The Great Book of Colorado

The Great Book of Colorado
Author: Bill O'Neill
Publisher: Lak Publishing
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2020-04-09
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781648450464

This is quite possibly the most interesting, fun and entertaining book you'll ever find about the state of Colorado. It comes packed with interesting stories, history, trivia and fun facts that will spark your curiosity about the great state of Colorado.

Colorado Day by Day

Colorado Day by Day
Author: Derek Everett
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2020-03-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1646420071

Copublished with History Colorado Colorado Day by Day is an engaging, this-day-in-history approach to the key figures and forces that have shaped Colorado from ancient times to the present. Historian Derek R. Everett presents a vignette for each day of the calendar year, exploring Colorado’s many facets through distilled tales of people, places, events, and trends. Entries incorporate tales from each of the state’s sixty-four counties and feature both well-known and obscure cultural moments, including events in Native American, African American, Asian American, Hispano, and women’s history. Allowing the reader to explore the state’s heritage as individual threads or as part of the greater tapestry, Colorado Day by Day recovers much lost history and will be an entertaining and useful source of lore for anyone who enjoys or is curious about Colorado history.

Colorado and the Silver Crash: The Panic of 1893

Colorado and the Silver Crash: The Panic of 1893
Author: John F. Steinle
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467147575

A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898, the country had begun to recover, but silver mining was never the same. Using firsthand commentary and more than one hundred historic photographs, John Steinle skillfully commemorates the story of Coloradans trapped in the unprecedented social, economic and political conflict of America's first great depression.

Colorado Yesterday and Today

Colorado Yesterday and Today
Author: Grant Collier
Publisher: Grant Collier
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2005-06
Genre: Colorado
ISBN: 0976921804

When Joseph Collier left Scotland bound for Central City, Colorado in 1871, it was unclear whether the young immigrant would make much of a name for himself. However, through hard work and perseverance, Collier developed a reputation as one of the state's preeminent pioneer photographers. Now, over a century later, Grant Collier has literally followed in the footsteps of his great-great-grandfather. Grant has traveled across Colorado taking photographs from precisely the same spots where Joseph Collier captured his images. These photographs are presented in the often imitated but never duplicated "Colorado: Yesterday & Today."

What Lies Beneath Colorado

What Lies Beneath Colorado
Author: Eilene Lyon
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2024-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1493076191

What Lies Beneath Colorado Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards explores the hidden personal trials and triumphs discovered in Colorado’s oldest cemeteries, bringing the history of the state to life. Covering the entire state by region, the stories explore Spanish conquest, Native American history, the gold rush, community development, homesteading and ranching, love and loss, conflict and resolution, scandal and honor. Sidebars include material on Hispano culture in southern Colorado, headstones and cenotaphs, notable historic figures, cemetery lore, Ute treaties, crime and punishment. A must read for any fan of western history and an excellent resource for Colorado family historians.

Profiting from the Peak

Profiting from the Peak
Author: John Harner
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2021-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1646421671

In Profiting from the Peak, geographer John Harner surveys the events and socioeconomic conditions that formed the city, analyzing the built landscape to offer insight into the origins of its urban forms and spatial layout, focusing particularly on historic downtown architecture and public spaces.

The Colorado Trail

The Colorado Trail
Author: Colorado Trail Foundation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2000
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

Completely revised guide to the extraordinary Colorado Trail that stretches from Denver to Durango.