Millionaires of Poverty Gulch

Duration: 0:30:00

Year Published: 1964

Creator: National Educational Television: Distributor | National Educational Television | University of Illinois Film Center | WNET-TV/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Documents the story of Cripple Creek, Colorado, which at one time boasted 55,000 inhabitants. Points out that the rumor of "gold in them thar hills" lured many an Easterner to the untamed West. Discusses the creation of labor strife and thievery and the arrival of confidence men. Shows that as the mines ceased to yield their yellow treasure, the hardrock miner became a symbol of the past., Documents the story of Cripple Creek, Colorado, which at one time boasted 55,000 inhabitants. Points out that the rumor of "gold in them thar hills" lured many an Eastener to the untamed West. Discusses the creation of labor strife and thievery and the arrival of confidence men. Shows that as the mines ceased to yield their yellow treasure, the hardrock miner became a symbol of the past.

Complete Record: , Documents the story of Cripple Creek, Colorado, which at one time boasted 55,000 inhabitants. Points out that the rumor of "gold in them thar hills" lured many an Eastener to the untamed West. Discusses the creation of labor strife and thievery and the arrival of confidence men. Shows that as the mines ceased to yield their yellow treasure, the hardrock miner became a symbol of the past.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.