Just a little history on the beautiful town of Georgetown

Georgetown in early days was the prettiest town in the mountains, and up to this day, it can not be compared to what it once was, but it is a very pleasant mountain town on account of its location at the summit of a high elevation, (contrary to most other mining towns, which all occupy the bottom of canyons or gulches) overlooking a wide expanse of country in every direction except towards the east, where the gradual rise of the mountains starts too close to town, thus hiding the sight. The altitude of Georgetown is 2700 feet above sea level. Georgetown is and always will be a mining town in the full sense of the word, the high elevation as well as the character of the country don't recommend it for an agricultural centre, though there always has been raised a superior kind of fruit, particularly of the harder varieties. The first mining work on this divide was done by a party of Oregonians under the leadership of Hudson ; they were mining in what has since been known as "Oregon Canyon" and Hudson's Gulch" in July 1849, though they took out a large amount of gold at both these places they did not stay, and left the vicinity. They were followed by a party of sailors, among whom was one George Phipps, who first pitched his tent near the head of what since has become called "Empire Canyon," and from him derived the original name of George's town, just as John's town lower down in the same canyon, at its junction with Manhattan creek, was named after another man of the same party. The afterwards famous "Sailor Claim" in Oregon canyon, however did not obtain its name from the Phipps party. Although others suggest that the town was named after the founded George Ehrenhaft. Its still not sure which man it was named after. Georgetown is on the Oregon Creek, once a trading center for gold miners. A Japanese settlement known as Wakamatsu Colony was established here in 1868 to operate a tea and silk plantation. The venture failed after two years. For a little more history I have set up a link if you would like to learn a little more about this beautiful town. Please click here