Railway War!

This week, we’re going to ride the rails, in Colorado, USA - the year 1878. In the midst of a Railway boom in the USA, two tycoons go to war over narrow, twenty mile mountain pass. This week we’re examining the Royal Gorge war.

Sources this week include:

From the River to the Sea, by John Sedgwick.

Postcapitalism, A Guide to Our Future by Paul Mason

Life of Tom Horn, Government Scout and Interpreter by Tom Horn

Tom Horn, The Controversial Life and Legacy of One of the Wild West’s Most Famous Gunslingers by Charles River Publishers.

The blog post of the episode is here.

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