Podcast series focusing on the rich history of Southern Colorado centered around the Frontier town of Canon City. We will Discuss Grizzly Bears, Indian Wars, Cowboys, Hard Rock Miners, Trappers and Traders, and smugglers. Please join us on the exciting trip into the past of Colorado
Fremont County Coal Mines Lets talk about the miners
When Coal became King in southern Colorado, it took men with Grit to get the coal out of the mines. In this episode we touch on the miner and some of the conditions he faced
22 Jan 2026
Birth of the Hell Razing town of Prospect Heights Colorado
Step back into Fremont County's rowdiest chapter....when Canon City went Dry, the Adamic Brothers created their own Party town this is the story of Prospect Highs
10 Jan 2026
The Crazy Story of a Frontier Turf War..... A western Daniel Vs. Goliath tale
1878-1880 a battle raged in the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas and in courtrooms across the west. A story of how a little Scrapper of a man faced a Railroad Goliath and Won. The Denver and Rio Grand Railroad Verses the Corporate giant Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad. In the story of the expansion of the west, there is not a story that matches the Royal Gorge War
11 Dec 2025
The story of Colorados Youngest Inmate and his Murderous past
Anton Woode was only 11 years old when he was sentences to Colorado State Penitentiary. This is the story of his crime and his life
4 Dec 2025
The Committee of Safety wasn't so Safe The story of the Lake County War
In !874-1881 the Lake County War raged in the little town of Centerville Colorado. It not a War lie you would think,, so listen to this podacast on how a handful of men took over everything in Chaffe County
1 Dec 2025
Courthouse Hanging, Ghost train and a little burro
A couple of short stories form the Mining Camp of Fairplay Colorado
20 Nov 2025
Wid West tale of Tom Horn and Doc Shores and the Cotopaxi Train Robbery
1891 the Denver Rio Grand is stopped and robbed at gunpoint, Famous Lawmen Tom Horn and Doc Shores track down the highwaymen in Indian territory A true story of adventure, and humiliation
6 Nov 2025
The Bloody Prison escape of 1900 And the Lynching pf Inmate Reynolds
January 1900, 3 men and a boy escape the territorial prison after the murder of Night Captain Rooney
18 Oct 2025
A Bad deed Done Well---The Lynching of George Witherell
On December 4th, 1888 The Murderous Outlaw George Witherell is Stretched out from a telegraph pole on West Main Street in Canon City Colorado This story is about all the events that led up to the Mob mentality that gripped the Frontier town of Canon City
26 Sept 2025
Indian attacks, the Possessed Paino, Cattle rustling and hangings
Canon City 1865, The town experiences a renewal but not without big problems... Indians on the plains, Outlaws in the hills, and Indians collecting rent, 3 short stories of the Canon City experience
5 Sept 2025
Mutilation, murder, mystery A story about The Bloody Espinozas
The year is 1863 and the communities and people who life in southern Colorado are gripped in fear as the murderous rampage of the Espanozas unfolds.......
30 Aug 2025
The birth of a frontier town Canon City and the first Hanging of a horse theif
Canon City is plotted in 1860 by a German Immigrant. We talk about his contribution and the story of the first Hanging of a horse thief
23 Aug 2025
1840-1855 Indian Battles and Murder
We visit about what happened in 1840-1855. Indian battles, gruesome murder, massacres, mountain men, farms and all the good stuff
31 Jul 2025
The beginning of Southern Colorado
A discussion on the beginnings of Southern Colorado. With characters like Kit Carson, Charles Autobees Matt Kincaid, William and Charles bent buzzards roost, Ute, Comanche, and Cheyenne Indians, the Arkansas river, whiskey, smuggling, and adventure.
31 Jul 2025
Cañon history intro w/ background
Introduction into the history podcast for the Cañon City Colorado area
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