Capitol City is an extinct silver mining town located in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States.

[1] Founded as Galena City in 1877, the townsite is located on the Alpine Loop National Scenic Back Country Byway.

In order to try and garner interest, Lee would later change the name to Capitol City as he had also dreamed of becoming the state's governor.

Today only the post office, a structure called "Lee's Smelter Stack", some rubble buildings, and a few brick kilns remain.

The original 200-acre town site had everything needed, including a few hotels, restaurants, bars, a post office, schoolhouse, cabins, a sawmill and mining smelters.