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Leadville, Colorado, often called "The Two Mile High City" and "Cloud City," is the highest incorporated city in the world at 10,430 feet.  Located at the foot of two of Colorado's highest peaks - Mt. Elbert and Mt. Massive, Leadville is one of America's last remaining authentic mining towns.

 

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 Harrison Avenue, 1879

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 Clarendon Hotel, 1881

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 Leadville, 1887

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 Main Street, 1941

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 Leadville Business Buildings, 1941

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 Leadville Homes, 1941

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 Beer Depot, 1941

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 Oldest Store, 1941

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 Leadville Main Street, 1941

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 Leadville Mining, 1941

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 Tabor House

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 Baby Doe's Cabin
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 Ice Palace, 1896

From the Rocky Mountain General Store

Life Magazine, May, 1959Vintage Magazines - Legends of America and the Rocky Mountain General Store has collected a number of Vintage Magazines, including True West, Frontier Times, Treasure and more for our Old West and Treasure Hunting enthusiasts.  For most of these, we have only one available.  To see this varied collection, click HERE!

Frontier Times, March 1968    True West Magazine, February, 1967    Frontier Times, July, 1973    True West Magazine, August, 1972    True West Magazine, December, 1967

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