Old Roach, Colorado

Once a company logging town, occupied roughly between 1923 and 1938, it lies in northern Colorado near the Wyoming border.

Old Roach was built by the Otto Lumber Company for the purpose of railroad logging, or tie hacking.

Archaeological exploration of Old Roach were conducted by the U.S. Forest Service through the Passport in Time (PIT) program.

Several other satellite camps of the Otto Lumber company remain in the forest and hope to be located and recorded in future years.

The history of Tie Hacking in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming is described in Logging the Rockies: The Langendorf-Olson Story by Patricia Langendorf, Spruce Gulch Press (1992), ISBN 0-9625714-9-0.