The Griffith family & the founding of Georgetown

By Liston E. Leyendecker

Subjects: Gold discoveries, Gold mines and mining, united states, Biography, Frontier and pioneer life, Griffith family, Mining camps, Gold mines and mining, Colorado, biography, Pioneers, Colorado, history, History, Miners, Frontier and pioneer life, colorado

Description: "The Griffith Family and the Founding of Georgetown describes four years (1859-1863) in the lives of the Griffiths and how they attempted to tame an isolated wilderness and harvest its mineral riches. A decade before Georgetown came to be known as Colorado's "Silver Queen," George F. Griffith struck gold along South Clear Creek, prompting his family to establish a gold mining settlement there that never yielded the expected bonanza. But by the time they left in 1863 they had lain a legal and civic foundation that paved the way for Colorado's first major silver center."--BOOK JACKET.