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Leadville (Colo.)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Chris Whitacre for Colorado Reflections

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Identifier: couda-whitacre
Abstract Chris Whitacre reflects on her involvement with Historic Denver and writing a book about Molly Brown. Whitacre discusses Margaret Tobin Brown, "the Unsinkable Molly Brown," and her life in Denver. Discusses Brown's rags to riches story, moving to Leadville, surviving the Titanic sinking, and the myths that surround her story. Whitacre discusses the restoration of Molly Brown's Denver home by Historic Denver. Whitacre also discusses Justina Ford, the first Black woman physician in the Rocky...
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Hal Benson for Colorado Reflections

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Identifier: couda-benson
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Hal Benson, a CU graduate, reflects on his childhood in Leadville, Colorado on a homestead and in town. Recalls watching the silver and ore smelters at a mine in Leadville and his connection with Baby Doe Tabor. Benson discusses the railroad industry in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, including railroad accidents. Discusses the influx of Chinese immigrants working for the Public Service Company building power lines in the mountains.

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Peg Mudgett for Colorado Reflections

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Identifier: couda-mudgett
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Peg Mudgett reminisces on growing up in Leadville, Colorado near the mines there until moving to Durango to attend college at Fort Lewis College. Reflects on life in a mining camp owned by the town smelters, learning Spanish from Mexican workers, cutting down and decorating Christmas trees, her days in school, and riding in sleighs. Describes her encounter with Baby Doe Tabor in a grocery store.

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Robert Brown for Colorado Reflections

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Identifier: couda-brown
Abstract Robert (Bob) L. Brown, professor at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver, briefly discusses the books he has written. Brown describes Christmas celebrations during the early parts of Colorado history, starting with one of the first celebrations in Colorado during the 1806 expedition led by Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Brown discusses the Christmas dinner during the John C. Fremont expedition of 1848, the Christmas Day Massacre of 1854 at Fort Nepesta (now known as Pueblo), the...
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