The boom time. The sherman silver purchase act was passed, and that ensured that the federal government would purchase a large quantity of silver at the tabor familya multifacetted story. Horace Austin Warner tabor was born in vermont and married his first wife, named augusta, also from new england. They married and tried their hand for a brief period in the late 1850s in farming in kansas and came out to colorado during the gold rush in 1859. They eventually settled in the leadville area where they ran a store. One of the things that horace did was what is called grub stake, some of the mining prospectors, which he gave them goods. They didnt have to pay him, they paid him with shares of should they strike it rich, he would get x percentage, and one of them did. That gave him initial resources to invest in other mining interests, and he got very lucky and struck it big on several different occasions and became very, very wealthy. In some circles he was known as the silver king of colo
Information for cspan radio and cspan television. Plus podcast times for our popular public affairs, book and history programs. Stay up to date on all the election coverage. Cspans radio app means you always have cspan on the go. Cspan is in denver, colorado learning more about the citys rich history. The milehigh city was built on the boom and bust of the silver industry. We visited the History Colorado Center to learn more about the silver mining crash of 1893. The gold rush begins in 1859, actually in the denver area where gold was first discovered. But silver mining really hits its heyday in the 1880s, late 1870s and really 1880s was the boom time. The sherman silver purchase act was passed and that ensured that the federal government would purchase a large quantity of silver at a fixed price. And the government was subsidizing the silver industry. So president Grover Cleveland determined to repeal silver act, which he did in 1893 and the price of silver immediately plummeted. So p
Along i 70, be prepared. We can see it around mount prospect. And we have it coming down but it is light in nature. Thats the good things and temperatures will be on the cold side. We are above average but we have the winds out of the northwest at 16 now in stevensville. And gusts at 25 miles an hour. Going into the afternoon. Look at the planner we will start you off at 8 00 cold. And 36 degrees. The breeze is making that feel more like we are in the low 30s. Lets check traffic. Were off to a cold start. And there are several accidents n woodlawn. Along the after bound lanes of 70 as you approach 695 t crashed over the guardrail. Expect a slow ride over the beltway and more problems on the west side of 695. And right on the outer loop. Here is a live look. This is not causing delays. 11 minutes from 795 here is hunt valley and traffic is moving along and was are having a few flurries. Frederick seeing some flurries. Reduce the speeds to make sure you stay safe. Clear heading downtown.
Field has narrowed with moderates beginning to coalesce behind joe biden. The former Vice President winning several new endorsements including from former rivals. Coordinated efforts to stop Bernie Sanders now thrust into view. Could stabment support for biden backfire and rile up sanders supporters who disdain the powers that be . Sanders remains the frontrunner in many of the big states voting today like california. Hes fond of denouncing the 1 but the big number today, 15 . Candidates must reach a threshold vote of 15 to win any delegates. To see why that is important think back to nevada. When others failed to reach 15 they were excluded and sanders won two thirds of the delegates with only 41 of the popular vote. Reporter on the eve of super tuesday joe biden here in texas trying to project a message of strength and unity as three of his former rivals met with him here and officially endorsed his president ial campaign. Its been quite the turn of events for joe biden over the cour
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