Colorado and the Silver Crash: The Panic of 1893 - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467147576ISBN-10:1467147575UPC:9781467147576Book Category:History, Technology & Engineering, Antiques & CollectiblesBook Subcategory:United States, Mining, Coins, Currency & MedalsBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCG0KB4V58
Colorado and the Silver Crash: The Panic of 1893
A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898,...
Series: Disaster
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467147576ISBN-10:1467147575UPC:9781467147576Book Category:History, Technology & Engineering, Antiques & CollectiblesBook Subcategory:United States, Mining, Coins, Currency & MedalsBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCG0KB4V58
Steinle, John F.: - John has worked as curator and archivist at the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Cincinnati Historical Society, as director at several Ohio museums, as administrator of the Hiwan Homestead Museum in Evergreen, Colorado, and as the history education supervisor and region supervisor for the Bear Creek Region. He has been a member of many different living history and reenactment...
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