Description: Colorado and the Silver Crash, Colorado, Disaster, Paperback 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, the country had begun to recover, but silver mining was never the same. Using firsthand commentary and more than one hundred historic photographs, John Steinle skillfully commemorates the story of Coloradans trapped in the unprecedented social, economic and political conflict of America's first great depression.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467147576
Book Title: Colorado and the Silver Crash : the Panic of 1893
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Not Available
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Mining, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Coins, Currency & Medals
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Antiques & Collectibles, History
Item Weight: 0.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
