Every great historic town has a ghost tour and Lake City has one of the best. As you can imagine, an old mining town full of fortune and failure is full of spooking and wild stories. If you are around Lake Ctiy on a Friday in summer you should take the time to join the Ghost Tour as it travels around the Historic district.
While there are some spooky stories involved, there is something for everyone. There are historic facts and historic gossips. There are stories of the lawmen and lovers who have been gunned down in town. There are poisonings, lost children, old time justice, and tales of bad luck.
Lake City has a gorgeous downtown and it is always worth just wandering around and thinking about what it must have been like as a boomtown. If you would like some extra material for the campfire ghost stories, this is a good place to pick a few up.
We may or may not have had a few close encounters with the paranormal here at Bushwhack Lodge… Most of the old buildings have one story or another. Our basement dates back to the 1800s. If you miss the ghost tour, you can always get a good tale from one of the locals.
Ghost tours start right before dark on Fridays at the Hinsdale County Museum. This is one of the many tours offered by the museum and you should check the calendar to know what all is going on. As with anything at dusk in Lake City Colorado, you should bring a fleece and maybe a rain coat. We got a good splash of rain on this latest tour but stuck it out because it is fun even when the weather turns. Also, it is so dry here that I like to remind people that if they walk through a storm they will be dry by the time they walk in the front door. (That said, hypothermia is no joke if you are out in the woods.) There is a nominal fee that goes to the museum but it is well worth it.
If you are on the tour, pay close attention to the stories across the street from Bushwhack. I have heard a variety of first hand encounters from big strong men who are not willing to go alone into that building at night anymore.
