Colorado Experience: Ladies of the Mines
Colorado Experience: Ladies of the Mines
High altitude, groceries delivered by mule train, pack rats and spoiled Thanksgiving turkeys are just a few of the challenges faced by ladies living in Colorado’s remote mining towns at the end of the 19th Century. Learn the stories of three inspirational women who held their own while surrounded by a harsh landscape and un-lady-like company.
The trade routes with Native Americans were well established in the 1600s. Progress didnt create better..
Very recommendable! Real Wild West! Real Pioneers!
Learned more now about Colorado, than the nine years I lived there ! š šŗšø
Lonely try being on disability in 2020 ! Its so lonely ! Its unspeakable ! This life sounds good ! Did you hear thst fool say they enjoyed it ! Crazy fool thats how men think !!
Really enjoying these historic docos… are there any others for say states like arizona, new mexico and utah (along similar lines)?
Thank you
God bless the prostitutes that paved the way towards where we are now
I’m currently reading Harriet Backus’ Book, "Tomboy Bride". It’s fascinating!
I bought the Colorado Cache Cookbook; it’s my favorite. The only recipes in there that don’t work for me are the baked desserts. Maybe because I live near sea level. I once had carrot cake in Colorado. It was light and dry, like angel food cake. Quite an experience!
Women . . . created, completed the man’s place, in Colorado !
18:55 OK, the turkey got rotten because of the high altitude?????
Heres to us Colorado Boys, who sleeps in dirt and ditches. When women are rare, we find a bear, cause were mean sons-a-bitches.
Thanks for the Voice of KUVO!
I appreciated the female historian *i think her name was Ms Dallas- not trying glamorize the lot of prostitution. I recently listened to a speaker at some historical society. She attempted to romanticize prostitution and brothels. I also enjoyed this.
They died, don’t glorify a terrible time of inequality and exploitation, a very romantic view of women’s suffering.
I read that the father bathed first and then on down till smallest child
And The American Natives set back and LAUGHED AT THEIR IGNORANCE.
I really enjoy this series..thank you!
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Iām enjoying this series and am learning a lot about Colorado! Thank you so much!šššš
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Wow – it sounds like you were lucky if you reached old age. Inspirational people, though!
This episode in particular is required viewing for our kids’ home education
Thank you RM PBS for this wonderful series.
Been in Creede. Best journey of my life. Have ran into a ghost. Or what have you. Elderly lady, dressed similar to the first woman’s photo in the beginning. All black, old fashioned hat with fish net draping down. Black gloves, whole outfit from A to Z. If anyone else has also saw the same thing, or have any other similar stories, I’d love to hear/read of other people’s experiences as well.
Very informative video. My grandmother was born in Leadville in 1897 which was still a mining town. I think that her family struggled as well and like many others, she married young and had many children who by the Depression moved to Denver. Am very proud of our heritage and this video put a lot of things into perspective that the nostalgia is often swept under the carpet as people lived through a lot of hardship.