James S Gilbert, the "Poet of Panama", lived in Colon, the city near the Atlantic entrance of the
Panama Canal and not far from the mouth of the Chagres River. When the Canal was being constructed
yellow fever ran rife and killed 20,000 workmen and their families.
The Chagres River was said to be richest gold-bearing river in history with its gold taken away to Spain in treasure ships. |
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