Canon City Colorado History

Fremont County Coal Mines Lets talk about the miners

When Coal became King in southern Colorado, it took men with Grit to get the coal out of the mines.  In this episode we touch on the miner and some of the conditions he faced

Birth of the Hell Razing town of Prospect Heights Colorado

Step back into Fremont County's rowdiest chapter....when Canon City went Dry, the Adamic Brothers created their own Party town  this is the story of Prospect Highs

The Crazy Story of a Frontier Turf War..... A western Daniel Vs. Goliath tale

1878-1880 a battle raged in the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas and in courtrooms across the west.  A story of how a little Scrapper of a man faced a Railroad Goliath and Won.    The Denver and Rio Grand Railroad Verses the Corporate giant Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad.  In the story of the expansion of the west, there is not a story that matches the Royal Gorge War

The story of Colorados Youngest Inmate and his Murderous past

Anton Woode was only 11 years old when he was sentences to Colorado State Penitentiary.  This is the story of his crime and his life

The Committee of Safety wasn't so Safe The story of the Lake County War

In !874-1881 the Lake County War raged in the little town of Centerville Colorado.  It not a War lie you would think,, so listen to this podacast on how a handful of men took over everything in Chaffe County