Published: June 06, 2012
Words: 71,671 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476241159

Short description

The Cripple Creek Mining District Series is a fact-based accounting of the discovery and early development of the gold fields in and around Cripple Creek, Colorado. The town that was initially known as Fremont quicky grew to what some folks estimated to be right around fifty thousand gold-hungry souls. Poverty Gulch tells the almost unbelievable story of how that gold was first discovered.

Extended description

The town of Cripple Creek began as nothing more than a small scattering of false-fronted structures. It lies nestled inside a picturesque little valley, situated in the high reaches of the central Colorado Rocky Mountains. In actuality, the valley is the interior of a long-extinct volcano. Hence, the reason behind all the gold.

The ensuing adventure follows young Pastor Chad Blackman as he accompanies the whiskey-soaked discoverer of the whole shebang, Bob Womack, in his attempts to convince investors of the validity of his strike.

Their quest is difficult at best, as along the way they are faced with surviving the constant threat of the thousand-pound, maurading Grizzley, Old Mose, unruly Utes, unscrupulous white slave traders, a harrowing close encounter with a raging forest fire, and Womack's general love of hitting the sauce on a regular basis.

Chad's greatest challenge, however, is surviving the complications of the heart as he pursues the effections of the lovely, but snobb.. (Read more) The town of Cripple Creek began as nothing more than a small scattering of false-fronted structures. It lies nestled inside a picturesque little valley, situated in the high reaches of the central Colorado Rocky Mountains. In actuality, the valley is the interior of a long-extinct volcano. Hence, the reason behind all the gold.

The ensuing adventure follows young Pastor Chad Blackman as he accompanies the whiskey-soaked discoverer of the whole shebang, Bob Womack, in his attempts to convince investors of the validity of his strike.

Their quest is difficult at best, as along the way they are faced with surviving the constant threat of the thousand-pound, maurading Grizzley, Old Mose, unruly Utes, unscrupulous white slave traders, a harrowing close encounter with a raging forest fire, and Womack's general love of hitting the sauce on a regular basis.

Chad's greatest challenge, however, is surviving the complications of the heart as he pursues the effections of the lovely, but snobbish brat, Miss Jennifer Marie Lively.
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romance, suspense, adventure, historical, gold mining, christian western

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Review by: Maurine Shea on Jan. 09, 2013 :
It's a delight to read a story of fiction that tells the history of our mountain towns with humor and attention to detail. He is a skilled writer, carving his characters from the mountains, streams,valleys and plains of Colorado.
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