After an unknown teamster finds gold in Cherry creek (modern downtown Denver), gold will be a driving force to this series - time to learn a little about GOLD.

Basic gold prospecting (panning) and how the frontier miners found gold in the water and way up on mountainsides.

placer gold and lode gold 

Special thanks to: primalhousemusic, nickogloire, free_sound community and moodmode  

The lonely gravesite of Michael Fagan marks the location of the Marcy / Loring march, in which a snowstorm killed 3, one man burned to ...

Thanks to DELOSound 

Oh Spite

Jacques La Ramee (Laramie)

William and Charles Bent

Oasis in the desert 

A detail of two important forts, Fort Laramie and Bent's Fort(s).  Both vital to westward expansion, worth the drive and visit - hit both in a day if you can!

Kit Carson - Captain Bonneville - James P. Beckwourth

Today we talk about the wild westerners that were here before the cowboys and lawmen - 

Tribal People and the American Fur Trappers

Cheyennes: Wah-ha-nis-satta, Voist-ti-toe-vetz,  Nahk-ko-me-ien,  Koh-kah-y-wh--est, 

Arrapahoes: Bè-ah-té-a-qui-sah,  Neb-ni-bah-seh-it,  Beh-kah-jay-beth-sah-es, 

Personal introduction and podcast intent

Setting the stage:  America looks west, Napoleon and Jefferson, THEE Free People, Oregon country, wars of the West, trappers, California and 49ers, camping for months, avoiding the mountains, terror in Utah!

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There will be two episodes dedicated to a general background and history of the region before permanent settlement.