St. Elmo, Colorado, is a ghost town located right in the middle of the state, just outside Gunnison National Forest and south of Mt. Harvard, but it hasn’t always been this way. Established almost 150 years ago in 1880, St. Elmo, Colorado, has a storied past that leads some to call it one of Colorado’s most haunted small towns.

Located high in the mountains at nearly 10,000 feet, St. Elmo was once home to almost 2,000 people who moved to the town when gold and silver were found here.
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St. Elmo is known to have more reported instances of hauntings and paranormal activity than any other town in Colorado, and ever since the mines dried up in the 1920s, it has been awfully quiet around here.
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It is said that Annabelle "Dirty Annie" Stark haunts the town and can be seen roaming the streets at night with a shotgun slung over her shoulder--just as she was known to do when she was alive.
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But, while St. Elmo may be haunted, many people made fortunes here, with mines producing tens of millions of dollars of gold and silver, St. Elmo was once a flourishing town.
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At its height, St. Elmo had a town hall, multiple hotels, saloons, a schoolhouse, and newspaper, among many other thriving businesses.
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All that changed once the mines dried up, but the general store still opens during the summer months to provide goods to tourists visiting the town.
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St. Elmo is just one of the countless ghost towns scattered through the Colorado mountains, but with countless sightings of Dirty Annie’s ghost patrolling the streets, among many other sightings, it just may be the most haunted. With a fascinating past, and lots of activities and sightseeing available, exploring St. Elmo is a great adventure to take when the weather is right, just be sure not to stay out past dark!

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