Capitol City, ghost town in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States

Capitol City is an extinct silver mining town in Hinsdale County, Colorado, on the Alpine Loop National Scenic Back Country Byway. The surviving log cabin has dark brown horizontal logs with pale chinking, a steep gable roof of weathered gray wood shingles, two dark unglazed windows and a centered doorway with a vertical wooden frame. A small brick chimney sits on the roof ridge near the left end, and a wooden sign reads "CAPITOL CITY" above "FOUNDED".

George Lee founded the town in 1877 initially as Galena City, later renaming it after his dream of it becoming the state capital. As silver prices fell and transportation difficulties mounted, Lee left the area and the town quickly declined into abandonment.

George Lee renamed Galena City Capitol City in 1877 to court the state capital and his own run for governor. The post office kept the name until 1920, long after the silver boom ended. Visitors today find the post office, Lee's Smelter Stack, brick kilns and rubble among private land and homes.

Capitol City lies on Engineer Pass along the Alpine 4×4 Loop, about 9 mi (14.5 km) east of Lake City on CO-20. The site can be reached by 2WD automobiles between June and November. Private homes and private land surround the townsite, so visitors should stay on public ground.

Lee built a large mansion featuring a private theater with an orchestra pit for performances, an unusual luxury for a remote mountain town. This ambitious structure reveals the scale of Lee's ambitions before the town rapidly declined.