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256: 133: 29: 271:. Features of the park included gun fights, 30 authentic buildings from the Colorado 19th century frontier, themed entertainment, full service saloon and restaurant. There was also the Mystery House and a horse-drawn trolley ride. The town featured a donkey as the mayor. The mayor of Buckskin Joe resided in a small building and was allowed free range of the park. 706: 297:
The Town of Terror, a later addition, was voted the best Halloween haunted attraction in Colorado two years in a row. Every October the staff of Buckskin Joe would transform the mild mannered attraction into a haunted attraction, capitalizing on the town's real haunted history. The town was also
286:, by bringing together old buildings from around central Colorado, and assembling them into an old western-style town. The name was taken from the former mining town, now ghost town, of Buckskin Joe, west of 745: 725: 740: 313: 735: 755: 750: 17: 146: 673: 165: 760: 730: 290:, Colorado. The only building in the theme park from the original Buckskin Joe is the general store originally owned by Colorado pioneer 690: 658: 309:
who plans to move the historic ghost town to his ranch near Gunnison. The final day of operation for the town was September 12, 2010.
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Mystery buyer for Buckskin Joe revealed to be billionaire Koch brother | buyer, koch, mystery – Colorado Springs Gazette, CO
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On September 2, 2010, owner Greg Tabuteau announced the sale of Buckskin Joe and its associated attraction the "
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was the last film in which Curtis appeared. The final movie to be filmed at Buckskin Joe was "
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The town was a western movie filming location with more than 21 films to its credit, including
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Horace Tabor's store was brought from the ghost town of Buckskin Joe to its namesake theme park
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featured on the History Channel's "Haunted Rockies Series" for its unexplained happenings.
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This article is about the theme park. For other uses, see
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