The Griffith family & the founding of Georgetown

"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.