1879 Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado; highest incorporated city in USA.

1879 Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA. At an elevation of 10,152 feet, Leadville is the highest incorporated city and the second highest incorporated municipality in the United States. A former silver mining town that lies near the headwaters of the Arkansas River in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the Leadville Historic District contains many historic structures and sites from its dynamic mining era. In the late 1800s, Leadville was the second most populous city in Colorado, after Denver.

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1879 Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA. At an elevation of 10,152 feet, Leadville is the highest incorporated city and the second highest incorporated municipality in the United States. A former silver mining town that lies near the headwaters of the Arkansas River in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the Leadville Historic District contains many historic structures and sites from its dynamic mining era. In the late 1800s, Leadville was the second most populous city in Colorado, after Denver.