Brodhead is an extinct coal mining town located in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at coordinates at an elevation of .
The town site is about north of Aguilar on the western side of Interstate 25 approximately 18 miles (29 km) north of the town of Trinidad. Nearby points of interest include the Ludlow Monument, a monument to the coal miners and their families who were killed in the 1914 Ludlow Massacre.
The population was a mix of Mexican and European immigrants. Some of the miners are known to have come from Stafford, England.
Brodhead was a mining company town built and owned by a company formed by three brothers: Henry C. Brodhead (President) who was married to the author Eva Wilder Brodhead, Albert G. Brodhead (Vice President), and Robert S. Brodhead (Secretary and General Manager.) The Brodhead post office operated from August 14, 1902, until April 29, 1939. The mines operated between the late 1890s and the mid-1960s. The Brodhead brothers had previously operated a mine in Gonzales Canyon between 1896 and 1899.
The 1911 Gazetter Publishing Company Business Directory listing for Brodhead, Las Animas Co. describes the town as:
And lists notable residents as:
The 1929 edition of the American Mining & Metallurgical Manual lists the Temple Fuel Company operating in the canyon as:
A Post Office had also re-opened on July 19, 1915, only to close again on Apr 29th 1939
There were a number of mines in the canyon:
There are a number of deaths known at the mines, which, in common with all mining then and now was a dangerous occupation, including: