12 Facts About Marshall Sprague

Marshall Sprague was an American journalist in New York, Paris, and China and writer of books about western United States history.

Marshall Sprague received the Colorado Authors League Top Hand Award for Massacre: The Tragedy At White River and A Gallery of Dudes.

Marshall Sprague was a journalist in Paris for the New York Herald-Tribune's Paris edition and China for North China Star.

Marshall Sprague then contributed to The New York Times, writing book reviews and articles for the Sunday Times.

Marshall Sprague moved to the North End of Colorado Springs, Colorado following a diagnosis of tuberculosis in 1941.

Marshall Sprague is the author of Money Mountain about Cripple Creek and Victor gold mining.

Marshall Sprague wrote Newport In The Rockies: The Life And Good Times Of Colorado Springs, which Cleveland Amory, a social historian, described as "candid, graceful, diligently researched".

Marshall Sprague wrote A Gallery of Dudes described as a book of "wonderful tales about eminent commoners and titled Europeans awash in the exhilarating landscapes of America's last frontier" by a critic.

Marshall Sprague was a jazz piano player and bird watcher.

Marshall Sprague died in Colorado Springs at St Francis Hospital at the age of 85 on September 9,1994.

Marshall Sprague was an admired and prolific writer who wrote extensively on the Springs and Cripple Creek.

Marshall Sprague's works are a must for anyone interested in beginning an investigation into local history.