Matchless Mine and Baby Doe's Cabin

Her feet were wrapped in burlap to keep out the cold. That detail — from the newspaper-lined shack where Baby Doe lived out her final years — tells you everything. Horace Tabor bought the Matchless Mine in 1879; it made him rich. Silver crashed. He died in 1899. She stayed. Her frozen body was found in the cabin in 1935. The mine and cabin are preserved today for self-guided tours.