Historic Colorado Mansions & Castles - Wommack, Linda
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The discovery of gold and silver in Colorado's Rocky Mountains minted millionaires by the ton. The rough settlements of miners and ranchers quickly transformed into habitations more suitable for the newly wealthy class. William Newton Byers founded the Centennial State's first newspaper and built an Italianate-style palace with the proceeds, while Walter Scott Cheesman's Capitol Hill home later became the governor's residence.

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The discovery of gold and silver in Colorado's Rocky Mountains minted millionaires by the ton. The rough settlements of miners and ranchers quickly transformed into habitations more suitable for the newly wealthy class. William Newton Byers founded the Centennial State's first newspaper and built an Italianate-style palace with the proceeds, while Walter Scott Cheesman's Capitol Hill home later became the governor's residence.
Autorenporträt
Linda Wommack is a Colorado historian and historical consultant. She has written seven books on Colorado history and has contributed to two anthologies on Western Americana. Linda has been a contributing editor for True West Magazine since 1995 and a staff writer contributing a monthly article for Wild West Magazine since 2004. She has also written for several publications throughout her state including the Tombstone Epitaph, the nation's oldest continuously published newspaper.