As the title indicated, this booklet was a guide for those want to look for gold in the Cherry Creek area near present Denver, Colorado and in the South Platte area of Nebraska. The author included an account from a miner written in 1858 on the South Platte and provided a detailed listing of the equipment needed and its cost as well as a day by day guide to the route. The booklet contained a great deal of information about and advertisements from Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha City, Nebraska Territory. The author of the handbook felt that the Pike's Peak gold rush was a myth.
Date: 1859
Creator: Byers, William N.
Item Number: 4535
Call Number: Ck 917.81 B 99
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4535
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies
Collections - Library
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Environment - Natural resources - Gold
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Booklet
Places - Cities and towns - Denver City
Places - Counties - Arapahoe (1855-1861)
Places - Other States - Colorado - Denver
Places - Other States - Illinois
Places - Other States - Iowa
Places - Other States - Nebraska
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
Type of Material - Printed materials - Booklets
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