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Statue of Barney Ford in Breckenridge, Colorado Ford, a onetime runaway mulatto slave, who discovered gold on what is now Barney Ford Hill nearby, made a fortune

Statue of Barney Ford in Breckenridge, Colorado Ford, a onetime runawa...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. His Oro Mine became one of the nation's longest-producing gold mines. According to informal history, Ford was run out of Breckenridge ... More

Re-created classroom inside the Ford House, designed by Elias Nashold and built in 1882 in Breckenridge, Colorado

Re-created classroom inside the Ford House, designed by Elias Nashold ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Home of Barney Ford, a onetime runaway mulatto slave, who discovered gold on what is now Barney Ford Hill nearby. His Oro Mine became ... More

The Ford House, designed by Elias Nashold and built in 1882 in Breckenridge, Colorado

The Ford House, designed by Elias Nashold and built in 1882 in Brecken...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The house was the home of Barney Ford, a onetime runaway mulatto slave, who discovered gold on what is now Barney Ford Hill nearby. Hi... More

Re-created classroom inside the Ford House, designed by Elias Nashold and built in 1882 in Breckenridge, Colorado

Re-created classroom inside the Ford House, designed by Elias Nashold ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Ford House was the home of Barney Ford, a onetime runaway mulatto slave, who discovered gold on what is now Barney Ford Hill nearb... More