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Colorado Burlesque: Entertainment for Early Colorado Gold Miners (Volume 1)

Colorado Burlesque Early History of Colorado In memory of Gypsy Rose Lee, Abbott and Costello, Blaze Starr, Mae West, and W.C. Fields. The early history of Colorado has not forgotten the entertainers of comedy, music, and the dancers of burlesque. The miners cut into the hills to give their gold to the burlesque dancers. The mountain men entered the city to see a gorgeous singer on the theater stage in a silk dress. Cowboys traveled miles to watch the girls dance in Denver, Colorado. There were no wifi connections. No radio, no television, no laptops with Internet connections. The dancers were few. The men were many. The only women a mountain man might see danced in the city. The burlesque dancers gave meaning to Macbeth, comedy, and magicians that appeared in elaborate costumes.

Monday post

The re-enactment of the Pony Express ride is always an interesting event. This year they shortened the ride to only 1 short block because they could not stop the tourist from crossing the street during the ride. And even in the shortened ride, there were still people unaware of what was happening and had to cross the street.

Gold Rush Days is celebrated in Yreka, CA each June. It's a family friendly event that celebrates Yreka's rich history. This image includes a character in costume for the event and a background image of Miner Street in Yreka.

John A. Sutter (1803-1880) could have become one of the richest men in California when gold was found on his property. Instead he lost his vast land holdings on the Sacramento and Feather Rivers and eventually left California penniless. Sutter always claimed to be the victim of charlatans, but he bore considerable responsibility for his downfall. He had amassed huge debts before the gold discovery and added even more afterward. In the rough dealings of frontier capitalism in gold rush California, Sutter was easy prey.
Soon after the gold discovery, Sutter’s eldest son, John Jr., (1826-1897) arrived, but soon moved south to Mexico. Hoping to obtain compensation for the land that he and his father had lost, John, Jr., returned to California in 1855 to give his lawyer a thorough statement cataloging how both Sutters were swindled. This extensive document describes the dirty deals of the first great gold rush in the western United States.
Sutter’s statement has not been available for sixty years. Editor Allan R. Ottley reproduced and annotated this statement, providing a full biographical context and offering an appendix, bibliography, and index. Albert L. Hurtado’s introduction updates the book, originally published in 1942.