Colorado: Then and Now “Gold! Gold!! Gold!!! Gold!!!! Hard to get and heavy to hold.” (Coel 1) Headlines in 1858 when gold was found along the Platte River. Which started a booming economy in mining. Some struck it rich and some moved on. Some did farming and ranching, while others started a new business and some saw the money in tourism. In time some of these people have continued to become successful and others have found wealth. …showed first 75 words of 1480 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1480 total…a prosperous and large state, but it is one of the best states to work, raise a family, or just visit. Bibliography Bibliography Abbott, Carl. Colorado: A History of the Centennial State. Colorado: Colorado Associated University Press, 1976. Brettell, Richard R. Historic Denver. Colorado: Historic Denver, Inc., 1973. Coel, Margaret. Discovering Historic Colorado. Colorado: Colorado and West, 1985. Crutchfield, James A. It Happened in Colorado. Montana: Falcon Press,1993. Shedd, Albert, Dir. Poison in the Rockies. 1987. Videocassette. Educational Films, 1988.