Ashcroft is an extinct mining town located in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.

Coxhead left the mining boomtown of Leadville in search of silver deposits in the Castle Creek Valley.

Together the men formed a Miners' Protective Association, built a courthouse and laid out the streets in Ashcroft in just two weeks.

[4] The name of the Chloride, Colorado, post office was changed back to Ashcroft on January 3, 1882, after a rich ore strike was uncovered in Montezuma and Tam O'Shanter Mines.

Though they all owned mining claims they spent most of their time fishing and hunting or reading and drinking in a local bar.

International sportsman Ted Ryan and his partner Billy Fiske, captain of America's gold medal Olympic bobsled team, built the Highland-Bavarian Lodge north of Ashcroft.

They planned to build a European style ski resort complete with an aerial tramway leading up to Hayden Peak.

Following the war, most of the area's ski development occurred in Aspen and Ryan later deeded the site to the U.S. Forest Service.

Preston of the Yukon, and the ghost town was fitted with false fronts to imitate a Canadian set for the filming of the series through 1958.

Mace was given the use of 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land in exchange for caretaking what remaining holdings Highland-Bavarian had in the Ashcroft area.