Altorado, Alberta

Altorado is a ghost town in Forty Mile County, Alberta, Canada.

The community was originally settled during the creation of a Canadian Pacific Railway line from Weyburn, Saskatchewan to Stirling, Alberta in an attempt to profit from railway trade. During 1912 - 1913, pioneers, mainly Mormons, settled at Altorado, located southeast of present-day Foremost. By 1913, the population was in the neighborhood of 100 people, and the town boasted a doctor, a post office, two general stores, and three blacksmiths.

However, in 1913, the line bypassed the community and began the town of Foremost, and the community became non-viable.

References

*cite web | url = http://wapedia.mobi/en/Altorado%2C_Alberta | title = Altorado, Alberta | accessdate = 2008-08-05 | publisher = Wapedia

External links

*cite web | url = http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-118-e.php?interval=24&queryString=kwq%3Dpicnic%26kwf%3DTRUE%26interval%3D24%26sk%3D&uid=glenbow-NA-2616-34&uidc=UID | title = Community picnic, Altorado, Alberta, accessdate = 2008-08-05 | publisher = Images Canada | date = 1912