Altorado, Alberta
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use Canadian English Altorado is a ghost town in the County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". During 1912–1913, pioneers, mainly members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, settled at Altorado, located southeast of present-day Foremost.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". By 1913, the community had a doctor, a post office, two general stores, and three blacksmiths.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
However, in 1915, Canadian Pacific Rail service would extend the line to Bingham (nowadays Nemiskam), and most residents would relocate there. Even though Nemiskam caused the death of Altorado, eventually Nemiskam would receive ghost town status as Foremost would take off with it being located next to Highway 879.[1]
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