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Silver Queens and Copper Kings: The Wild West’s Industrial Elite You’ve Never Heard Of

Darren July 22, 2025 7 min
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10. Horace Tabor: The Bonanza King

10. Horace Tabor: The Bonanza King
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Horace Tabor’s journey from modest beginnings to becoming a legendary silver tycoon is the stuff of Wild West folklore. Known as the “Bonanza King,” he amassed enormous wealth, only to lose it all during the devastating Silver Panic of 1893. Tabor’s life is a dramatic story of rags to riches—and back again. Discover more about his fascinating rise and fall at Colorado Encyclopedia.

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