Welcome to Leadville, CO!
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¡Bienvenido a Leadville, CO!

[English] It started back in 1860, when gold was discovered in California Gulch. Thousand's of prospectors soon arrived, and within five years, more than $4 million in gold. By 1880, Leadville had more than 30,000 residents, innumerable stores, hotels, boarding houses and, of course, more than 100 saloons, dance halls, gambling joints and brothels. , An upper class developed alongside the silver boom. Horace Tabor, who owned a general mercantile store with his first wife Augusta, invested in mining with incredible success. He built and opened the lavish Tabor Opera House, banks and hotels. Other brilliant financial careers began in Leadville, too: Charles Boettcher, David May, the Guggenheims, Marshall Field, W.B. Daniels, Jesse McDonald and James V. Dexter are a few. In its heyday Leadville was one of the most sophisticated and modern cities in the world and was even a contender to become Colorado's state capital. , Lots of famous figures lived in and visited Leadville. Margaret “Molly” Brown arrived as a teenager in the early 1880s, working as a seamstress in a dry goods store. She married J.J. Brown and became the “Unsinkable” Molly Brown, survivor of the Titanic. Marshal Martin Duggan, Texas Jack, Buffalo Bill, “Chicken Bill” Lovell, “Broken Nose” Scotty and Soapy Smith are all part of Leadville's colorful cast of characters. Gunslinger-gambler-dentist Doc Holliday was one of the most legendary visitors to Leadville. Teddy Roosevelt also paid visits to Leadville, and Ulysses S. Grant arrived on the first train to Leadville. , Today, Leadville has preserved an astonishing history. Explore and experience Colorado's Magic City rising above the rest at 10,152 feet above sea level! ,