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
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Floods, now, the new dangers beneath the water. The real o. J. Simpson, a former guard who calls o. J. His prison best friend speaks out about the juices privileged life behind bars and who o. J. Told him really knows the truth about those murders. Hey baby i think i want to marry you bachelor ben pops the question after telling two women he loves them. Lauren, will you marry . Yes. Inside his decision and the live wedding that almost happened. Ben and his new fiancee lauren here live telling us all about the bachelors biggest night ever. And good morning, america. If its tuesday, that means another crucial day in the race for the white house. And we see voters already out early there in North Carolina. Voters head to the polls in five big states, and two of them florida and ohio, make or break for marco rubio and john kasich. Donald trump hoping to knock both of them out of the race, ohio very, very close right now. Neck and neck. He wants to put himself on a clear path to the nominat
The bachelors biggest night ever. And good morning, america. Another crucial day in the race for the white house. And we see voters already out early there in raleighdurham, North Carolina. Voters head to the polls in five big states, and two of them florida and ohio, make or break for marco rubio and john kasich. Donald trump hoping to knock both of them out of the race, ohio very, very close right now. Neck and neck. He wants to put himself on a clear path to the nomination. As for the democrats, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders also in very tight races. Bernie sanders looking for big upsets in the midwest. Youre going to look live at the campaigns all around the country. Hard at work on this critical tuesday and supporters are out in force here in times square as well. In just a moment well hear from donald trump and governor kasich but first lets start with abcs tom llamas who is in brook park, good morning, tom. Reporter robin, good morning to you. The voting here started about