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| Author | : Pam Grout |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2010-01-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0762762004 |
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Centennial State has to offer!
| Author | : Cindy Brick |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2021 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1467146587 |
Colorado's Front Range, Western Slope, eastern plains and southern approaches were home to some of the state's stranger people, places and events. Meet Mike the Headless Chicken from Fruita and a Fort Collins architect who designed a university building to house his wife--after he killed her. Learn about Florence's "The Alcatraz of the Rockies" or Doc Holliday's final breaths in Glenwood Springs. Dig into the odd conspiracy theories and underground city connected to the Denver International Airport. Walk alongside dinosaur tracks, scout out old mines and ancient petroglyphs or climb into Mesa Verde's shaded, mysterious cliff dwellings. Author Cindy Brick shares quirky, odd and intriguing episodes in Colorado history.
| Author | : Union Pacific Railway Company |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 1891 |
| Genre | : Colorado |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Rick Yoder |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2010-01-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1461747384 |
Discover Nebraska’s curious underside with this oddly entertaining little guide! Travelers with a taste for the bizarre, tacky, and hilarious can visit the Avoca Quack-Off, learn about the inland Linoma Lighthouse, view a Roller Skating Museum, and pay a visit to the world’s largest covered wagon. Only true Cornhuskers could capture the essence of these and other authentic Nebraska phenomena, and Rick Yoder and David Harding do their home state proud.
| Author | : Eric Jones |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2009-11-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0762761601 |
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Hawkeye State has to offer!
| Author | : Pam Grout |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 299 |
| Release | : 2010-06-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0762765798 |
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Sunflower State has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Kansan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Kansas Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Pam Grout takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Sunflower State. Visit the Museum of the World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things—and get your own largest ball starter kit. Meet more chainsaw-wielding, glow-in-the-dark-scrap-metal-zoo-building, grapefruit-peel-sculpting, papier-mâché-mixing, porcelain-pig-painting grassroots artists than you can shake a stick at! Get a load of Big Brutus, a sixteen-story coal shovel that has become a popular tourist attraction; and discover the thrill of an indoor hurricane—it’ll blow you away.
| Author | : S. E. Schlosser |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 211 |
| Release | : 2011-08-02 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 0762768363 |
Tales of hauntings, strange happenings and other local lore throughout the Centennial state!
| Author | : Brandon Griggs |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2016-06-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1493022709 |
Utah Curiosities brings to the reader with humor and affection—and a healthy dose of attitude—the oddest, quirkiest, and most outlandish places, personalities, events, and phenomena found within the state’s borders and in the chronicles of its history. A fun, accessible read, Utah Curiosities is a who's who of unusual and unsung heroes. This compendium of the state’s quirks and characters will amuse Utah’s residents and visitors alike.
| Author | : Cindy Brick |
| Publisher | : History Press |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2021-06-28 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781540248268 |
Colorado's Front Range, Western Slope, eastern plains and southern approaches were home to some of the state's stranger people, places and events. Meet Mike the Headless Chicken from Fruita and a Fort Collins architect who designed a university building to house his wife--after he killed her. Learn about Florence's The Alcatraz of the Rockies or Doc Holliday's final breaths in Glenwood Springs. Dig into the odd conspiracy theories and underground city connected to the Denver International Airport. Walk alongside dinosaur tracks, scout out old mines and ancient petroglyphs or climb into Mesa Verde's shaded, mysterious cliff dwellings. Author Cindy Brick shares quirky, odd and intriguing episodes in Colorado history.
