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Colfax was a short-lived communal farming community in Fremont County,
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History

Colfax was founded in 1870 as a communal settlement of 397 German immigrants led by General Carl Wulsten. The colonists had been organized by the German Colonization society of
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. It was the first non-indigenous community in the
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. The principal activities were farming and cheesemaking. The Colfax, Colorado, post office operated from May 2, 1870, until January 16, 1879, when the post office was moved four miles north to Blumenau. The communal effort failed after a frost and the settlers left the town. However, many of the settlers remained in the area as ranchers and farmers.Gayle Turk (1975) ''Wet Mountain Valley'', Colorado Springs: Little London Press, p.6.


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