history: Wild West-Leadville Colorado
- 05/10/07 04:25 AM
Leadville Colorado personifies the wild wild west! It is the highest incorporated city in the continental U.S. It was originally called "Cloud City". It's easy to imagine yourself in another time as you walk down the streets of Leadville. It's an area so steeped in history that you can almost feel the ghosts of the past walking beside you. If you watch alongside the road to Leadville from Buena Vista, you can still see the old stagecoach road. Just off to the side of the old stagecoach road there is a grave marker. In 1879 gold was shipped via stagecoach between … (4 comments)
history: Tin Cup Colorado
- 05/09/07 11:19 AM
Tin Cup is located in Gunnison County at the foot of Cumberland Pass. It's not actually a ghost town anymore as it does have a few summer homes. Tin Cup came about in 1861 when Jim Taylor and his 2 buddies stopped at the creek to get a drink and one of them saw gold in the bottom of his cup. In the 1870's there were strikes of high grade Gold and Silver in such mines as the Gold Cup and Jimmy Mack among other mines. That started the gold rush to this area. Originally the town was named Virginia City … (5 comments)
Leadville Colorado personifies the wild wild west! It is the highest incorporated city in the continental U.S. It was originally called "Cloud City". ;)
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