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DVD's Specifically About Leadville

Leadville's Grubstakes to Blasting Caps The first comprehensive production about the driving force behind the amazing silver boom - the smelters and the mines they supported. Leadville's boom to bust mining history has never been told in such living detail. Access to ruins no longer available to the public, along with rare photos and old film footage, make this a collector's piece. From State archives to attics and countless hours of research; to rare photographs and film footage; from taking our cameras to many places where man hasn't set foot for over 100 years; to the edit desk.. Leadville's mining boom story is finally told like never before! Aproximately 1 hour - digital color Price: $19.95 each quantity:

Leadville's Roads to Riches A 40 minute video divided into three sections: Section I, shows an overview of the gold and silver boom, the ethnicity of those who came here and formed the area known as Leadville. On-location video of what's left of many of these communities like Stumpftown, Finntown, Oro City, along with rare photos from the late 1880's. Section II, features the famous icons who were a part of Leadville's mining boom development... Horace Tabor, Charles Dow, J.J. & Molly Brown, Guggenheim, Fryer, Lovell, Charles Beotcher, David May, etc... those who were the "silver kings" and who made millions over night, and the financial wizards who made millions in other endeavors, but who all started right here in Leadville. Section III, features the most productive and famous of the silver mines in the historic mining district including spectacular video footage as well as rare photos from the past. Mines such as the Little Johny where J.J. and "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" got their start (later known as the IBEX), and The world famous Matchless Mine, Tabor's prized possession. Stories such as the "haunted" Moyer Mine, The New Discovery are included, and how they were developed into the richest section of land in the nation. Rare 16mm footage from the period was located, and with special use permit is featured in this video. A MUST for those who want a well structured overview of the amazing historic district known as Leadville. Produced in conjunction with the Lake County Historical Society. Price: $19.95 each quantity:

Leadville's Story of the 1860 California Gulch Dis This DVD follows the Slater party through South Park and over the Mosquito Range to the Arkansas River where they began moving north towards present day Leadville. It was Able Lee that finally found gold in an icy stream... a LOT of it! The location would became known as the California Gulch and generated over $8 milliion dollars of the precious ore. It was this discovery that also became the preface to the world famous rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags story of Baby Doe Tabor. Approx 30 minutes. Price: $14.95 each quantity:

Leadville's Story of Baby Doe Tabor (Vol I) First in an award winning 4-tape series, Volume I ("Horace & Augusta-1830-1878"). Rare, never before published photos and actual "on-location" live video takes you to the original Tabor farm in Holland, Vermont and the original Pierce home in Augusta, Maine. Then, with digital quality color, this volume takes you further west on the exciting journey into one of the nation's most intriguing TRUE stories of rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags... along with the story of one of the most controversial love triangles ever told! Learn about Horace's early political activities in "bleeding" Kansas and the amazing journey of Horace and Augusta's travels through Kansas and into Colorado's high country. "I shall never forget the morning of my arrival. To add to the desolation of the place, one of the Kansas winds was blowing furiously... I sat down on an old trunk and the tears began to flow copiously... after a few hours I dried my tears, cleaned up the cabin and prepared our first meal... rattlesnakes were everywhere..." - Augusta Pierce Tabor - Kansas Territory, 1857 Approximately 60 minutes - Available in DVD format only. Price: $19.95 each quantity:

Leadville's Story of Baby Doe Tabor - (Vol II) Second in the award winning 4-tape collection, this volume ("Elizabeth McCourt "Baby" Doe - 1854-1880"), takes you from Tabor's discovery of the Little Pittsburg Mine, to Oshkosh, Wisconsin and then back to Colorado on the exciting journey into one of the nation's most intriguing TRUE stories of one of the richest era's of our country's history. It was 1878 in Leadville, and Horace and Augusta Tabor were about to become millionaires overnight. However, their 19 year long marriage was suffering. Meanwhile, a young, blue eyed beauty from Oshkosh, Wisconsin was also having difficulties with her brand new marriage to Harvey Doe in nearby Central City, Colorado. It wasn't long before the hands of fate would bring a 25 year old Elizabeth Doe into Leadville's Saddle Rock Cafe where one of the country's biggest love scandals would begin... "...on the 2nd day of March, I went into the house of ill fame of Lizzie Preston and saw my husband in one of the rooms..." - Baby Doe affidavit - Denver, 1880 Approximately 60 minutes - Available in DVD format only. Price: $19.95 each quantity:

Leadville's Story of Baby Doe Tabor - (Vol III) Third in the ongoing award winning 4-tape series of Leadville's (and the nation's) amazing TRUE story of "Wealth, Politics & Scandal - 1880-1883). Horace and Augusta Tabor had become millionaires overnight with the discovery of the Little Pittsburg silve mine in Leadville, and Horace was now primed to further his political career. But his marriage to Augusta was in ruins, and the blue eyed Baby Doe was ready to take the place of Augusta with little regard for the public scandal that was already taking place... and neither was Augusta ready to let go. "All your intimidations and threats were of no avail when I went into this court and swore that I had not consented to this divorce willingly. Now you have the honors of Senateship which you deserted me for. And when your month is out come home and let us live in harmony. Or I will come to you. There is no need of having our case dragged through court again..." - Augusta Tabor - January 31, 1883. Approximately 60 minutes - Available in DVD format only. Price: $19.95 each quantity:

Leadville's Story of Baby Doe Tabor - (Vol IV) The last in the award winning 4-tape series titled "The Best of Times Demands Repentance - 1883-1935." Diamond studs on the diaper pins... a $15,000 christening gown... 100 imported peacocks strutting the grounds at their new Sherman Street mansion in Denver... 3 custom carriages... life could not get any better for the Tabor's. But it could certainly get worse... Over the next 10 years Horace and Baby squandered over $10,000,000... and by 1898 they were destitute. Horace began working at the Globe Smelter dumping slag at $3/day and died broke. Baby and her two daughters suffered on the streets of Denver until Lilly finally left, never to return, and Silver Dollar was found murdered in a cheap hotel room in Chicago. Augusta had died earlier, alone, but worth over $1.5 million dollars at the time of her death... ah, how the worm turns! Approximately 60 minutes - Available in DVD format only. Price: $19.95 each quantity:

Leadville's Story of Baby Doe Tabor Collector's You can't appreciate the whole story with just one volume, so why not get all 4 at the same time and save $10 off the indivudal purchase price? All four volumes of the amazing story of Baby Doe Tabor (as shown above in individual volume descriptions), are available as a complete 4-DVD set. These award winning productions are available ONLY through the Golden Burro - either by visiting us or ordering here on-line. Price: $69.95 each quantity:

Leadville's Story of Doc Holliday 60 comprehensive minutes, and countless rare photographs, tell the complete story of John Henry "Doc" Holliday, starting with his birth in Griffin, Georgia up to his death in Glenwood Springs, Colorado... and more! This video explores who the REAL "Doc" Holliday was without Hollywood embellishments, and re-visits his last shoot-out with Billy Allen in Leadville, Colorado. Winner of "The Award of Excellence" in international competition. Available in DVD only Price: $24.95 each quantity:

Melva Touchette as Baby Doe Tabor LIVE! This DVD is the one and ONLY exclusive and authorized edition of the live performance of Melva Touchette at the Little Tabor Theatre in Leadville before her retirement. Her depiction of Baby Doe encompasses Baby's life from age 21 until 2 years before her death in 1935. Melva first came to Leadville in 1987, where the mystique of the mountains captured her heart and imagination. Melva has performed her signature roll as Baby Doe Tabor for audiences from all over the world, in settings that ranged from opera houses to parlor houses. Approximately 2 hours long. Price: $24.95 each quantity:

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