CSPAN3 American History TV October 11, 2014
In the early years of boulder. The chief was one of our most notable historic figures in boulders history. Chief niwot was an arapahoe chief who was here in the mid1850s at the time when gold was discovered and there was a lot of movement to the west, a lot of whites came out in search of gold and really changed the life of the indians who had been living here. Niwot was an interesting man. He spoke english, which he learned from his sisters husband, who was a fur trader. That ended up being important to the arapahoe at the time. 1858. Was here in at that time, a group of white gold seekers ca...