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White Gold

After being discovered, sugar beets became one of the most important crops in Colorado.

Aired 02/09/2018

Colorado Experience

White Gold

Season 5 Episode 13 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions

After being discovered, sugar beets became one of the most important crops in Colorado.

After discovering sugar beets on a trip to Europe, Charles Boettcher brought seeds to Colorado and found that the plains were the perfect environment for sugar beets. This new crop would prove to be one of the most important in Colorado's agricultural history; and would also attract a diverse array of workers from Mexican nationals to European immigrants and even WWII German Prisoners of War.

Aired 02/09/2018

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Colorado Experience is a local public television program presented by RMPBS

Colorado Experience

White Gold

Season 5 Episode 13 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions

After discovering sugar beets on a trip to Europe, Charles Boettcher brought seeds to Colorado and found that the plains were the perfect environment for sugar beets. This new crop would prove to be one of the most important in Colorado's agricultural history; and would also attract a diverse array of workers from Mexican nationals to European immigrants and even WWII German Prisoners of War.

Aired 02/09/2018

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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