E30 - Fair Play, Breckenridge and Buckskin

Buckskin Joe, Fair Play, Tarry All, Breckenridge, Mosquito Pass, South Park and Florissant (one time home to a redwood forest) -

Kansas and Utah Territories 1859; Fair Play begins, Joe Higgenbotham or Higgenboittom leads a group of prospectors up into high mountains above Fair Play - Thomas Breckenridge gets a town named for him (...and a pass). Fort Mary B. Mosquito Pass (unnamed is seen), California Gulch (future Leadville) is prospected. Buckskin Joe, an ancient dumpster, petrified wood, redwood forest of Colorado, a trick to get a post office established on the western slope of future Colorado!

South Park's ancient gold location?

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and why you should visit.

Hope you enjoy-

JB