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From the Pike's Peak Gold Rush... Death of Robert Owen of New Harmony fame...



Item # 683857

December 03, 1858

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 1858  Page 2 has over half a column headed: "From The Kansas Gold Region". We now call this the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. At the time Pike's Peak was in the Western Kansas Territory, the Colorado Territory not being formed until 1861. 
The report includes much detail on the events run the gold fields.
Also on page 2 is: "Death of Robert Owen", found of the New Harmony utopian community.
Four pages, nice condition. The folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

Category: Pre-Civil War