Monts Fleuri Cottage

12/10/2025

Time to come up to Leadville and get in some excellent skiing!!!

12/10/2025

Always a great time! Especially during the holidays. Get your tickets while you stay with us.

❄️🚂 Experience the Most Beautiful Winter Views in Colorado! 🌄✨

Climb aboard the Leadville Railroad Holiday Express and take in the breathtaking scenery of the Rockies like never before. As the train winds through snowy forests and past towering peaks, you’ll be surrounded by sparkling lights, fresh mountain air, and unforgettable views at 10,152 feet.

From snow-dusted evergreens to sweeping vistas of Colorado’s tallest mountains, every moment feels like stepping into a real-life holiday postcard. It’s the perfect way to slow down, cozy up, and soak in the beauty of winter with family and friends.

🎄❄️ Seats continue to fill quickly—plan your mountain adventure today!
👉 LeadvilleRailroad.com

12/10/2025

This is an awesome picture of Leadville's historical downtown.

Leadville, The Iron Building, 518 Harrison Ave. 1890s-2025.
The Iron Building, also known as the Fearnley Building, is a historic 19th-century commercial structure in Leadville, Colorado, notable for its cast-iron facade and Italianate features. It is an example of a commercial building type popular during the mining boom era, which featured large glass storefronts on the ground floor and smaller windows above, often housing retail, offices, or hotels. Today it has a shipping store named B &B Shipping and various retail stores on the 1st floor and apartments on the upper floors.

Original photo provided courtesy Denver Public Library Digital Collection.

Colorado Then and Now Photographs History Colorado Planet Leadville

12/10/2025

Leadville is full of amazing history...

Leadville, West 7th St. 1890s-2025.
At the start of 1878, Leadville was officially incorporated and the town had a few hundred residents. By the end of 1879, it had mushroomed to about 30,000 people, nearly the same size as Denver. A few lucky miners hit it rich by discovering productive mines. Others made their fortune by fronting prospectors’ equipment in exchange for a share of their discoveries, called grubstaking. Grubstaking got Horace Tabor a share of one major mine. He then invested in other mines, real estate, and other businesses. However, the majority of miners who came to Leadville ended up doing hard labor in mines.

With rapid arrival of so many people, Ethnic neighborhoods formed: Irish to the east, Germans to the west, (where this photo was taken) Cornish to the southwest, some African Americans and Jews as well. As with many mining boomtowns, Leadville acquired a well-deserved reputation for violence and vice. State Street (now Second Street) served as the area where most of this took place.
In 1878, August Meyer built a stately house at the top of a hill on the north side of town. Two churches, three banks, a hospital, and a school also opened that year. By 1879, the town boasted three newspapers and what was said to be the busiest post office between St. Louis and San Francisco. (Source: Colorado Encyclopedia)

Original photo provided courtesy Denver Public Library Digital Collection

Colorado Then and Now Photographs History Colorado Planet Leadville

12/10/2025

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11/25/2025

Leadville's history is always astonishing...

Leadville, West 7th St. 1890s-2025.
At the start of 1878, Leadville was officially incorporated and the town had a few hundred residents. By the end of 1879, it had mushroomed to about 30,000 people, nearly the same size as Denver. A few lucky miners hit it rich by discovering productive mines. Others made their fortune by fronting prospectors’ equipment in exchange for a share of their discoveries, called grubstaking. Grubstaking got Horace Tabor a share of one major mine. He then invested in other mines, real estate, and other businesses. However, the majority of miners who came to Leadville ended up doing hard labor in mines.

With rapid arrival of so many people, Ethnic neighborhoods formed: Irish to the east, Germans to the west, (where this photo was taken) Cornish to the southwest, some African Americans and Jews as well. As with many mining boomtowns, Leadville acquired a well-deserved reputation for violence and vice. State Street (now Second Street) served as the area where most of this took place.
In 1878, August Meyer built a stately house at the top of a hill on the north side of town. Two churches, three banks, a hospital, and a school also opened that year. By 1879, the town boasted three newspapers and what was said to be the busiest post office between St. Louis and San Francisco. (Source: Colorado Encyclopedia)

Original photo provided courtesy Denver Public Library Digital Collection

Colorado Then and Now Photographs History Colorado Planet Leadville

10/30/2025

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07/21/2025

Always something fun to do in Leadville!!!

07/21/2025

Boom Days is always a great time!!!

07/10/2025

We love the Matchless Mine - worth the visit while you stay with us!!! Go check it out :)

Did you know that you can see a Cornish headframe from the Matchless Mine Historic Site? Come and visit us at Matchless to learn more about Leadville's Mining History!

The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum hours:
Monday-Saturday: 9am-5pm, last entry at 4:15pm
Sunday: 10am-4pm, last entry at 3:15pm

The Matchless Mine Historic Site hours:
Monday-Sunday: 10am-2pm, last entry at 1:15pm