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Rush To The Rockies! The 1859 Pikes Peak or Bust Gold Rush

Rush To The Rockies! is the latest in the Regional History Book Series by the Pikes Peak Library District. In 2009, I presented my paper, ...

Moving the Dredging Equipment at Vista Mining Adventures Labor Day weekend is upon us! I cannot believe the summe...

Pouring a Gold Bar WOW! Are we getting excited about the swings in gold? LOL! $1422...

Happy end of summer to you all! It has been a long summer for us in many ways, and yet it has gone by quickly at the same time. I am trying...

BLM Volunteer Day at Cache Ck. 9-26-09 Coyote holes and diggings too close to trees were filled in by volunteers. More of the crew, here. Si...

Death of Judge Christison He Succombs to Pneumonia on Monday Night Sketch of a Notable Life ( Fairplay Flume February 9, 1882) Judge Wilbur...

Cache Creek 8:40 PM

Gayle Gresham and Shirley Weilnau After my first visit to Cache Creek in 2006, I began to dream about panning for gold in the same creek ...

Cache Creek 5:41 PM

This video was taken near the end of the day when I was getting better at working my pan. You experts out there will know I'm still not ...

I will be presenting a paper at the Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium in Colorado Springs on Saturday June 6. It is sponsored by the Pik...

Last year, I found an 1859 Post Office Directory at the Making of America website sponsored by the University of Michigan. Making of Americ...

Cache Creek 6:28 AM

Today prospectors go to Cache Creek to pan for gold. But in the 1860's, the prospectors headed to the mining camp of Cash Creek. The cre...

Cache Creek 7:38 PM

I found a couple of letters in the Rocky Mountain News that describe the mining at Cache Creek or "Cash Creek" in 1862. The writer...

In the summer of 2004, I drove our pickup truck west, pulling my family’s 4-wheelers and motorcycles. Winding alongside the Arkansas River o...