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georgetown
5 Porch Notes tagged “georgetown,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Clear Creek County
Georgetown and Silver Plume are a protected piece of mining history
The towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume and the railroad between them form a federally recognized historic district tied to Colorado's silver-mining past.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Clear Creek County
The Georgetown bighorn herd is easy to watch from the highway
A well-known herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep lives on the slopes between Georgetown and Silver Plume, but the Georgetown State Wildlife Area that protects them has seasonal access limits.
Read note ->History and culture - Clear Creek County
A French hotel in a silver town: the Hotel de Paris
The Hotel de Paris in Georgetown is a French-styled hotel and restaurant that Louis Dupuy created from an earlier building during the silver boom, now run as a museum.
Read note ->History and culture - Clear Creek County
The Hamill House shows a silver baron's Georgetown
The Hamill House in Georgetown is a preserved 1800s home of a wealthy silver-era figure, now cared for as a historic house museum.
Read note ->History and culture - Clear Creek County
Georgetown's Christmas Market keeps an old-world December alive
For two December weekends, Georgetown's historic streets fill with roasted chestnuts, horse-drawn wagons, and a children's Santa Lucia procession at an event Historic Georgetown has run for more than six decades.
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