OPINION: Part Three: Guidebooks and gold-seekers
Last week, our three Illinois brothers — Alexander, Daniel and Charles Blue — were preparing to leave for the Cherry Creek region in search of gold in early spring 1859.
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Last week, our three Illinois brothers — Alexander, Daniel and Charles Blue — were preparing to leave for the Cherry Creek region in search of gold in early spring 1859.
Last week we looked at forces that were about to fuel the gold rush of 1859 to Colorado, including the economic crash of 1857, the impression that Indian conflicts were
Prior to 1850, Donald and Katherine Blue moved their family of three boys and two girls from Nova Scotia, Canada to Whiteside County, Illinois. Daniel and Katherine were in their
Today in a new eight part crime series the Herald investigates his murder and asks the question: "Who killed Alexander Blue?"
The door of his Porsche was open. So was that of his blond sandstone home in Dowanhill, the wealthy heart of Glasgow’s West End. Alexander Blue lay unconscious between the two. He had been stabbed and beaten about the head and face so badly that his own mother could not recognise him. He died two da