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The 1859 “gold fever” emboldened many adventurous souls to head west to the mineral-rich regions of the Kansas and Nebraska territories. Their destination, commonly called “Pike’s Peak,” was the area known today as Colorado’s Front Range. The prospector’s dream was of an easy life of wealth and the never-ending happiness that gold could buy. As you read the chapters in Rush to the Rockies!, imagine yourself 150 years ago, provisioning for a long wagon trip across the plains, prodding your stubborn oxen westward, fearing the unknown, and maybe even striking it rich. Succumb to the “fever” and enjoy the adventure!
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Rush To The Rockies! The 1859 Pikes Peak or Bust Gold Rush
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Pikes Peak Library District / Western Museum of Mining & Industry, Colorado Springs, 2013
ISBN 10: 1567352839
ISBN 13: 9781567352832
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Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
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Wraps. Condition: As New. Photographs; Maps; Engravings (illustrator). First Edition. A collection of 17 papers given at the 2009 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium; 371p., including index. Topics include: Southern Colorado Women in the Gold Rush Era by Joanne West Dodds; Golden Paper: Early Papermaking in the Pikes Peak Region, by Ginny Kilander; The Anthony Brothers' 1868 Stereograph Set: The Gold Regions, by Edwin A. Bathke; The Cash Creek Miners & The Lake County War, by Gayle Gresham; We Can't Eat Gold: Agriculture in Early Colorado City 1858-1867, by Carol Kennis Lopez; The Rocky Mountains & Their Gold Mines, by Samuel Bowles; A Gold Hunter's Experience by Chalkley J. Hambleton; Plain Tale of the Plains, by Julia S. Lambert; They Were All Fifty-Niners: The Colorado, British Columbia & New Zealand Gold Rushes, by John M. Hutchins; A Jingling Pick at Pike's Peak, by C.H. Webb; The Lawrence Party Trailblazer, Julia Archibald Holmes: Colorado's Sassy Suffragist, by Chris Nicholl, and much more. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paper Back. Seller Inventory # 23845J
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Rush To The Rockies! The 1859 Pikes Peak or Bust Gold Rush
Published by
Pikes Peak Library District / Western Museum of Mining & Industry, Colorado Springs, 2013
ISBN 10: 1567352839
ISBN 13: 9781567352832
Used
Wraps
First Edition
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Wraps. Condition: As New. Photographs; Maps; Engravings (illustrator). First Edition. A collection of 17 papers given at the 2009 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium; 371p., including index. Topics include: Southern Colorado Women in the Gold Rush Era by Joanne West Dodds; Golden Paper: Early Papermaking in the Pikes Peak Region, by Ginny Kilander; The Anthony Brothers' 1868 Stereograph Set: The Gold Regions, by Edwin A. Bathke; The Cash Creek Miners & The Lake County War, by Gayle Gresham; We Can't Eat Gold: Agriculture in Early Colorado City 1858-1867, by Carol Kennis Lopez; The Rocky Mountains & Their Gold Mines, by Samuel Bowles; A Gold Hunter's Experience by Chalkley J. Hambleton; Plain Tale of the Plains, by Julia S. Lambert; They Were All Fifty-Niners: The Colorado, British Columbia & New Zealand Gold Rushes, by John M. Hutchins; A Jingling Pick at Pike's Peak, by C.H. Webb; The Lawrence Party Trailblazer, Julia Archibald Holmes: Colorado's Sassy Suffragist, by Chris Nicholl, and much more. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paper Back. Seller Inventory # 23845H