Colfax, Colorado
Colfax was a short-lived communal farming community—now a ghost town–in Fremont County, Colorado Territory, United States. It was named after Vice President Schuyler Colfax.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 Chicago. It was the first non-indigenous community in what is now Custer County, Colorado. The principal activities were farming and cheesemaking. 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.
