Quote from: GameDaddy;868635Here is the Colorado Historical Newspaper Collection Archive which has been scanned and digitized for your convenience, weighing in at some 690,000+ pages. These newspaper archives begin in 1859 while Colorado was still a territory, some eighteen years before Colorado was actually admitted to the Union in 1876.

https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/

You can download PDFs of these newspapers!

April 23rd, 1859 issue of the Rocky Mountain News Weekly has a Masonic Lodge advertisement in it on page 2.... There is also an article about the Colorado Gold Rush, and Indians, of course...

Wow... also includes a map of the Colorado Gold Region with Pony Express mail routes!

With County Election results around Auraria (Aurora) and Cherry Creek up near Denver.

July 9th edition, more compliants about Ute Indians ambushing prospectors, an article about a steamship that was transported overland to Minnesota from the Red River opening up settlement in the Northern Rockies, News on the Austria-Italian War in Europe and an account of the Battle of Montebello,  News about a railroad accident, and a spot price list of dry goods available in Denver;

Flour, States, .... .... $14 @ 16 per 100lbs.
Flour, Mexican, .... .... $14 @ 15        "
Corn Meal, .... .... $14                      "
Bacon, sides and ham 35 cents per lb.
Sugar, .... .... $20 @ 25                    "
Coffee, .... .... $14                           "
Sa'aratus, .... .... $35                       "
Salt, .... .... $15                              "
Beans, .... .... $15                           "
Onions, .... .... $25                          "
Potatoes, .... .... $25                       "
Rice, .... .... $25                             "
Butter, .... .... $73                           "
Cheese, .... .... $50                         "
Lard, .... .... $50                             "
Crackers, .... .... $25                        "
Bread, .... .... $15                            "
Fresh Beef, .... .... $12 @15              "
Venison .... .... .... .. $1 per Quarter
Milk .... .... .... .... 10 cents per quart
Molasses.... .... .... $2.50 per Gallon
Whiskey ...... ...... $3.00 "       "
Lumber $100 per 1000 feet.
Nails $25 per 100 bs.
Glass $16 per Box

Quote from: RPGPundit;868980Exactly the same one Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday had: Dodge was starting to run out of opportunities and become too settled, and Tombstone was a boom-town.

Because I'm really, really fucking good at running historical campaigns.  Running a Wild-West campaign and not having it be in the most important places of the setting would be like running a  Dark Albion campaign set only in Devon.  You can do it, it might even be pretty interesting if done right, but you're going to miss out on almost all of the most famous and memorable moments that defined the age.

Quote from: David Johansen;869379Time / Life books had a pretty good series of Wild West books that turn up in used book stores from time to time.

Quote from: Omega;8693661: Install a respawn point...

2: That is good. I got tired of historical location themed games where it ended up with we could have been in Australia for all the location and people mattered. If you can pull it off then go for it.

Quote from: GameDaddy;868635Here is the Colorado Historical Newspaper Collection Archive which has been scanned and digitized for your convenience, weighing in at some 690,000+ pages. These newspaper archives begin in 1859 while Colorado was still a territory, some eighteen years before Colorado was actually admitted to the Union in 1876.

https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/

You can download PDFs of these newspapers!