DOC HOLLIDAYS of Leadville  |   home   | About the Owners   |   Leadville's Glories--Past & Present   |   HOURS   |   Products and Services   |   90 Minutes from Denver Leadville's Glories--Past & Present Turquoise Lake, with the Continental Divide in the background- from high atop the old Leadville Mining District,  just a few air-miles east of present-day LEADVILLE Long-time home of  legendary BABY DOE  TABOR Early home of "Unsinkable" MOLLY BROWN Haunt,  and site of a shooting incident, of  notorious DOC HOLLIDAY Location and home of the famous  1895/'96 LEADVILLE ICE PALACE Transportation hub to, and adopted home of,  "Leadville's " 10th MTN Division  *** Present-day home (9 miles)  SKI COOPER (fantastic family skiing.  3 lifts/no crowds/great snow!!)  actual  WWII training site for the famous TENTH MOUNTAIN DIVISION Late-1800's mining boom town--millionaires made overnight! Present-day home to the National Mining Museum Present-day home to the Leadville Colo. & Southern RR (summer only) Site of annual LEADVILLE 100 ultrathon FOOT and BIKE races (2 separate races held   annually on consecutive weekends in August) ... inquiries/click to:   <  Leadville Trail 100  > Site of the original  PACK BURRO RACE (annually on BOOM DAYS weekend) Mid-1900's  site of extensive mining by ASARCO and AMAX 2000:  home to the new paved 12-mile long MINERAL BELT BIKE Trail 2001:  one of the last unspoiled Victorian towns.   Uniquely located high (10,400 ft.+) in the mountains of Colorado. ***   As featured on Ollie North's "WAR STORIES" (FNC-Fox News Channel) December, 2002 2003  Site of first annual Leadville "SKI 100 (mile)"...and repeated in 2004 ***   The 10th MTN DIV is currently serving in IRAQ as we begin 2004.  Its soldiers proudly wear the traditional "crossed skis & shield" unit ID patch, but high tech is its emphasis now!  (As reported and featured on The HISTORY CHANNEL's  presentation in April, 2004 titled "TACTICAL TO  PRACTICAL") PRESENT-DAY Leadville (10,433 ft. elev.) Taken from the lower edge of old mining district, looking west to the Continental Divide, at dusk COLORADO'S  playground for: Hunting Fishing Hiking Biking Skiiing Snowboarding Nature & Scenic Photography Mountain Railroading Mining as it "used-to-be" IT'S  UNBEATABLE !  Scan of  Ice Palace in 1896 Typical madam of the "silver boom" years ...could this be... "ROWDY" KATE...or.."BIG NOSE KATE"?