Spurred West

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Ian Neligh. Spurred West

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Praise for Gold!

“Gold isn’t just a mineral or a way to get rich—for some Coloradans, it’s an obsession. That’s the premise of Ian Neligh’s new book Gold! Madness, Murder and Mayhem in the Colorado Rockies, which tells the story of the gold rush and follows that vein all the way through today’s prospectors. Written in a compelling journalistic style (Neligh edits the Clear Creek Courant in Idaho Springs), each chapter is devoted to a different fascinating gold hunter, alternating between the Wild West of the 1800s and the colorful characters who make up today’s Colorado prospecting community.” —Colorado Life magazine

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Cody was said to have been a kind man and paid all performers, including Native Americans, the same rate, which was not the norm for the time. He brought the world his version of the Wild West, often including notable celebrities such as Annie Oakley, Bill Pickett, Sitting Bull, and Will Rogers. Oakley chose to join Cody’s show and leave another because of the thoughtful way he treated the horses and other animals, unlike the managers of the other exposition she was involved with at the time.

Eventually, Cody’s Wild West show went bankrupt in 1913 and Buffalo Bill Cody died while visiting his sister in Denver in 1917—but the Wild West itself would endure.

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