E24 - Fire, Tornado and Starvation 1859 Kansas Terrotory

What this episode covers

*Listener Discretion Advised*  Topics include: cannibalism, suicide, disfigurement, disease and suffocation resulting in death, hypothermia resulting in death, animal deaths due to suffocation from fire and general accidental poisoning, heart disease, etc...  A horror story on the Smokey Hill Trail - Deadly fire blows through mountains - The Boulder County Marshal Fire 2021/2022 - How to make Apple Cider Vinegar according to 1859 - Obituaries - Mountain Tour     While the miners mine in future Gilpin and Caesar Creek Counties, a fire sweeps through the mountains killing 3, and their two animals.  Two men freeze to death on the plains, leaving evidence that in the next to last stage of hypothermia, the suffers feel so hot they remove their clothing.      This episode, filled with primary information, is a collection of newspaper articles published between May and July of 1859 in the Rocky Mountain News.  Thank you for listening.