https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2021-11-29 17:01:06 UTC 2025-05-11 19:32:11 UTC hello@padlet.com barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1923327960 ^{The place where cherry creek flowed into the south plate river looked promising. Also People use flat bottomed pans to get gold. Dirt would fall out with water.Gold is heavier than rocks so it would stay in the pan.}

]]> 2021-12-01 17:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1923327960 barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1923638872 Fifty niners traveled in covered wagons pulled by horses,mules or oxen. Some people walked because they couldn’t afford animals. Others followed the wrong path.About half of the people didn’t make it and had to go home.Some people traveled 600 miles to get there

]]> 2021-12-01 19:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1923638872 barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1923667862 Stories of gold have been found in the rocky mountains.Pikes peak was named after Zebulon Pike in 1806 because he climbed half of the mountain.In 1807 Zebulon pike met James Purcell and they found gold in what is now called pikes peak.The discovery of gold in 1858-1859 drew thousands of people to Colorado.Current cities of Denver, Boulder, Black hawk, Breckenridge and Central City were made during the gold rush.When people were getting close to Colorado they could see Pikes Peak  and know that they were close.People from the East traveled to Colorado because of money problems and to start a new life

]]> 2021-12-01 19:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1923667862 https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1923817919 Prospectors were people who came to Colorado looking for gold and silver. ]]> 2021-12-01 21:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1923817919 https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1923830880 Most men that came looking for gold found about $200 of gold. $200 of gold back then was about a year's worth of money. After people found out about the gold in Colorado people soon were coming to Colorado.]]> 2021-12-01 21:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1923830880 barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925561117 Dirt streets turned into rivers of mud When it rained or snowed.Also hundreds of horses mules and oxen left poop. No one picked up garbage so it was a mess.Chemicals used for mining made people and animals sick. They blasted away mountain sides and cut down trees.

]]> 2021-12-02 16:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925561117 barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925616064 William Green berry Russell Remembered somebody found some gold in Dry Creek. So he and his friend went to Dry Creek and In three weeks they found about 600 grams of gold.After William Green Russell found about 600  grams of gold. The word spread and people were coming to Colorado.

]]> 2021-12-02 16:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925616064 https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925618911 Boosters were people who told lies to get people to come to their town. They got people to think their tow was great when it was actually not doing so good.  ]]> 2021-12-02 16:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925618911 barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925636150  Some towns lasted when the gold ran out. Some people open stores to sell food shoes and tools to miners.Everyone found gold in Colorado. Also supply towns were towns that were building supplies.Some miners and merchants stayed and lived in Colorado.They came from all the united states and also Europe and Asia.]]> 2021-12-02 16:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925636150 https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925638914 When gold ran out people moved because there was no more gold in the town. When everyone moves away from a town it’s called a ghost town. There are more than 500 ghost towns still in Colorado.]]> 2021-12-02 16:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925638914 https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925651941 When Pikes Peak appeared to weary immigrants  it encouraged them to keep going. Also if people saw Pikes Peak that meant they were close.]]> 2021-12-02 17:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925651941 barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925934268 When Pikes Peak appeared to weary immigrants  it encouraged people to keep going. Also For $600 gold seekers could get 3 yokes of oxen, wagons, tools, tents, flour, bacon and coffee for four people.$600 was half a year's pay for a clerk.]]> 2021-12-02 19:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925934268 barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925943881 Life in a mining camp was hard; most men were homesick and lonely.Also Living conditions were unsanitary and illness was common. And the weather in the rocky mountains is cold and windy.

]]> 2021-12-02 19:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925943881 barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925952760 No other metal has the same color.Also people wanted gold because it looked super beautiful. Gold is also valued because it is super hard to get.

]]> 2021-12-02 19:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1925952760 barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1926060504 There was a bunch of gold underground.Also Native people sometimes found bits of gold in streams. Also Zebulon pike never found any gold.

]]> 2021-12-02 20:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1926060504 barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1927735418 Rocks that had gold were called ore,Gold ran in strips though the rock. Also The gold found underground was called lode gold. Mining or digging for lode gold was harder than placer mining.

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A boom town is a town that grows very quickly. Auricular was Colorado's first boom town. Also Denver was first named st. Charies. Then it was named Denver City after the governor, James W.]]> 2021-12-03 16:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1927742229 https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1927766022 Miners used dangerous chemicals to get gold from quartz. The chemicals leaked into streams affecting animals and people. It caused unstable hillsides and t also caused Acid mine drainage.]]> 2021-12-03 16:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1927766022 barnettor https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1938702557 Colorado story book pages 104-111 by Tomas J. Noel and Debra B. Faulkner https://Colorado encyclopedia.org/article/Colorado-gold-rush.

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Yp2ZBaCPghttps://www.historycolorado.org/story/going-places/2018/11/16/mountain-sun-many-names-pikes-peak]]> 2021-12-09 16:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1938702557 https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1945643963 Our book creator]]> 2021-12-13 21:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/barnettor/3gv6ybo1sk9rj71y/wish/1945643963