Gold Mining In Colorado

Home » Lake County War

Showing posts with label Lake County War. Show all posts

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, ...

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

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...

Until 1879, Chaffee County was the southern part of Lake County. The 1860 and 1870 census will show people who lived in what is now Chaffee ...

Yesterday I returned to the Colorado State Archives . Once again I asked for the file on the Elijah Gibbs trial in Denver. Once again the cl...

I started writing this blog yesterday at 4:00 p.m., but I decided to check a fact on the Internet. Six hours later I got off the ’net. That’...

Top Photo: Gas Creek looking northwest of hwy. 285 Bottom Photo: Gas Creek looking east towards Arkansas River Just after passing Brown’s C...

One of the things I need to mention about the Lake County War (read November 29 post) is that it took place in what is now Chaffee County. I...