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Author Signing Event

Presented by Rhyolite Press at Hooked on Books, Colorado Springs CO

Oct 19 2019

Colorado historian of eleven books on Colorado history, Linda Wommack, will read from and discuss her latest book as well as sign some books after the reading.

Colorado historian of eleven books on Colorado history, Linda Wommack, will read from and discuss her latest book, Cripple Creek Bob Womack and The Greatest Gold Camp on Earth.

On October 20, 1890, Bob Womack struck gold at Poverty Gulch, staked his El Paso claim and eventually ignited the greatest gold rush in Colorado's history.

During Womack's lifetime over 250 million dollars was mined from the Cripple Creek District. Linda Wommack's history brings to light the significant role Bob