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The Griffith Family and the Founding of Georgetown

Liston E Leyendecker

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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. No strangers to frontier conditions, the family used their expertise as miners, surveyors, land speculators, and lawyers to erect cabins, stake their claims, and survey and lay plans for a new town. From these experiences they prepared a set of laws-included as an appendix in this book-that covered nearly every aspect of contemporary mining. While the Griffiths eventually left the settlement because of low gold production and sibling conflict, their legacy lives on in Georgetown's name (after George F. Griffith) and in the early laws they established, many of which still figure in the town's life today. This book will appeal not only to Western historians, but also to anyone interested in Colorado's gold rush and its mining and legal past.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Griffith Family and the Founding of Georgetown. To get started finding The Griffith Family and the Founding of Georgetown, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 106

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University Press of Colorado

Release: 2001

ISBN: 1280501154

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. No strangers to frontier conditions, the family used their expertise as miners, surveyors, land speculators, and lawyers to erect cabins, stake their claims, and survey and lay plans for a new town. From these experiences they prepared a set of laws-included as an appendix in this book-that covered nearly every aspect of contemporary mining. While the Griffiths eventually left the settlement because of low gold production and sibling conflict, their legacy lives on in Georgetown's name (after George F. Griffith) and in the early laws they established, many of which still figure in the town's life today. This book will appeal not only to Western historians, but also to anyone interested in Colorado's gold rush and its mining and legal past.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Griffith Family and the Founding of Georgetown. To get started finding The Griffith Family and the Founding of Georgetown, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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