Lost Lafayette, Colorado

by Doug Conarroe

Book Overview

The gold rush of the 1850s turned Colorado's treeless prairie into platted towns with thriving centers of commerce. Lafayette's early Main Street on East Simpson Street was once bustling with blacksmiths, jewelers, retailers and grocers. It included the Lafayette Bank, the Goodhue Building and a movie theater. The epicenter of organized labor's struggle for fair wages and a safe workplace, Lafayette expanded to include Japanese and Latino laborers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467148237
• ISBN13: 9781467148238
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"