Episode 45 - The Irish Miners of Leadville, Colorado and Their Forgotten Graves
The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery - Un pódcast de Jennie Johnson & Dianne Hartshorn - Jueves
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Send us a textJennie and Dianne are joined by special guest James Walsh who shares the stories and histories of the Irish miners who went to Leadville, Colorado in search of silver. These miners were the bottom of the rung men who were generally shunned by other members of society because of their Irish Catholic heritage. Many of them were buried in the pauper's section of the Evergreen cemetery in Leadville, Colorado. A very large majority of the graves belong to the children of these ...
