The Griffith family & the founding of Georgetown
By: Liston E. Leyendecker.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Griffith family.; Pioneers -- Colorado -- Georgetown -- Biography.; Miners -- Colorado -- Georgetown -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado -- Georgetown.; Gold mines and mining -- Colorado -- Georgetown -- History -- 19th century.; Mining camps -- Colorado -- History -- 19th century.; Georgetown (Colo.) -- History -- 19th century.; Georgetown (Colo.) -- Biography.; Colorado -- Gold discoveries.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Griffith family and the founding of Georgetown
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100) and index.