EPISODE · Aug 18, 2025 · 53 MIN
E12 - Colors: Letters and Articles 1858 - Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory
from While Buffalo Roamed: The Wild West History of Colorado · host Jonathan Summer Publishing
Authentic letters and articles from the original pioneers of Colorado (from and to the Old West). This episode brings color, detail, attitude, and life to the fifty-eighters and fifty-niners who have the honor of arriving in the Denver / Auraria (Colorado) region (Arapahoe County) FIRST. Arguments, an invention, descriptions of the Wild West, slices of life - this is a great episode to dig into and "hear" the brave arrivals to the edge of western Kansas Territory. William Larimer Jr. - William Parsons - Henry Allen - John Scudder - Peleg Trip Bassett - A.O. McGrew (the wheelbarrow man) NON-POP History!
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Authentic letters and articles from the original pioneers of Colorado (from and to the Old West). This episode brings color, detail, attitude, and life to the fifty-eighters and fifty-niners who have the honor of arriving in the Denver / Auraria (Colorado) region (Arapahoe County) FIRST. Arguments, an invention, descriptions of the Wild West, slices of life - this is a great episode to dig into and ”hear” the brave arrivals to the edge of western Kansas Territory. William Larimer Jr. - William Parsons - Henry Allen - John Scudder - Peleg Trip Bassett - A.O. McGrew (the wheelbarrow man) NON-POP History!
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E12 - Colors: Letters and Articles 1858 - Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory
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