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EPISODE · May 26, 2025 · 41 MIN

E6 - Line Starts Here : The Fifty-Eighters Arrive

from While Buffalo Roamed: The Wild West History of Colorado · host das67ardorwin

Murder on the Plains - Julia Archibald Holmes - Lawrence Party - Georgia Party - Leavenworth Party - Russell Party (William Green Russell cover art) - Gold - Garden of the Gods - Arapahoe County - Cherry Creek 1858 is a huge year for Colorado, this is the story of the early risk-takers, the fifty-Eighters, who arrived at future Denver in 1858 (lured by rumors of gold). First significant gold discovery - First attempted murder and trial - First summits of Pike's Peak by Anglos (men and a woman) - The Bloomer Girl - The Wheelbarrow Man - Garden of the Gods - First county officers arrive Thank you for listening, JB

Murder on the Plains - Julia Archibald Holmes - Lawrence Party - Georgia Party - Leavenworth Party - Russell Party (William Green Russell cover art) - Gold - Garden of the Gods - Arapahoe County - Cherry Creek 1858 is a huge year for Colorado, this is the story of the early risk-takers, the fifty-Eighters, who arrived at future Denver in 1858 (lured by rumors of gold). First significant gold discovery - First attempted murder and trial - First summits of Pike’s Peak by Anglos (men and a woman) - The Bloomer Girl - The Wheelbarrow Man - Garden of the Gods - First county officers arrive Thank you for listening, JB

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