Episode 16 - Colorado Oddities Part Two: "Trail, and Tails, and Tommyknockers"

At first glance, you might see Colorado as just another state in the western part of American. But with a closer look, it has as exciting of a past as places like New England or Washington D.C. and New Orleans. The history that Colorado has to offer is more than just the history of our past, it holds the history of the planet deep in the mountains. Geologists for centuries have rushed to colorful Colorado to get a glimpse at the rocks that the planet is created with. But Colorado also has a history that is different than most, a history of travelers, miners, and people migrating through. It was home to many, but normally not for long. The constant motion and migration of people to the area made Colorado a western hub for mining, traveling, and darkness. Because it does seem that wherever humans go to settle darkness follows them. The history of Colorado at a second look is full of darkness. Starvation in harsh winters, murders of neighbors, stories from the mines, and myths of tiny creatures that wander through the aspen trees and up the mountainsides. From the darkness to the happy tunes of John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High and C.W.McCall’s Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado is a lot of things, Mysterious and everlasting are only two of those things.

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Research-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Silver_Boom

Trails, Tails, and Tommyknockers Stories from Colorado's Past by Myriam Friggens

Haunted Old West by Mathew P. Mayo

A Quick History of Leadville By Christan J. Buys

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