Mount Vernon, Colorado

Mount Vernon was founded in 1859 by Dr. Joseph Casto who followed the gold rush to Colorado in 1858.

He did not find gold, but decided to establish a town between the mining camps and the city of Denver.

[1] After gold ore was discovered near Central City in 1859, a trail was established through Mount Vernon.

[2] One of the town's citizens was Robert Williamson Steele, the governor of Jefferson Territory, who often worked out of his Mount Vernon house.

[2] Its cemetery still exists on the Village Trail within the Jefferson County Open Space.