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When Denver was booming but was still the Old West...
When Denver was booming but was still the Old West...
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September 16, 1881
DAILY DENVER TIMES, Colorado, Sept. 16, 1881 The Denver area, part of the Territory of Kansas, was sparsely settled until the late 1850s. In July, 1858, a small placer deposit yielded about 20 troy ounces of gold, the first significant gold discovery in the Rocky Mountain region.
News spread rapidly and by spring of 1859 teams of thousands of gold seekers arrived and the Pike's Peak Gold Rush was under way. In the following two years about 100,000 gold seekers flocked to the region.
The population of Denver increased from 4700 in 1870 to 35,000 in 1880, and ten years later swelled to 106,700.
This issue was published during the height of Denver's rapid growth & the content and advertisements are reflective of this.
Four pages, nice condition.
Category: The Old West
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