OF 1849. FAVORITE CAMP GROUND FOR EMIGRANTS. VICE PRESIDENT COLFAX AND PARTY WERE DETAINED HERE BY INDIAN RAIDS IN 1865. ROBERT J. SPOTSWOOD REPLACED SLADE. --- ERECTED BY THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF COLORADO FROM THE MRS. J. N. HALL FOUNDATION AND BY THE FORT COLLINS PIONEER SOCIETY, 1935. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Virginia Dale has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Virginia Dale was on June 29, 2018, July 19, 2022, and July 21, 2022, while the coldest temperature recorded was on February 5, 2014. References Dan Rottenberg, 2008, The Death of a Gunfighter: The Quest for Jack Slade, the West's Most Elusive Legend, Westholme Publishing, LLC, Yardley PA, . On pages 252-253 can be found a description of Slade's construction of Virginia Dale; p. 253 offers of a photo taken in 1870. Slade's decline into drunken escapades in Denver and Laporte (60 miles north of Denver) led to his replacement by Robert Spotswood, an Overland Stage Company official. Spotswood replaced Slade with Lem Flowers at Virginia Dale—Flowers would then cover what had been Slade's Denver - LaPorte - Virginia Dale inspection route; cf Chapter 15 "The Breaking Point" pages 263-275. External links The Overland Trail: Virginia Dale Ghosttowns.com: Virginia Dale Pictures of the Virginia Dale Stage Station. 1866 description of spending the night at Virginia Dale Former populated places in Larimer County, Colorado Ghost towns in Colorado History of Colorado 1862 establishments in Colorado Territory