Sluicing Forest Park
06/08/2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT
Category
Lecture
Admission
- $15.00 - AHC Members
- $25.00 - General Public
Description
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From 1904 to 1908, Colorado politician, lawyer and miner Lafayette Pence claimed the water rights from Bull Run to Dairy Creek and attempted to fill the Lewis & Clark Exposition lake by scouring away the hills above Willamette Heights using a combination of dynamite, flumes and giant hydraulic mining hoses. It is a tale with twists, turns, mud and blood.