Author: Leni Donlan
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410924193
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Read this book to find out why people rushed to the West during the mid-1800s. Learn about the gold rush city of Cripple Creek, Colorado, and how gold fever caused people to behave in ways that are hard to understand.
Author: Marshall Sprague
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Author: Brian H. Levine
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Category : Cripple Creek Region (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Category : Cripple Creek (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Author: Mabel Barbee Lee
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803279124
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Mabel Barbee Lee has written a rousing tale of early days in Cripple Creek, Colorado. She speaks with authority because she arrived there as a child in 1892, and with wide-eyed wonder saw the whole place turn to gold. With his divining rod, Mabel's father tapped gold ore on Beacon Hill but missed becoming a millionaire by selling his claim short. Nonetheless, life was rich for young Mabel in a booming town with points of interest like Poverty Gulch, the Continental Hotel, and a fantastic house called Finn's Folly; with characters around like the promoter Windy Joe and (seen from a distance) the madam Pearl De Vere; with something always going on, whether a celebration or a disastrous fire or train wreck or a no-nonsense miners' strike. Mabel Lee's book brings back a time and place with affection. The foreword is by Lowell Thomas, who was her pupil when she was a young schoolmarm in Cripple Creek. "One of the most fascinating accounts of a gold rush town."-Chicago Sunday Tribune. "More entertaining by far than the run of fictional westerns, more authentic, of course, and a great deal more moving."-W. M. Teller, Saturday Review
Author: George Bowman
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Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Author: Sandra Dallas
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806120843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom
Author: Linda Wommack
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Category : Cripple Creek (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Author: Jan MacKell
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439613982
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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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: Leni Donlan
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781410927101
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Crucial eras and events in American history are brought to life through primary resources in this high interest series written especially for less able readers. The personal struggles of the people making history guide the reader through each book. Background knowledge of the subject matter is incorporated into the text and vocabulary is defined at the point of use. The books use clear, predictable text structures and have been leveled by a literacy expert to ensure accessibility.
