The Blonger brothers even outdid Soapy Smith. Lou Blonger and his brother Sam had a lot of experience in running Old West saloons, dancehalls and...
Running the Con in Denver
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Denver
Protecting the Clean Shirts
Jim Moon faced down a mob at a Chinese laundry. On October 31, 1880, drunken mobs went after Chinese in Denver. Most of Chinatown was destroyed—but...
All That Glitters… A miner sought an easy way to get rich.
John Stoefel had come to Colorado to get gold—any way he could. On April 7, 1859, just outside Denver, Stoefel shot and killed his brother-in-law,...