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KDNK's Summer broadcasts continue this Wednesday 6/24 with Heady Hooligan and Pink Fuzz, starting at 6pm at the Basalt River Park.

Immigrant Stories

Immigrant Stories | Kathleen Fitzsimmons

By Walter Gallacher

Published August 20, 2024 at 5:00 PM MDT

On this month's episode of Immigrant Stories, Kathleen Fitzsimmons, a frontier mining historian and Leadville, Colorado native describes the life of Irish immigrant miners during Leadville's silver rush of the 1880s.

Immigrant Stories

Walter Gallacher

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