How a gold rush put Colorado on the map

[KevinInColorado]

How the 1859 Gold Rush Put Colorado on the Map

My wife turned me on to this video talk and I just have to share it with you all. It's in my latest blog post at findinggoldincolorado | Finding Gold in Colorado ? historic sites and modern honey holes

Enjoy!

 

[brianc053]

Thanks for sharing, Kevin.
When will we see you up on a stage somewhere giving a talk?

- Brian

 

[KevinInColorado]

As soon as i finish my book Brian...2018 I think. Seriously, I love being on stage so it'll happen!

 

[Reed Lukens]

Maybe you can make a new Christmas album with Todd Hoffman
Honestly though you could do one of the prospector talk shows even now. They are always looking for good miners willing to share a little knowledge

 

[KevinInColorado]

Maybe you can make a new Christmas album with Todd Hoffman
Honestly though you could do one of the prospector talk shows even now. They are always looking for good miners willing to share a little knowledge

Thanks for the encouragement Reed, it's quite a compliment coming from you!

...oh and if you heard me sing, you'd wish you were deaf

 

[Rob in KS]

https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/western-kansas-gold/12234

Early in 1858, reports were circulated of gold being discovered at Cherry Creek, located at the foot of the Rockies in what was western Kansas Territory. The trickle of gold seekers heading west soon turned into a torrent. Kansas newspapers were filled with stories about gold, some real and most imagined. Reminiscent of the 1849 stampede of '49ers to Sutter's Mill in California, hundreds were lured to the mountains. The prospectors soon learned that "all that glitters is not gold" and some of the wagons that had gone west bearing the slogan, "Pike's Peak or Bust," creaked back home relabeled, "Pike's Peak and Busted."