Ludlow Tent Colony Site, Colorado

 place with historical importance, massacre, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, ghost town, U.S. National Historic Landmark

Ludlow is a ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The town site is nestled at the entrance to a canyon in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It is located along the western side of Interstate 25 approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of the town of Trinidad.

It was famous as the site of the Ludlow Massacre in 1914. The coal miners in Colorado and other western states had been trying to join the UMWA for many years. They were bitterly opposed by the coal operators, led by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Upon striking, the miners and their families were evicted from their company-owned houses and had set up a tent colony on public property. The massacre was a carefully planned attack on the tent colony by Colorado militiamen, coal company guards, and thugs hired as private detectives and strike breakers. They shot and burned to death 20 people, including a dozen women and small children.

The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), where it is designated a National Historic Landmark.

There is a beautiful memorial here including informative plaques. For more information, see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_massacre

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