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The post office opened March 13, 1909, and closed September 30, 1942 — thirty-three years that mark the full arc of Courtland's life as a place. Local tradition holds the town was named for Courtland Young, and that limestone ridges, hit around 1917, ended whatever the mines had promised. What's left: a jail, scattered foundations, sidewalks going nowhere, mine sites, and a cemetery. Courtland sits on the Ghost Town Trail alongside Gleeson and Pearce — worth the drive if ruins and hard math interest you.
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- ·Coords from Wikipedia (31.77000, -109.80861). Namesake: Courtland Young. The limestone-ridge problem (from 1917) doomed the mines. Post office Mar 13, 1909 – Sep 30, 1942. Remains: the Courtland jail is the only structure still standing; plus scattered building remnants, sidewalks, mine sites, and a cemetery. On the Ghost Town Trail with Gleeson and Pearce. 5+ specific facts.
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