 The town tucked away under the Castle Mountains started in 1882, and mushroomed as a silver camp during the next few years. It had a schoolhouse, eighty dwellings, a jail, fourteen saloons, and seven brothels at its peak. Calamity Jane and her buddies tried the restaurant business in Castle for a spell. Three stage lines served the town on a daily basis. A railroad built by Richard A. Harlowe didn’t materialize in time to serve the mining needs of the town, it was completed in 1903 after the boom had faded and most everyone had left Castle. The last two residents remained until the 1930s. Many of the buildings are still standing. Find Castle and enjoy a nice drive on good roads.
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