Aspen Silver Kings - Colorado - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt Color:Navy " with elegant cursive script

" with elegant cursive script reading "Las Vegas" at the bottom

" A digital illustration of Jack Burton in a white tank top curls dumbbells

rendered with a weathered screen-print texture

That era saw dozens of clubs rise and fold across the Northeast

bringing professional baseball to the Blue Ridge Mountains

Aspen Silver Kings - Colorado - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt Color:Navy " with elegant cursive scriptThe Silver Kings took the field in 1889, the same year a young Aspen was riding a silver mining boom that briefly made it one of Colorado's wealthiest towns. Funded in part by mining magnate David Hyman, who donated the land for the ballpark, the club joined the independent Colorado State League and played to crowds of miners and merchants. They finished third in the standings before the franchise quietly folded mid season on July 29 of that same