Colonia Lerdo
Ghost town · Mexico
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 32.067, -114.950
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Colonia Lerdo, a ghost town located in San Luis Río Colorado Municipality, Sonora, Mexico, was founded as an agricultural colony in 1872 by entrepreneur Thomas H. Blythe and Mexican Gen. Guillermo Andrade. Lerdo Landing was located 80 miles up the Colorado River from its mouth, and Lerdo was located just east of the river landing on a mesa. Lerdo was described as having streets lined with Eucalyptus trees. The colony was intended to grow and harvest the wild hemp that grew over much of the Colorado River Delta. They also experimented with growing cotton and raised corn and other vegetables for their own use.