DENVER (KDVR) — While the gold rush that brought thousands to what eventually became Colorado was called the Pikes Peak Gold Rush, the discovery that kicked it off happened far away from that ...

Colorado Springs' Western Street Breakfast marks 76 years of tradition, bringing together military and western heritage in a ...

If not for the Pikes Peak Gold Rush, Colorado might look like the wilds of Wyoming. "The gold rush created Colorado as we know it," says Denver author Francis J. Pierson. "It was the real impetus ...

The story of the Pikes Peak or Bust gold rush (the apostrophe was later dropped from the name of the peak) has a particular irony for the Pikes Peak region. No gold was found here; three decades ...

“Once the media called that gold rush in 1858 the Pikes Peak gold rush, it was done,” Jarrell said. “There was never going to ...

Anglo and African American women who called Colorado home during the turbulent years of the Pikes Peak Gold Rush. Author: J.v.L. Bell has published three Colorado historical mysteries through the ...

And despite some failed Pikes Peak gold seekers, the rush to what became Colorado wasn’t a bust. Problem was, the gold wasn’t in easily accessible placer finds in streams, the Chicago Tribune ...

The imposing mountain beckoned 19th-century, fortune-seeking pioneers, inspiring the Gold Rush cry, "Pikes Peak or Bust!" Later, the majestic vistas atop this pink granite peak led Katharine Lee ...

The City of Golden is no exception, having been founded during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush of the late 1850s. Because of this, it is pretty easy to assume that the city was named for the highly ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Every year locals and tourists flock to Pikes Peak to enjoy the mountain air and climb (or drive) up one of the more difficult 14ers in Colorado. But do you know ...