Leadville Angels - Colorado - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Size:S Vintage hand-drawn illustration of a

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surrounded by small white pine trees

save the midnight shift

flanked by orange and yellow flame graphics

Tan text reading "BEER" and "BIÈRE" flanks a copper maple leaf at the bottom

Leadville Angels - Colorado - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Size:S Vintage hand-drawn illustration of aBy 1896, Leadville was already past its silver rush peak, but the high altitude mining town still had enough fight in it to field a ball club. The Angels played a short summer season in the independent Colorado State League, going 5 3 under manager Harry Grier and finishing second in a six team field that ran from May 2 to July 15. Their rivals that year included the Aspen Miners, the Pueblo Rovers, and the Denver Gulfs (small towns with big league