Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA

Crested Butte is a town in Gunnison County, Colorado, in a mountain valley near the confluence of Coal Creek and the Slate River. It developed as a supply center for nearby mining camps in the late 1870s. Coal mining, including operations of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., drove permanent settlement and influenced local housing and commerce. Historic buildings along Elk Avenue preserve the town’s mining-era commercial character.