All Comments on 'Fool's Gold: Ghost Town'

And this one just warmed the cockles.

Very sweet.

I liked it. Thanks

That was some seriously good story telling! 5*s a big smile from me.

It's a romance and a ghost story.

Truly amazing.

This was beautiful!

That's my story and I'.m sticking to it.

*****

DRE didn't just make.me tear up! This was seriously one my favorites for the entire year.

Delightful. Wished it were longer just so I could keep enjoying it. Reminded me of a weekend we spent in Cripple Creek at the old Imperial Hotel. We explored some of the old mining sites, most of the mining in that area were open pits dug by hand. Not far north of there is the Glory Hole. It is the largest hand-dug pit mine in Colorado, if not the world.

Great story, well told.

detroitdave

The ending gave so much.

Enjoyed

I hope they're eternally happy

I hope you're happy toying with our emotions. Love is in that rarified mountain air.

This was a really a great story about enduring love, thankyou.

I never read the Romance stories. Looks like I'll have to start. Excellent story.

A lovely story!!!!

Very sad but quite a story and very nicely done. 5*s.

5 Stars. Thank you for such a beautiful story.

Great story, DFW! Loved it!

Nicely done.

Bill

Nice story bro! Again an awesome one!

5 So well done. Touching moving love story.

Wonderful romantic story, but some historical continuity problems.

It says it is set in the 1870s. While it doesn't say why the woman is sick, it is overwhelmingly suggestive that she has TB, which calls for a dry climate such as in Arizona.

In the 1870s it would have been the Cherry Creek gold rush, the first one for what is now Colorado (still a territory back then). That's the one that led to wagons emblazoned with "Pikes Peak or Bust", because the usual route led past what is now Colorado Springs. Cherry Creek comes into Denver from the southeast, and was notorious for flooding Denver every spring until the Cherry Creek dam and state park were built. Cherry Creek is and was close to Denver. There was never a gold rush in an isolated town such as that described in the story.

Colorado Springs was formally founded in 1871. The area was already known as a mecca for TB sufferers due to its dry climate. Our climate here is about as dry as Arizona's, without the searingly hot summers. Of course the past month has been atypically wet, absurdly so, breaking records. Anyone anywhere in Colorado with TB would be aiming for Colorado Springs, not Arizona, a much shorter and cheaper journey.

HappyId

I live here. I know several people who winter in Arizona and summer in Colorado Springs.

damn,that was different ,thank you !

Tragic and sweet story. Evocatively written. BardnotBard

Beautiful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️