Canon City Colorado History

Fremont County Coal Mines Lets talk about the miners

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:55:42 -0500

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

Birth of the Hell Razing town of Prospect Heights Colorado

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:16:57 -0500

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

The Crazy Story of a Frontier Turf War..... A western Daniel Vs. Goliath tale

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:17:56 -0500

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

The story of Colorados Youngest Inmate and his Murderous past

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:43:57 -0500

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

The Committee of Safety wasn't so Safe The story of the Lake County War

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:24:39 -0500

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

Courthouse Hanging, Ghost train and a little burro

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:39:04 -0500

A couple of short stories form the Mining Camp of Fairplay Colorado

Wid West tale of Tom Horn and Doc Shores and the Cotopaxi Train Robbery

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:34:51 -0500

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

The Bloody Prison escape of 1900 And the Lynching pf Inmate Reynolds

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:59:36 -0500

January 1900, 3 men and a boy escape the territorial prison after the murder of Night Captain Rooney

A Bad deed Done Well---The Lynching of George Witherell

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:09:51 -0500

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

Indian attacks, the Possessed Paino, Cattle rustling and hangings

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:10:00 -0500

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

Mutilation, murder, mystery A story about The Bloody Espinozas

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:39:27 -0500

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.......

The birth of a frontier town Canon City and the first Hanging of a horse theif

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 03:51:58 -0500

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

1840-1855 Indian Battles and Murder

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:45:12 -0500

We visit about what happened in 1840-1855. Indian battles, gruesome murder, massacres, mountain men, farms and all the good stuff

The beginning of Southern Colorado

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:05:32 -0500

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.

Cañon history intro w/ background

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:01:40 -0500

Introduction into the history podcast for the Cañon City Colorado area