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Granite, Colorado
Vicksburg is a preserved mining camp in Clear Creek Canyon, founded in 1867 when prospectors chasing lost burros found gold in the creek.…

Gunnison, Colorado
In Roubidoux Hall at Western Colorado University — known as Western State College when the story originated, renamed Western State Colorado…

Granite, Colorado
Winfield sprang up in 1881 after prospectors found gold flecks in the creek, reached about 1,500 people by 1890, and declined after the…

Cañon City, Colorado
Woodpecker Hill, on the grounds of the Colorado Territorial Prison in Cañon City, is the burial ground for inmates who died in custody or…