Carrasco's Gold

By G. Allen Clark

After rescuing the daughter of a Southern Colorado land owner, Vince Roberts is thrust into the middle of a 18th Century mystery. From the 16th to the early 19th century, Colorado was a major pathway for Spanish gold caravans, but only about a third of all the gold transported ever reached the Gulf Coast. Where did the lost shipments end up? Vince Roberts is about to find out. In the Mid 1700's a transport led by Carrasco Rodriguez carried 12 chests of gold coins from Santa Fe New Mexico to Florida. They got as far as southern Colorado, never to be heard from again. Advance a hundred years. From the 1850’s through the Civil War, Colorado experienced another form of gold rush in the form of mining in the mountain boom towns of Blackhawk, Cripple Creek and Leadville. In the eastern states however, the Civil War rages on and the Confederacy’s coffers were empty. A desperate plan to raid the goldfields of Colorado was hatched by men looking to keep the Confederate cause alive. How did these two seemingly unrelated eras interrelate? If Vince Roberts can stay alive, he's going to find out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: G. Allen Clark
• Release date: Nov 28, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465865113

G. Allen Clark

G. Allen Clark has been writing for over 40 years. He was the co-owner of a 2nd hand pickers marketplace in Colorado Springs called The Flipping Peddler. He and his partner sold that business in 2021 and semi-retired to concentrate on refinishing furniture and writing. Retirement is not a way of life he enjoyed. He soon found a new outlet that combined the best of both worlds. In 2023, he bought an 1887 church and opened another antique vendor’s marketplace and used bookstore in Larned, Kansas You'll find it today as "Old Church Antiques and the 2nd Page Bookstore in Larned Kansas"His marketing and business expertise grew from his business and as an Adult education instructor in Small Businesses Entrepreneurship and having owned the market places listed aboveSince 1982, Clark has written various articles and ‘how-to’ e-books. One on Professional Selling entitled “The Perfect Profession” another on “Writing Copy as a Career,” and another on writing structure for managers & professionals, entitled “Writing to be Read.” Multiple Media copies can be found here on Smashwords..

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