The Pike's Peak Gold Rush has sent…

April 1859 CE

The Pike's Peak Gold Rush has sent many Americans into a frenzy, prompting them to pack up their belongings and head to Colorado in what is at this time western Kansas Territory.

This initial boom has influenced people to begin falsifying information, often sending people out to the west without any proof of a true presence of gold.

As early as the spring of 1859, people race to the Pike's Peak country.

Some had even dared to go out in the winter of 1858 to try to get a head start, only to realize that they would have to wait until the snow melted to even begin their mining for gold.

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Boulder Boulder Colorado United States View →

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Pike's Peak Gold Rush, Colorado, United States View →

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