Fred Mazzulla

A photographic account of the rip-roaring, gold plated days in world's greatest gold camp, including views of the best fires, labor wars, murders, parlor houses and politicians in Cripple Creek and the Piles Peak region.

Alfred Griner "Alferd" Packer (January 21, 1842 - April 23, 1907) was an American prospector who confessed to cannibalism during the winter of 1874. He and 5 other men attempted to travel through the high mountains of Colorado during the peak of a harsh winter. When only Alfred reached civilization, he claimed that the others had killed each other for food, and confessed to having lived off the flesh of his companions during his snowbound state and...