Segundo’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Segundo. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Segundo was founded by Colorado Fuel and Iron (CF&I) as a company town to house its workers for a local coal mine. The town was the second mining community developed by CF&I in 1904 behind Primero and was referenced in the town's name, with segundo meaning "second" in Spanish. CF&I offered adequate housing for the time, and promoted upward mobility through its sponsorship of a YMCA center, an elementary school, small businesses, and a company store. Segundo was a prosperous town until the 1920s, when the population began to decline due to constant health issues related to air pollution and outdated housing that lacked indoor plumbing. Declines in demand for metallurgical coke led to workers being laid off and, following a major fire in 1929, CF&I ceased their operations in Segundo. The town's population plummeted to the point that it almost became a ghost town.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Segundo’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Segundo’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewChildren at a Mine in, 1920: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Segundo, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Children at a Mine in (1920) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.