Illustrated history of 147 Colorado ghost towns and mining camps, tracing their boom years, declines, and present-day ruins.
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Illustrated history of 147 Colorado ghost towns and mining camps, tracing their boom years, declines, and present-day ruins.
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Prospectors lured to the West in hopes of striking rich settled a thousand towns in the Colorado mountains. The cry of “Gold!” or “Silver!” or a few flecks of color in a tin cup sent them to remote, often inhospitable locations to search for the precious metals. Close on the heels of the miners were the merchant, the gamblers, the prostitutes, the washerwomen, the capitalists, and the con men. Together they turned the mining camps into bustling towns where saloons never closed and the safest pla...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Historical references to prostitutes accompanying miners in boomtowns
Violence & gore
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Mentions of lawless conditions requiring armed self-defense at night
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Substance use
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Descriptions of saloons operating nonstop during peak mining eras
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Historical account of economic booms, busts, and social structures
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Accounts of harsh remote living conditions and town abandonment
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