That event was known as the Ludlow Massacre.  It occured in 1901 near Pueblo.  The event drew national attention to the conditions of the miners.  A direct result of the event was the creation of the Squirrel Creek Campground (!st public campgroun in Forest Service) on the San Isabel NF to give city-bound (Pueblo) workers a place for rest and relaxation.   Colorado OAHP has the records.


--- On Tue, 6/24/08, geoff carver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: geoff carver <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Hoovervilles and Shantytowns
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 1:27 PM
> Years ago there was something about an excavation in one of
> the strikers'
> tent villages up near one of the coal fields in Colorado
> (?), recently
> depicted (in part) in Pynchon's "Against the
> day"; someone here should
> remember
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> 
> I am trying to compile a comparative study for a research
> design about  
> an early 20th century hooverville (or shantytown