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| Author | : Celinda Reynolds Kaelin |
| Publisher | : Caxton Press |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0870043919 |
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This is the story of the other side of Colorado's best-known mountain- the region west of Pikes Peak. It includes stories of the first settlers and the founders of towns. It also tells of the bust years between world wars when the railroad tracks were pulled up and many communities vanished.
| Author | : Richard Rattenbury |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Material culture |
| ISBN | : 9780806140858 |
From its roots in cowboy and vaquero culture to the big-business excitement of today's National Finals competitions, rodeo has embodied the rugged individualism and competitive spirit of the American West. Showcasing the collections of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, this illustrated volume depicts rodeo's material and graphic heritage. Richard Rattenbury opens with an illustrated history of rodeo, from its first recorded competition in Colorado in 1869 to its role in county fairs, cattlemen's conventions, and old settlers' reunions across the West, to its rise to national prominence between 1920 and 1960. Following its historical overview, Arena Legacy features an extensive pictorial gallery of signature materials. A series of colorful portfolios reveals artifacts from rodeo life, including costumes, trophies, buckles, and riding equipment.
| Author | : Geoffrey C. Ward |
| Publisher | : Back Bay Books |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2008-12-21 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0316055972 |
This vivid narrative history -- magnificently illustrated with more than 400 photographs, many of them never before published -- takes us on a gripping journey through the turbulent history of the region that has come to symbolize America around the world. Drawing on hundreds of letters, diaries, memoirs, and journals as well as the latest scholarship, The West presents a cast as rich and diverse as the western landscape itself: explorers and soldiers and Indian warriors, settlers and railroad builders and gaudy showmen. The book is filled with stories of heroism and hope, enterprise and adventure, as well as tragedy and disappointment. It explores the tensions between whites and the native peoples they sought to displace, but it also encompasses the Hispanic experience in the West. Gracefully written, handsomely designed, meticulously researched, The West is an unrivaled work of history that brilliantly captures all the drama and excitement, the sober realities and bright myths of the American West. Book jacket.
| Author | : Linda Wommack |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2019-05-29 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781943829200 |
On October 20, 1890, Bob Womack struck gold and staked his El Paso mining claim at Poverty Gulch, which eventually ignited the greatest gold rush in Colorado's history. During Bob's lifetime, over two hundred and fifty million dollars worth of gold was mined from the Cripple Creek Mining District, which Womack was instrumental in establishing. The story of the man and the gold discovery are told through first-hand accounts from not only Womack's quotes but other legendary figures such as Irving Howbert, Horace Bennett, Leslie Doyle Spell and William, and Ida Womack. Today, over one hundred and twenty-five years after that historic gold discovery, gold is still mined in the mining district of Cripple Creek. The legacy of Robert "Bob' Miller Womack will forever remain as the discoverer of "The Greatest Gold Camp On Earth."
| Author | : Ronald Jemal Stephens |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780738556253 |
The city of Denver was born during the great "Pikes Peak or Bust" gold rush of 1859 when flakes of placer gold were found where the South Platte River meets Cherry Creek. With the discovery of more gold, Denver became a boomtown, and African American pioneers began to arrive in search of prosperity and a better future. Initially, Denver's African Americans lived scattered throughout the city and in the Cherry Creek area. By the late 1890s, most had relocated to the Five Points Neighborhood. Many worked in Denver during the week and farmed their homesteads in Dearfield on the weekends. They often spent their holidays at Winks Lodge and summers at Camp Nizhone.
| Author | : J.v.L. Bell |
| Publisher | : Hansen Publishing Group LLC |
| Total Pages | : 243 |
| Release | : 2016-09-08 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1601823355 |
J.v.L. Bell is a Colorado native who was raised climbing Colorado’s 14,000 foot mountains, exploring old ghost towns, and reading stories about life in the early frontier days. She enjoys hiking with friends and family, visiting new places and meeting new people, rafting the rivers of Utah and Colorado, and reading great historical fiction. She lives in Louisville, Colorado with her two daughters and her husband. Curious what is fact versus fiction in The Lucky Hat Mine? Visit the author’s web page at www.JvLBell.com and read her blogs about the historical topics she researched while writing The Lucky Hat Mine.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 442 |
| Release | : 1915 |
| Genre | : Colorado |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Colorado |
| Publisher | : US History Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 628 |
| Release | : 1948 |
| Genre | : Colorado |
| ISBN | : 1603540067 |
| Author | : Avi |
| Publisher | : Disney Electronic Content |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2010-08-12 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1423140265 |
Early Whitcomb's family needs a miracle. Their Iowa farm has been in the family for generations, but a long drought has withered their savings and left them in debt. Meanwhile, the great Chicago and Northwestern Railroad wants their land, and if the Whitcombs can't pay their loans, the local banker, Judge Fuslin, will foreclose and sell the farm as his own.
| Author | : Samuel Truett |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 271 |
| Release | : 2008-10-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0300135327 |
Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest StudiesIn the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Mexicans and Americans joined together to transform the U.S.–Mexico borderlands into a crossroads of modern economic development. This book reveals the forgotten story of their ambitious dreams and their ultimate failure to control this fugitive terrain. Focusing on a mining region that spilled across the Arizona–Sonora border, this book shows how entrepreneurs, corporations, and statesmen tried to domesticate nature and society within a transnational context. Efforts to tame a “wild” frontier were stymied by labor struggles, social conflict, and revolution. Fugitive Landscapes explores the making and unmaking of the U.S.–Mexico border, telling how ordinary people resisted the domination of empires, nations, and corporations to shape transnational history on their own terms. By moving beyond traditional national narratives, it offers new lessons for our own border-crossing age.
