Colorado and the Silver Crash : The Panic of 1893.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinle, John F.

Series:

Disaster

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Depressions.

Economic history.

Colorado--History--1876-1950.

Colorado.

Colorado--Economic conditions--19th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Colorado and the Silver Crash

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2021.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Half Tile

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Top of the World

1. Windfall

2. Storm Clouds

3. The Crash

4. Disaster in Denver

5. Bloody Bridles

6. The Maelstrom

7. No Crown of Thorns

8. Peace and War

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781439672938

1439672938

OCLC:

1259589574