Gold! How the Search for Riches Drove Development After the U.S. Civil War

Men had rushed to the gold fields with hopes of becoming rich.  A few found gold. The others found only hard work and high prices.

VOICE TWO:

By the late eighteen hundreds, the years of the cowboys were ending. But the story of the cowboy and his difficult life would not be forgotten. Even today, the cowboy lives in movies, on television, and in books.