The Haunting Melody of Clifford Griffin

Set upon a mountain ridge overlooking Silver Plume is an obelisk memorial for the grave of Clifford Griffin.

Griffin became wealthy from mining gold and silver in the area, but he was always depressed because of the death of his fiancée the night before they were to get married.

He was known for playing a violin outside of his mountain cabin at the end of the day. The residents would come together and listen to his mournful songs.

One night, after the applause for him had stopped, a shot was heard. The miners hurried to his house and found him dead in a grave that he had prepared for himself. An note was found requesting that he be left in the grave, and that was the reason for shooting himself while standing near it.

Violin music can still be heard on still nights, echoing about the hills, like a reminder that a man can be rich but still not be happy.