1880 Colorado Oyster Craze
In the late 1800’s everyone was eating fresh oysters, even in Colorado. And I’m not talking
Rocky Mountain Oysters, which would be another blog entirely. These were actual oysters—from the ocean. In reading through historic newspapers of Colorado mining towns, I ran across advertisements for fresh oysters. Note the word fresh. Canning technology existed. But fresh oysters? These big ads in Lake City Colorado’s Silver World newspaper in 1878 piqued my curiosity. And it wasn’t