Large quantity of silver at a fixed price. The government was subsidizing the silver industry so president Grover Cleveland determined to repeal the sherman silver act, which he did in 1883, and the price of silver immediately plummeted. People lost their fortunes overnight. One family in particular is a perfect illustration of the riches to rags and the silver boom and bust. The tabor family is a multifaceted story. Horace tabor was born in vermont. He married his first wife, augusta, who was also from new england. They married and briefly tried farming in kansas, then came to colorado during the gold rush in 1859. They eventually settled in the leadville area, where they ran a store. One of the things horace did was what is called grub stake. He gave the prospectors goods. They did not have to pay him. They paid him in shares. That gave him initial resources to invest in other Mining Resources. He got very lucky and stuck it in the left struck it big on several different occasions an
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
City tours takes you to denver. We will visit Historic Sites in colorados capital. People drive past the denver mint all the time. It is right on a major thoroughfare, but people dont know very much about its history. It has a fascinating history, and it was a story that needed to be told. Capitol,lorado state like any capital, serves as the heart of its community. It is where history is reserved. There are murals, paintings, stained glass windows that celebrate and educate the people anybody whoand comes to see the state. Announcer john murray talks about denver today and shows us some of the historic neighborhoods. This is downtown denver, colorados capital city. Lived downtown for over a decade. The city has changed. T is a city on the move this is john murray, the city hall reporter for the denver post. While we were in town on our cspan cities to her, he took a ride along in our vehicle cities tour, he took a ride along in our vehicle. Give me a sense of the city. Denver is a city
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
Angered places. Im tom mustin. For many sites in colorado, those questions will remain unanswered forever, their purpose lost to the pages of history. Keeping those stories alive is the work of Historic Preservationists. Each year, Colorado Preservation Incorporated assembles a list of Historic Sites that are threatened by time, neglect, or development. The site where we are today was added to the list back in 2001. Its camp amache, one of 10 japanese resettlement camps built by the u. S. Government during wwii to house japaneseamericans. The attention brought to camp amache by the endangered places program has allowed preservationists to begin rebuilding some of the structures that once stood here on their concrete foundations. Belying the often controversial topic of japanese internment to be told to future generations. The first site on this years list takes us back to less controversial times. A time when gold beckoned thousands from the plains to the harsh mountain communities. Mo