Episode 2 of 2
Fifty-Niners Influx
- When
- 1858-1859
- Where
- Southern Rocky Mountains
Prospectors, known as Fifty-Niners, streamed into the Rocky Mountains, providing the first major White American population.
The dramatic but temporary influx of migrants came to the Southern Rocky Mountains. Some dared to go out in the winter of 1858, but had to wait for snow to melt. People raced to the Pike's Peak country as early as spring 1859.
Sources
- Pike's Peak gold rush Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
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