Showcasing the citys history. Learn more about denver all weekend here on American History tv. People in denver drive past the denver mint all of the time. Its right in dwrount downtown denver. Its on a major thoroughfare, but people dont know very much about its history. And it has a fascinating history and it was a story that needed to be told. Colorado experienced a gold rush in 1859 when gold was discovered in the mountains. 1859 is when denver was founded. It was just a wild west town. It basically consisted of a tent city with lots of saloons and bore del lows. The miners would come down from the mountains with their bags of gold dust and go into the saloons. And in the saloons, the bartenders would reach their hands into the gold dust bags and take out a pinch of gold to pay for the miners whiskey. So clearly having fat fingers was a major job requirement for a bartender in early denver. But a city cant really survive on a pinch of gold dust economy. So denver needed a mint. An
This year, cspan is touring cities across the country, exploring American History. Next, a look at our recent visit to denver, colorado. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. Kimberly field people in denver drive past the denver mint all the time. It is right in downtown denver. It is on a major thoroughfare, but people dont know much about its history. It has a fascinating history and its a story that needs to be told. Colorado experienced a gold rush in 1859 when gold was discovered in the mountains. 1859 was when denver was founded. It was a wild west town. It basically consisted of a tent city with lots of saloons and bordellos. The miners would come down from the mountains with their bags of gold dust and go into the saloon. And in the saloon, the bartenders would reach into the gold dust bags and take out a pinch of gold to pay for the whiskey. Clearly having fat fingers was a major job requirement for a bartender in early denver. But a city
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