Serene, Colorado

[1] Serene was located at the site of the Columbine Mine and had company housing and a coal preparation plant.

In 1927, Colorado coal miners conducted a statewide strike that had been called by the Industrial Workers of the World.

In her book Once A Coal Miner, author Phyllis Smith described the company town of Serene: The Colorado State Ranger Unit (the former "dry unit" from prohibition days) was summoned to prevent a demonstration by striking coal miners.

The confrontation between strikers and the militia unit resulted in the Columbine Mine Massacre, in which six miners were killed by machine gun, rifle and pistol fire.

Serene was located on rolling hills just west of the present-day Interstate 25 on State Highway 7, north of the State of Colorado Historical Marker that commemorates the Columbine Mine Massacre.