The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Basalt was first named Aspen Junction after the railroad junction which led to present day Aspen, Colorado. Aspen Junction was a territory serving Aspen to Leadville Mining towns, with the Railroad Junction, also going West and South to Carbondale and Glenwood Springs. The Aspen Junction, Colorado, post office opened on February 13, 1890. The town was first served by the Colorado Midland Railroad, but the railroad was later bought by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in 1901.
The Aspen Junction post office was renamed Basalt on June 19, 1895, and the Town of Basalt was incorporated on August 26, 1901. The name was chosen for the basaltic rock formations on Basalt Mountain.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Basalt’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Basalt’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBasalt, Colorado. Cattle on the T…, 1935: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Basalt, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Basalt, Colorado. Cattle on the Tucker McClure ranch (1935) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.