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X-WR-CALDESC:Impacts of Cripple Creek Gold on the City of Colorado Springs
 \nThe Cripple Creek mining district has a rich history full of wild-west l
 ore\, and impacts of this gold craze on the city of Colorado Springs were 
 profound. Much of the mining investment came from Colorado Springs\, and m
 ost of the wealth generated returned to the city. Certainly railroads firs
 t introduced heavy industry to the region\, but the mining\, transport\, a
 nd processing of gold generated jobs and injected wealth into Colorado Spr
 ings at unprecedented levels. Nothing in the city’s history up until then 
 created a regional control center\, generated profits\, constructed a buil
 t landscape of both industry and urban opulence\, attracted a new and dive
 rse immigrant workforce\, and fueled business-friendly politics like the b
 onanza from the Cripple Creek gold mines. Rivers of wealth flowed downhill
  to Colorado Springs\, engaging the entire population and forever changing
  the city.\n\nLecturer Biography\nJohn Harner is Professor in the Departme
 nt of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Co
 lorado Springs. He received his Ph.D. from the Arizona State University in
  1996. His research interests focus on American urban landscapes\; cultura
 l\, economic\, and social connections between the United States and Mexico
 \; and the historical geography of Colorado Springs. His local work has cu
 lminated in the book Profiting from the Peak: Landscape and Liberty in Col
 orado Springs. Research for this book contributed to exhibits at the Color
 ado Springs Pioneers Museum. He received the CU Thomas Jefferson Award in 
 2018.
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DESCRIPTION:Impacts of Cripple Creek Gold on the City of Colorado Springs\n
 The Cripple Creek mining district has a rich history full of wild-west lor
 e\, and impacts of this gold craze on the city of Colorado Springs were pr
 ofound. Much of the mining investment came from Colorado Springs\, and mos
 t of the wealth generated returned to the city. Certainly railroads first 
 introduced heavy industry to the region\, but the mining\, transport\, and
  processing of gold generated jobs and injected wealth into Colorado Sprin
 gs at unprecedented levels. Nothing in the city’s history up until then cr
 eated a regional control center\, generated profits\, constructed a built 
 landscape of both industry and urban opulence\, attracted a new and divers
 e immigrant workforce\, and fueled business-friendly politics like the bon
 anza from the Cripple Creek gold mines. Rivers of wealth flowed downhill t
 o Colorado Springs\, engaging the entire population and forever changing t
 he city.\n\nLecturer Biography\nJohn Harner is Professor in the Department
  of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Colo
 rado Springs. He received his Ph.D. from the Arizona State University in 1
 996. His research interests focus on American urban landscapes\; cultural\
 , economic\, and social connections between the United States and Mexico\;
  and the historical geography of Colorado Springs. His local work has culm
 inated in the book Profiting from the Peak: Landscape and Liberty in Color
 ado Springs. Research for this book contributed to exhibits at the Colorad
 o Springs Pioneers Museum. He received the CU Thomas Jefferson Award in 20
 18.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260908T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260908T183000
LOCATION:225 N Gate Blvd\, Colorado Springs\, CO 80921 US
SUMMARY:Lecture Series - John Harner\, 'The Impacts of Cripple Creek Gold o
 n the City of Colorado Springs'
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