Serene, Colorado is an extinct coal mining company town that was owned by the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company.[1] Serene was located at the site of the Columbine Mine and had company housing and a coal preparation plant. The Serene post office operated from January 25, 1923, until August 31, 1942.[2] Serene was the site of the Columbine Mine Massacre on November 21, 1927.
- ^ Once A Coal Miner: The Story of Colorado's Northern Coal Field, by Phyllis Smith, 1989, pp. 172-174, quoting Perry Eberhart, "Trouble in Serene," Denver Westerners Brandbook, vol. 29, (1973), p. 205.
- ^ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
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