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Golden City Immortals and the Arapahoe Snow Eater
This is a hybrid virtual/in-person event. (Limited capacity in-person seating.) Register on eventbrite.
Please consider attending this event in-person to help us test our new virtual-presentation hardware and software. For those that aren’t ready, the lecture can still be viewed remotely. Registration is required.
On May 3, 1855, a small number of mercenaries referred to as the Immortals, boarded a ship in San Francisco and sailed under the command of William Walker to Nicaragua. These hired guns fought alongside nationalistic troops at Rivas in order to open the South American country to slavery. Unfortunately for the Immortals, the Battle of Rivas was ill conceived and poorly led. They were lucky to escape Nicaragua with their lives. Rumors abounded in California that a number of Walker’s Immortals had somehow reached Golden City and in the process unleashed the infamous Arapahoe Snow Eater.
About the presenter: Dennis Potter
Dennis Potter, retired Captain of the Jefferson County Colorado Sheriff’s Department, criminal justice professor, and previous presenter of the popular “Operation Hideout: The Investigation into the Kidnapping and Murder of Adolph Coors III” returns for this exciting program.
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