Posts Tagged ‘Mining Town’
Two-Lane Tidbit: Alpine Hose #2, Georgetown, CO
A mining town created during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush in 1859, Georgetown, CO found its riches in silver. The local mines were so prosperous that it once rivaled Leadville as the mining capital of Colorado and earned the title of “Silver Queen of Colorado”. Georgetown had more than 10,000 residents in its heyday, compared…
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: Buckley Garage, Georgetown, CO
Georgetown, CO has a number of neat historical buildings, but one of our favorites is the former Buckley Garage. Housed in a building constructed in 1877 that originally had two stories (what happened to the top one seems to be lost to history), John Buckley bought the building in 1933 and operated a blacksmith shop…
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