An apple orchard and a Denver streetcar, as well as the first site from Summit County, were among four locales named Thursday to Colorado Preservation’s 2015 list of the state’s Most Endangered Places.
Since 1998, Colorado Preservation has produced its annual list to build awareness of, and assistance for, historically significant places in the state that are in danger of being lost.
Four locations were cited Thursday:
• Gold Meal Orchard. The Montezuma County facility brought national attention to Colorado when it won four gold medals at the Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition in St. Louis in 1904 with an apple that was the largest ever grown in the United States — 17 inches in diameter and weighing more than 30 ounces.
• Ute Ulay Mill near Lake City was constructed from 1873 through the early 1900s. The mine, mill site and town site includes 10 acres with 18 remaining structures. Ute and Ulay mines were at one time were among Colorado’s best-known silver and lead producers.
• Denver Tramway Company Streetcar No.04 was constructed in 1911 and was the last streetcar to operate when the system was formally retired in 1950. No. 04 ran from downtown Denver to Lakeside Amusement Park, Perkeley Park, Arvada, Golden, and beyond 1924-1950.
• The Reiling Gold Dredge in Breckenridge was constructed in 1908 and considered to be the most intact dredge site in the country. It is one of nine gold dredge boats that worked in the Breckenridge area in the early 20th century. The Reiling Gold Dredge and its sister dredge (the Reliance), produced an estimated $7 million in gold from French Gulch.
