The History Of Silverton Colorado Featuring The Grand Imperial Hotel
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Author | : Philip Aleo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2020-12-15 |
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ISBN | : 9781733922845 |
This new book on SIlverton, Colorado details how and why Silverton developed in the 1880's and then emphasizes the significance of the Thomson Block. Built in 1883, the Thomson Block was the largest building in Colorado, south of Denver. It originally housed the Grand Hotel. Known today as the Grand Imperial Hotel, the history of this building forms an integral component in Silverton's history.
Author | : Don Stott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Hotels |
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Author | : Grand Imperial Hotel (Silverton, Colo.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 195? |
Genre | : Hotels |
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Author | : Allan G. Bird |
Publisher | : Allan G. Bird |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Duane A. Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2003-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781890437954 |
The historic mining town of Silverton, Colorado, founded in 1874, lies in Bakers Park and is ringed by 12,000 and 13,000-foot peaks of the San Juan Mountains. However, it was not the beautiful scenery but rather the highly mineralized veins that lay in the nearby mountains that attracted the early prospectors. The town really came into prominence with the arrival of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in July 1882. three other narrow gauge lines were eventually built ut of the city, which drew business to the San Juans for nearly a century. When the silver bust of 1893 occurred, Silverton was not greatly affected as vast amounts of gold had been discovered in the nearby mines. Mining continued to dominate the economy until the 1980s, but tourism is now the main economic factor for Silverton. Duane Smith had done a marvelous job of explaining the historic nature of the local mining, which can still be enjoyed in the form of mine and mill tours, trips to the local museums, or exploring ruins in the nearby high country.
Author | : Alexandra Walker Clark |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2011-07-07 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 161423387X |
Lured by the promise of land and opportunity, miners, cowhands, laborers, settlers and fortune-seekers poured into Colorado during the mid-to-late 19th Century and into the 20th. To accommodate the population boom, industrious Coloradoans built scores of hotels some elaborate, some modest, all a touchstone to this critical era in Centennial State history. Join Alexandra Walker Clark on this tour through Colorado's historic hotels. Discover how the Oxford and Brown Palace Hotels have managed to maintain their elegance, while others such as the Timberline Hotel of Holy Cross City and the California Hotel of Independence have vanished. With timeless recipes from hotel kitchens, learn how hotels have adapted to eras like the Native American desertion and the Roaring Twenties.
Author | : Thomas Jacob Noel |
Publisher | : Big Earth Publishing |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781565793897 |
The companion book you need to learn more about the then-and-now photographs in Colorado 1870-2000! This volume, a collaboration between Colorado's most acclaimed historian and photographer, tells you the stories surrounding the photographic pairs and gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the challenging craft of rephotography. Designed to be used in tandem with Colorado 1870-2000, this book profiles our state's unrivaled character and encourages you to consider its future as you contemplate its past and present.
Author | : Thomas Gray Thompson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 930 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
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Author | : Philip Varney |
Publisher | : Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2010-07-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1610600908 |
The Rocky Mountain and Great Basin states are the heart of ghost-town country. Once-bustling pioneer outposts, mining camps, lumber towns, and railroad villages stand today as reminders of the glory days of gold rushes, industrial progress, and that pioneering spirit of the Old West. This book guides readers to the fascinating and scenic ghost towns of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Nevada. Varney highlights popular tourist destinations as well as out-of-the-way spots unfamiliar even to natives of the region. Maps, historical background, and stunning color photographs bring to life dozens of ghost towns and provide practical information for exploring this fascinating chapter of American history.
Author | : Nancy Hopkins Reily |
Publisher | : Sunstone Press |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2017-11-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1611395070 |
Nancy Hopkins Reily thought she knew everything she needed to know when she published I Am At An Age in 1990 at age fifty. She says, “I had compiled my life’s experiences with metaphors using the mountains as background. I approached my experiences as universal experiences that everyone recognized as their life. Six months after the book was published I realized I had more to learn: in-laws, sandwich generation, writing, over thirty-four years of journaling with selective excerpts, sixty-four lines of genealogy, laurels, my aging, and grandchildren. I knew I would have to write a sequel.” And here it is, twenty-two years later. She has eliminated most of the metaphors. Some themes continue although homes, clothes and make-up have changed. But her persona has remained the same. Nancy says, “My ancestors gave me gifts. I read that my great-great grandmother (born 1812 in South Carolina) rode to Texas in a carriage with silver trimmings after her husband had died on their Jackson, Mississippi plantation. And I also found out, after reading my mother’s journals that she was voted unanimously the Queen of the May Pageant at Texas Christian University in 1928. Her journals of her European trip also provided insight into her relationship with my father. These readings took on a life of their own as I used my years of notes, teenage diaries, and journals to form this gift to my descendants in this book. I hope you enjoy it.”