Brief by Central Staff
Charity – November 2003 – Colorado Central Magazine
The mines of Leadville produced millions of dollars of wealth over the years, but that didn’t make Leadville a wealthy city. This was so even in 1931, when Margaret Tobin “Unsinkable Mollie” Brown, whose fortune came from Leadville, saw such destitution among the city’s children that she donated candy, Christmas presents, caps, stockings, and underwear to be distributed at the Community Christmas Tree in front of the post office.