The town Cabin Creek is located just outside of Byers, Colorado in rural Adams County.
Recently, the owner, James Johnson placed an ad for sale on Craigslist to sell his town.
Theres something cool about tiny towns, Johnson told KDVR.
Anytime I would stop on Route 66, Id see places like this and I just love them.
Johnson first drove by Cabin Creek decades ago, and he had to have it.
People thought he was crazy.
But in its prime, it was quite the gathering spot.
Joan Lippet who lives in Byers and used to frequent Cabin Creek remembers it in its heyday.
A lot of people just went out there for the meals because they were so good.
However, sometime back in the 70s, something bad happened at Cabin Creek.
There was a murder there.
Thats when Cabin Creeks fate as a ghost town was closed.
Then everything just, literally, there was nobody here, so these buildings sat totally vacant.
Nothing going on out here for a number of years, Johnson said.
He once had big plans for the town.
He wanted to turn it in to a Route 66-style tourist attraction and opportunities.
However, his wife now wants to retire somewhere else.
He is hoping to find someone with similar aspirations.
We would like to sell, Johnson wrote on Craigslist.
We have some traveling we would like to do and this project keeps us here.
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