[audiobook] Champaign by Raymond Bial in Arts-Photography

Description

Born out of the 1859 Pikes Peak gold rush; Boulder sits along the Front Range where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains. Discoveries of gold; silver; telluride; and coal nearby put the little supply town on the map; and early miners; farmers; and businessmen prospered there. The railroads arrival in 1873 brought more newcomers who cultivated a diverse community full of new businesses; social organizations; and schools; and the town flourished despite the social problems and economic fluctuations that were typical of early mining towns. By the 1890s; education; health; and tourism had become significant to Boulders economic development; a pattern that continues to this day. Great change came about during the early 1900s in the form of a citywide alcohol prohibition; the influenza epidemic; and the closure of the "Switzerland Trail" railroad in 1919; but Boulder weathered these difficult times even as it witnessed the end of the great railroading era.