With mountain views, Cannibal Cabins has accommodations with a kitchenette located in Lake City. Free WiFi is offered. Some units include a seating area and/or a patio. If you would like to discover the area, cycling is possible nearby.

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Lake City is a Statutory Town that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. See more information from the Cannibal Cabins in the Lake City, Colorado. It is located in the San Juan Mountains in a valley formed by the convergence of Henson Creek and the headwaters of the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River about seven miles (11 km) east of Uncompahgre Peak, a Colorado fourteener. Lake City is named after nearby Lake San Cristobal. This area lies at the southern end of the Colorado Mineral Belt and when rich mineral deposits were discovered the native population was pushed from their tribal lands and the town of Lake City was incorporated in 1873. With the completion of the first road into the mountains in this region, Lake City served as a supply center for the many miners and prospectors flooding into the area. See more information from the Cannibal Cabins in the Lake City, Colorado. As a supply center, the town boomed to as many as 3,000 to 5,000 settlers. See more information from the Cannibal Cabins in the Lake City, Colorado. But as the first-discovered deposits were found to be only moderately productive and no new extensive or rich deposits of minerals were found, by 1879 the boom had subsided. Cannibal Cabins in the Lake City, Colorado on the detailed map. With the arrival of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in 1889, Lake City saw a second upturn in the economy that lasted into the 1890s. We remind you that the Cannibal Cabins is located in the Lake City, Colorado. The railroad cut the cost of shipping gold and silver ores to smelters, reduced the cost of shipping supplies into Lake City, and provided shipment of cattle and sheep into the area for summer grazing in the high Alpine meadows. By 1905, the mining era was over and Lake City entered a decades-long period of economic decline. The cost of living in the Cannibal Cabins located in the Lake City, Colorado from 000$. Population figures hovered at 1,000 then dropped to 400 after 1910. We remind you that the Cannibal Cabins is located in the Lake City, Colorado. Although mining continued throughout the twentieth century, it consisted primarily of exploration and speculation rather than productive operation. The cost of living in the Cannibal Cabins located in the Lake City, Colorado from 000$. Beginning in 1915, visitors began coming to Lake City for the entire summer season and by the 1930s tourism had emerged as a viable industry. The Hinsdale County Historical Society formed in 1973 and began accumulating documents and photographs recording the town's history. Cannibal Cabins in the Lake City, Colorado on the detailed map. In 1978, the Lake City Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Cannibal Cabins in the Lake City, Colorado on the detailed map. Residents have restored many of the boom town mining era buildings and currently promote tourism as an industry. Cannibal Cabins in the Lake City, Colorado on the detailed map. Restoration has not only aided the local economy by making Lake City a desirable tourist destination, it has served economic development with preservation projects creating jobs for local carpenters, craftsmen, and contractors. See more information from the Cannibal Cabins in the Lake City, Colorado. The town population was 408 at the 2010 United States Census. Cannibal Cabins in the Lake City, Colorado on the detailed map. Lake City's educational needs are served by the Lake City Community School.. Cannibal Cabins in the Lake City, Colorado on the detailed map.