While Buffalo Roamed: The Wild Western Days of Colorado

E7 - The Story of Denver AND Colorado?

The creation of Denver AND Colorado, three places to visit in Denver, the first towns of Montana City, Auraria, St. Charles and Arapahoe City - all  in contention for the county seat (Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory).  This is the dawn of Colorado, and now the story really begins!
Denver City, Colorado, Montana City, Arapahoe City, Auraria
Pike's Peak gold rush, Grant Frontier Park, Confluence Park, the saddest and loneliest historical marker ever!

E6 - The Fifty-Eighters or The Parties

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
 

E5 - Gold From Space: How the pioneers found gold

After an unknown teamster finds gold in Cherry creek (modern downtown Denver), gold will be a driving force to this series - time to learn a little about GOLD.
Basic gold prospecting (panning) and how the frontier miners found gold in the water and way up on mountainsides.
placer gold and lode gold 
Special thanks to: primalhousemusic, nickogloire, free_sound community and moodmode  

E4 - Frozen Fagan: The journey of Captain Marcy and Colonel Loring

The lonely gravesite of Michael Fagan marks the location of the Marcy / Loring march, in which a snowstorm killed 3, one man burned to ...
 
Thanks to DELOSound 

E3 - Burn it Down: Bent’s Forts and Fort Laramie

Spite 
Jacques La Ramee (Laramie)
William and Charles Bent
Oasis in the desert 
A detail of two important forts, Fort Laramie and Bent's Fort(s).  Both vital to westward expansion, worth the drive and visit - hit both in a day if you can!
 
 
 

E2 - The Other Guys

Kit Carson - Captain Bonneville - James P. BeckwourthTreaty 1851
Today we talk about the wild westerners that were here before the cowboys and lawmen - 
Tribal People and the American Fur Trappers"The Other Guys"
Cheyennes: Wah-ha-nis-satta, Voist-ti-toe-vetz,  Nahk-ko-me-ien,  Koh-kah-y-wh--est, 
Arrapahoes: Bè-ah-té-a-qui-sah,  Neb-ni-bah-seh-it,  Beh-kah-jay-beth-sah-es, 

E1 - Westward: Seeds of the Future

Personal introduction and podcast intent
Setting the stage:  America looks west, Napoleon and Jefferson, THEE Free People, Oregon country, wars of the West, trappers, California and 49ers, camping for months, avoiding the mountains, terror in Utah!
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There will be two episodes dedicated to a general background and history of the region before permanent settlement.