Saint Elmo

St Elmo was a amazing place to see. Rested in the woods of the mountains with streams cascading from the melting snow above this seemed like something out of a movie, in fact St. Elmo was originally named Forest City but was later changed because of the multitude of towns with the same name. The name St. Elmo was chosen by Griffith Evans, one of the founding fathers, who was reading a novel with the same title.

Once the mining industry shut down, St. Elmo drastically declined in population. Miners searched elsewhere for gold and silver and the business district in St. Elmo closed down as well. Few people continued to live in the town. Postal service was discontinued in 1952 after the death of St. Elmo’s postmaster. Since then, ST Emo has been officially considered a Ghost town.

Me and Andrew walked around the empty streets of ST Elmo for a few hours, peering in to what buildings we could. Some in worse condition than others. One building in particular was in very bad shape and made it impossible to investigate, the building had been flooded with mud and debris from flash floods, the whole building leaned to the side and creaked when we were in the entry way. Which is a shame as we could see old tools and furniture peaking through the mud.