Alma’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Alma. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was named by a merchant named Mr. James, after his wife. Another tradition states the town was named for the daughter of a resident.
The Alma, Colorado Territory, post office opened on March 7, 1873, and the Town of Alma was incorporated on December 2, 1873. Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876.
In February 1998, local resident Thomas Leask murdered a former mayor and damaged town buildings, costing the town at least US$100,000 (equivalent to about $198,000 in 2025), a prohibitive amount for Alma's municipal finances.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Alma’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Alma’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHydraulic mining, at Alma, S. Par…, c. 1865: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Alma
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Alma, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsBoutique in the tiny town of2015
CommonsThe Alma Rose2014
CommonsRodocrosite, da park co. alma, sweet home mine, colorado, u…2014
CommonsAlma, Colorado - c. 1870s2014
CommonsFaulted serpentinite (Buckskin Gulch2013
CommonsThe Searchlight Rhodochrosite Crystal2006
CommonsLondon mine assay office? CO2006
CommonsAlma colorado20031 historic place in Alma
1 place in Alma is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hydraulic mining, at Alma, S. Park, Colorado.Alternate Title: Descriptive views of the American Continent. 79 (c. 1865) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.