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150 year Anniversary Celebration of Pikes Peak or Bust Gold Rush
1859 Gold Rush
This Saturday, June 27th, is the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Pikes Peak or Bust Gold Rush at Helen 
Hunt Falls Visitor Center in Cheyenne Canon from 10:00 am to 4;00 pm. Enjoy some local gold mining history in the area and at the same time learn from the prospectors who will be on hand to help teach gold panning techniques; participation will be encouraged!
A little slice of Pikes Peak area history
The Pikes Peak Gold Rush began in 1858 and lasted until 1861. It was considered to be THE largest gold rush in American history. An estimated 100,000 gold seekers participated in the gold rush, and they were often known as the fifty-niners. They used the motto Pike’s Peak or Bust. The phrase was painted on wagons by prospectors to show they were on their way across the prairie to find gold in Colorado.
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