Near Colorado's Winter Park is the historical old ghost town of Arrowhead (later changed to Arrow), located within Colorado's Grand County, and built for the Denver, Northwestern, and Pacific railroad during the year 1903.
Developed on the land for a railroad sawmill, John Newmand and W.H. Bill Wood had selected the site when the railroad was working itself up Moffat Road during the winter, with tents put up in addition to a few permanent structures.
Completed on December 29, 1904, the little town of Arrowhead officially became incorporated in Grand County, Colorado, with over 2,000 people receiving their mail through the new town and with a population less than 500. Because the town was incorporated, legalization was allowed in gambling houses, saloons, restaurants, and sporting houses, yet the town remained orderly because of "Marshal Danby and his little wooden jail.
Eventually, the town of Arrow became a popular destination for railroad sponsored special summer trips, with meals in the dining room of the Denver Railroad New and the Hotel Eating House for a quarter, while being served on tin plants with tin cups for a water bucket by the front door. Oh yes, don't forget the iron eating utensils! But within a year, the population was down to only sixteen people, with Arrow destroyed by a major fire and only the Dining Hall and depot standing. Immediately, the town became a ghost town, with its entire business district destroyed. Since then, it has been retimbered and used as a ghost town.
