

In 1890, three saloons, three stores, a post office, two hotels, a boarding house, a mill, smelter, concentrator, church and school were located in this remote location. Because of harsh winters, residents were forced to leave Winfield in the winter and return in the spring. Several historic buildings remain in the area, most on private property.

In the Winfield cemetery are the bodies of 26 people, including “victims of fires, snow slides, shootings, mining accidents, disease and one man stoned to death by Indians he had cheated.”

Vicksburg, Colorado

Vicksburg was founded in 1867 after prospectors from Leadville, Colorado camping out in the Clear Creek Canyon lost their burros. The burros had wandered down the creek and when the miners found their pack animals, they discovered gold in the creek bed as well. In its heyday, Vicksburg had a post office, school, blacksmith, two hotels, two billiard halls, several saloons, a general store, an assay office, and a livery stable. Early miners packed in Balm of Gilead (balsam poplar) trees on the backs of burros and planted them to line the street. The trees still stand today and are watered by ditches leading from Vicksburg Creek into the town. The ditches were dug on either side of the street to provide a water system; wooden boxes were built in the ditches to keep food cold and provide water to fight fires.

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Salida & Buena Vista Walking Tours

Call for Reservations: 719-497-9444

Activities & Things To Do

BUENA VISTA & SALIDA

COLORADO

AERIAL ADVENTURE PARKS

ARCADE

ART GALLERIES

BACKCOUNTRY SKI TOURS

BOWLING

BREWERIES

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING

DISTILLERIES

DISK GOLF

DOG SLED TOURS

DRIVE IN THEATRE

FISHING

FITNESS CLASSES

GOLF

HIKING

HISTORICAL TOURS

HORSEBACK

INDOOR ROCK CLIMBING

KAYAKING

MINIATURE GOLF

MOTORCYCLE RENTALS

MOUNTAIN BIKING

OFF ROAD ADVENTURES

RAFTING

RIVER TUBING

ROCK CLIMBING

SCENIC DRIVES

SHOPPING

SKIING & SNOWBOARDING

SNOWBIKE RENTALS

SNOWMOBILING

SNOWSHOEING

SPA TREATMENTS

STAND UP PADDLE BOARDING

SNOW TUBING

WILDLIFE WATCHING

SNOW TUBING

WINERIES

ZIPLINE TOURS

This activity is an extreme test of a person’s physical and mental limits and carries with it the potential for death, serious injury and property loss. The risks include, but are not limited to: actions of other people including, but not limited to, participants; lack of hydration, weather, and/or other natural conditions. Princeton Holdings, LLC DBA Mt. Princeton Hot Springs Resort is not liable for any injury, property loss, damage, death, etc occurring do to any activity outlined by any information sheet. Guest is participating in any activity on their own merit with no liability to the Mt. Princeton Hot Springs Resort or its agents.

 

 

 

Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort
Phone: 719-395-2447
15870 County Road 162 Nathrop, Colorado 81236-9703

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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9:00AM - 9:00PM

Hot Spring Pool Maintenance Schedule October 3 & 4, 2023

Soaking Pool & Exercise Pool will be closed Tuesday October 3, 2023 and Wednesday October 4, 2023 for routine maintenance and deep clean. The Bath house building will be closed both days. Day pass holders may access to the Creek and Spa & Club locker rooms but NOT the Spa & Club Pools. The Spa & Club pools will remain gold band age 16+ only.

The Infinity Pool will be open 9AM - 9PM on Tuesday October 3, 2023 and Wednesday October 4, 2023
for hotel guests and general public.