An experiment causes a blackout in Colorado. Inventor Nikola Tesla moved his labs to Colorado Springs in 1899. He was experimenting with high-voltage, high-frequency electricity in wireless power transmission. Among other things, he created artificial lightning. But there were problems. In 1900, Tesla’s work blew out a local power station generator—temporarily blacking out Colorado Springs. Soon after, he tore down the lab and moved to New York.

True West March/April 2025
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- What Has Taught Me: Deb Goodrich
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- Trails of the Old West
- The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
- The Bowie Knife
- The Kindled Flame 1835
- King of the Scatterguns
- Selling the Mythic West and the Real West
- A Gut Punch Turns into a Miracle Reprieve
- The Beginnings of the Bird Cage
- Frontier Colossus