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| View Original: | Promotional sign outside Idaho Springs, Colorado The claim is true, but the story of the Colorado Gold Rush has twists that are not easy to grasp at first LCCN2015633091.tif.tiff (7360x4912) | |||
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| Keywords: Promotional sign outside Idaho Springs, Colorado The claim is true, but the story of the Colorado Gold Rush has twists that are not easy to grasp at first LCCN2015633091.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 068 ; Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; The rush was better known as the Pikes Peak Gold Rush even though soaring Pikes Peak itself is 85 miles south of Idaho Springs The name came from the cry Pikes Peak or Bust by prospectors who swarmed into the area in 1859 10 years after the famed California Gold Rush They did indeed set up a base in what is now Idaho Springs Another little-mentioned fact is that the area was part of both Kansas and Nebraska territories Colorado did not get statehood until 1876 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015633091 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/33000/33076a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 33076 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 33076 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Signs in Colorado Idaho Springs Colorado Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||