Tiger, Colorado
Tiger is an extinct town in Summit County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.
A post office called Tiger was established in 1919, and remained in operation until 1940. The community took its name from the Royal Tiger Mines Company. The town site was destroyed before 1995 by the Forest Service in order to be used as a snowmobile track.
References
- ^ "Tiger, (historical) in Summit County CO". CO HomeTownLocator. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Tiger, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. March 1, 1995. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 49.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tiger (historical)
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