The infamous Molly Maguires, a secret society of Irish coal miners, met their demise in the late 1870s after decades of activity in the coalfields of Pennsylvania. After being infiltrated by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, some Mollies met the rope, some were imprisoned, and some fled the region. The fall of the Mollies in Colorado coincided with the rise of Leadville’s booming silver economy and the establishment of the town’s Irish immigrant community, one of the largest in the Rocky Mountain West.
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Golden History Museum
923 10th Street (map)