How Leadville Colorado Stole Georgetown's Title as the Silver Queen, Part 1

How Leadville Colorado Stole Georgetown's Title as the Silver Queen, Part 1

By Donna WichelmanOver the last two years, readers of my blog have learned about how Colorado's rise to statehood came on the heels of vast discoveries of gold and silver deposits found in the territory during the 1860s and '70s. It was because of men like David T. Griffith, one of the founding fathers of Georgetown, Colorado, who had heard about the discoveries, that people came from all over the globe to make their fortunes. The town of George…