← Colorado Experience · Season 5

White Gold

S5 · E13 · 08 Feb 2018 · 27 min

Charles Boettcher returned from Europe with sugar beet seeds and found the plains were perfect for growing them. They would become one of Colorado's most important crops, and would also attract workers from many backgrounds: Mexican nationals, European immigrants -- even German prisoners of war during WWII.

Directing

Dan Garrison · Director

Writing

Dan Garrison · Writer