Lost Ghost Towns Of Teller County
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| Author | : Jan MacKell Collins |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2016-06-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1625857837 |
Throughout Teller County, history lovers can find abandoned towns and forgotten main streets that once bustled with life and commerce. Even before Teller was carved from surrounding counties, the scenic mountains and lucrative mines of the gold rush era brought thousands of settlers and attracted resort owners and tycoons eager to exploit the rich setting. Seemingly overnight, towns in the Cripple Creek District and other places popped up, flush with gold and people looking for opportunity. As the ore disappeared, the miners moved on in search of the next big lode. One by one, the towns were all but forgotten. Join Jan MacKell Collins and discover the booming history, lost towns and hardy settlers of Teller County.
| Author | : Jan MacKell Collins |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1467135127 |
Throughout Teller County, history lovers can find abandoned towns and forgotten main streets that once bustled with life and commerce. Even before Teller was carved from surrounding counties, the scenic mountains and lucrative mines of the gold rush era brought thousands of settlers and attracted resort owners and tycoons eager to exploit the rich setting. Seemingly overnight, towns in the Cripple Creek District and other places popped up, flush with gold and people looking for opportunity. As the ore disappeared, the miners moved on in search of the next big lode. One by one, the towns were all but forgotten. Join Jan MacKell Collins and discover the booming history, lost towns and hardy settlers of Teller County.
| Author | : Jan MacKell Collins |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2020-02-24 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1493038087 |
Throughout the development of the American West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Rocky Mountains. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the hazards of disease, drug addiction, physical abuse, and pregnancy. They dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today.
| Author | : Jan MacKell Collins |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2024-10-07 |
| Genre | : True Crime |
| ISBN | : 1540264920 |
Malice in a Mining Mecca Pernicious activity tends to follow prosperity, and the heyday of the Cripple Creek mining district was no exception. Cripple Creek's first murder spilled out from a saloon in 1892. The 1894 heist at the Victor Hotel took place mere months after opening. Railroad superintendent Richard Newell was gunned down over a construction right of way dispute--a contentious, nationwide issue to this day. By 1893, the area was home to dancehall girls and prostitutes, including the harlot who burned down Cripple Creek in 1896 and the vixen who torched Victor in 1899. From body snatcher "Pretty Jack" McEachern to conman-turned-Roosevelt confidante Ben Daniels, the district played host to a cast of capricious characters. Join author Jan MacKell Collins as she recounts the colorful camps and raucous ruffians that defined the oft-described Wild West.
| Author | : Jan MacKell Collins |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2020-02-24 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1493038109 |
Throughout the development of the American West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Pacific Northwest. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the hazards of disease, drug addiction, physical abuse, and pregnancy. They dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today.
| Author | : Sandra Dallas |
| Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1988-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780806120843 |
Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 48 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Extinct cities |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Caroline Bancroft |
| Publisher | : Big Earth Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : 1961 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780933472242 |
Forty-two of Colorado's romance-packed high country towns have their stories told with old and new photos, history, and maps.
| Author | : Jan MacKell |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2003-02-28 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1439613982 |
The Cripple Creek District, on the back of Pikes Peak in central Colorado, first found fame through Bob Womack, the cowboy who publicized his knowledge of gold in the high country and drew thousands to the area. Gold fever allowed the region to flourish, while strikes, fires, and economic hardships threatened the district's survival. The dwindling population's fortitude, plus innovative ideas to boost the economy, carried the city from a struggling gold-miners' paradise to a favored tourist spot.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : O'Reilly Media |
| Total Pages | : 46 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
