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ADVENTURING IN THE ROCKIES. by Jeremy Schmidt.
The Sierra Club Travel Guide to the Rocky Mountain regions of the US and Canada from New Mexcio north, including the national parks of Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, Banff, and Jasper. Best seasons and places for backpacking, skiing, canoeing bicycling, camping, car touring, picnicking, ballooning, wildlife viewing, and more. Includes cultural events from rodeos to music and film festivals; Gives natural and human  history, climate, geology, and wildlife. Sugggets maps and backcountry gear. Information is presented in regions: "The Rocky Mountains", "Colorado", "Yellowstone", "Salmon River", "International Border", and "Canadian Rockies".40 photos, 9 maps, 336 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87156-830-6. 1986. Cover slightly scufed. Order#: RAHO2782 paper$10.95.

AMAZING COLORADO: a collection of  puzzlers, mazes, and fun! by Jeff Brown.
Amazing Colorado is full of fun ways to learn more about the Mile-High State. From word searches to secret codes, over two dozen different kinds of puzzles highlight important facts about the 38th state in the Union. Designed to help fulfill basic educational requirements, Amazing Colorado is an entertaining and engaging way to introduce children and adults to Colorado’s birds, trees, fish, famous people, history, and much more. From easy to challenging, these puzzles will delight everyone, from ages 8-adult. 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-87842-487-3. Order #: MOPR1219 paper$6.95.

AMERICA'S MOUNTAIN: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak region. by Richard M. Pearl.
History of region west of Colorado Springs from earliest days. Travel by road, trail, and cog railway to the suit as one of Colorado's 14er mountains over 14000 feet, this one rising from the plains to the summit. The song 'America the Beautiful" was inspired by America's Mountain. Includes  Native American history, flora, fauna, wildlife, geology, ghost towns. 36 pages, illustrations.
 Inventory = 8. ISBN: 936564-38-5. 1964 revised edition.  Order #: LILO5269 paper4.95.

THE ASPEN BOOK: a complete guide. by Diane Tegmeyer.
History, lodging, culture, restaurants, recreation, shipping. And of course when and where to find the best skiing--downhill, cross-country, telemarking, and hut-to-hut. Guide to all 4 seasons of recreation with options for camping, hiking, fishing, bicycling, and more. Photos, maps, 240 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-936399-31-7. 1992. Order #: BERT3695 paper$14.95.

ATLAS OF COLORADO GHOST TOWNS, Volume II. by Leanne C. Boyd and H. Glenn Carson.
Inventories ghost towns of 32 of Colorado's counties alphabetically from Kit Carson to Yuma, with a quick review of the ghost towns of the other counties in Volume 1. Notes on localities where towns once existed, old railroad lines and depots, mines and mineral discoveries, histories, status, remnant buildings and traces. Drawings, 185 large-format pages, indexes.
ISBN: 0-941620-35-2. 1985. Order #: CARS1436 paper$14.95.

BENT'S FORT: crossroads of cultures on the Santa Fe Trail. by Mel Bacon & Daniel Blegen.
Personal accounts highlight the life of this important trading center on the Santa Fe Trail, where U.S., Mexican, and Indian cultures mingled for trading at a key time in American History. Includes restoration of the fort.. Color illustrations, 72 pages. Grades 4-7.
ISBN: 0-86541-062-3. 1995. Order #: FILT5882 paper$12.95.

 

BIG GAME HUNTER'S GUIDE TO COLORADO. Axelson.
Inventory =1. ISBN: 978-1-885106-55-1. Order #: WIAP1613 paper$28.95.

 

 

 

BLICKENSDERFER: /images of the West. by Rutherford W. Witthus.
Blickensderfer was an accomplished pictorial photographer in the 1920s, presenting impressionistic soft-focused /images that depicted many moods of the Rocky Mountain West. He singled out not only mountains and landscapes but also the cliff dwelling of the Mesa Verde, the exotic architecture of New Mexico's Indian pueblos, the arches of Capistrano, national parks of Yosemite, Yellowstoen, ahnd Grand Canyon and of the stylistic buidlings of Denver, Colorado. His work was exhibited in numerous shows. As an avid bird-watcher he also made portraits of them, even while waiting in trees to catch the right moment. 75 illustrations, 160 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-917895-09-6. 1966. Order #: CORD5944 cloth$35.00.

BOLD WOMEN IN COLORADO HISTORY. by Phyllis J. Perry.
For ages 12 and up. From pioneers to playwrights, educators to entrepreneurs, portrays ten heroines who helped make Colorado what it is today. Included are Isabella Bird, Augusta Tabor, Molly Brown, and more. 159 pages, photographs.
ISBN: 978-0-87842-584-6. Order #: MOPR7919 paper$12.00.

 

BUENA VISTA!  a quick history. by Judy Porrata.
Traces the story of this "Good View" town set in the upper Arkansas River valley with episodes of brick factory, lettuce growing and shipping, railyard where the Denver & Rio Grande and South Park lines met, with buildings that have come and gone, mining camps in the nearby hills serviced by the town, and the history of jail, reformatory, and prison plus memorable fires and a train wreck and sketches of the people involved. Historic photographs, 63 pages.
ISBN: None. 1979. Order #: LILO0773 paper$4.95.

 

 

CINDERS & SMOKE: a mile by mile guide for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroads. Doris B. Osterwald.
Highlights scenic points of interest keyed to numbered posts located every mile along the railroad. These posts originate in Denver where the Denver & Rio Grande Railway originated in 1870, when it ran from Denver to the Durango, Colorado depot. 168 pages, color and black-and-white photographs.
Inventory =1. ISBN: 0-931788-80-3. 2004. Order #: WEGU2287 paper$10.95.

 

 

CLASS ACTS: stories from Emily Griffith Opportunity School. Carolyn Brink.
Inspiring stories of success by people who attended the famous school. 160 pages, illus.
ISBN: 98-0-86541-079-4. Order #: FILT8570 paper$12.95.

 

 

 

COLORADO GHOST TOWNS. (Colorado Traveler Guidebook): remnants of the mining days. by Carolyn Bauer.
As you travel the state, read about the life and times of people from years past. An excellent map in the centerfold, and driving directions on each page make it easy to find the ghost towns, some now abandoned and others alive with new "pioneers." 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-55838-067-1. Order #: AMTR7256 paper$6.95.

 

 

COLORADO GOLD: From the Pike's Peak Rush to the present. Stephen M. Voynick.
"In Colorado Gold, Stephen Voynick has created a masterpiece intermingling gold rushes, booms, and busts, with geology and mining technologies, legends, and lore." —True West.
The early miners who panned for gold in 1858 on the banks of Cherry Creek, where Denver now stands, could not have known how profoundly that precious metal would soon affect the emerging state of Colorado. Their boom soon turned to bust. But subsequent discoveries at Cripple Creek and other places yielded more than enough "color" to coat the dome on Colorado's capitol.
Colorado Gold is the story of gold--concealed within the Rockies for ages, affecting the destinies of people and landscapes today. It is a historical account that assesses our enduring, romantic drive to extract this unusually malleable and heavy metal from the earth. Topics include both historic and modern booms and busts, gold's intrinsic value, mining technologies past and present, legends and lore, and a look at tomorrow's gold. 224 6x9. OUT OF PRINT; we have 1 copy left.
ISBN: 0-87842-455-5. Order #: MOPR1157 paper$14.00.

COLORADO GREENBACK CUTTHROAT TROUT: a fisherman's guide. by Jim Rubingh & Richard Fritz.
Once thought to be extinct, now the famed Colorado greenback cutthroat trout can be caught in many Colorado waters. Learn about the fish's biology, history, and recovery along with information on where and how to catch this trout. Gives tables of waters stocked and when as the species was redistributed and provides hiking directions to places to fish for these cutthroats, with distances, elevations, quality ratings, and notes on other species. Includes catch rates, camping information. Color photographs, maps, 132 pages, index.
ISBN: 978-1-57188-447-3. 2009. Order #:FRAM8963 paper$19.95.

COLORADO HANDBOOK. by Stephen Metzger.
Discover best travel destinations, many year-round including information on camping, fishing, backpacking, biking, rafting, skiing, and more. Also covers historical and cultural events--festivals, rodeos, cook-offs, Native American trade fairs, railroad museums and train rides--even hot-air balloon tours, helicopter skliing, and moonlignt sleigh rides. Photographs, drawings, maps, 408 pages, index.
ISBN: 1-56691-013-7. 1994.  Order #: MOON2392 paper$17.95.

 

COLORADO MOUNTAINS & PASSES: day trips in the Rockies. (Colorado Traveler Guidebook). by Silvia Pettem.
Some of the most amazing views you will ever see from your car are in Colorado. It is relatively easy to climb to more than 10,000 feet on many of the drives showcased in this book. An excellent map and detail directions can send you to new heights! 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-55838-117-1. Order #: AMTR7593 paper$6.95.

 

 

COLORADO OFF THE BEATEN PATH.
ISBN: 978-17627-4412-1. Order #: GLPE3793 paper$16.95,

 

 

COLORADO ROCKHOUNDING: a guide to minerals, gemstones, and fossils. Stephen M. Voynick.
Colorado Rockhounding is a complete guide to the state's rich and varied mineral, gemstone, and fossil sources. In Colorado, rockhounds may pick agate and petrified wood from the vast Great Plains, follow dinosaur tracks on hogback ridges, pan gold in mountain streams, hunt gemstones on towering peaks, and search for metal sulfide minerals in historic mining districts. 392 pages 6 x9.
ISBN: 0-87842-292-7. Order #: MOPR1115 paper$20.00.

 

 

COLORADO SKI COUNTRY. by Charlie Meyers. Covers 14 major resorts with descriptions, histories--how they got started. Includes the stories of the U.S. Army's ski troops at Camp Hale, skiing in the backcountry, competitions, carrying the mail on skis. Color photos, 104 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-937959-16-2. 1987. Order#: FALC9309 paper$14.95.

 

COLORADO SOLAR/LUNAR/WEATHER FISHING & HUNTING GUIDE FOR 1994-95. by Bob Clark & Morton Leeper.
Authors give their beliefs on how solar/lunar charts relate to fishing and hunting; time tables. Introductory material explains the assumptions and methodology used to create charts of better fishing and hunting times, explains how to adjust data for differences in locality from a standard but also acknowledges that other factors influence success, and explains what they are. Charts for 1994-1995; update if used, 40 pages.
ISBN: 0-9617325-9-8. 1994. Order#: MLPU7020 paper$5.95.

#COLORADO TRAVELER--SKIING: a guide to the Colorado high country. Ayer.
ISBN: 0-939650-73-8. Order#: REHO9525 paper$3.95.

COLORADO TROUT FISHING, Part II: prime fishing locations. by Merton D. Leeper.
Describes the best place to fish by use of maps; ice fishing. Find out where 10% of the fishermen catch 90% of the fish. Types of bait to use, rigging one's leaders and hooks, maps giving favored fishing spots  for many Colorado lakes, streams, and reservoirs. Includes ice fishing. Also tells how to prepare your catch for mounting, cleaning for eating, and a recipe for trout. Photos, maps, drawings, charts, 90 pages.
Inventory =1. ISBN: 0-9617325-1-2. 1988.Order #: MLPU6185 paper$9.95.

 

 

COLORADO'S BEST FISHING WATERS: 213 detailed maps of 73 of the best rivers, lakes, and streams. Wilderness Adventures Press.
For each fishing water, maps show roads and access points, trails, sections of rivers that have better and not good reaches, types of fish present, and GPS coordinates to pinpoint locations. In many cases indicates which waters are public and which may be private. Full-coor maps, 221 large-format pages in sturdy easy-open lay-flat binding.
ISBN: 978-1-932098-57-0. 2008. Order #: WIAP1622 paper$29.95.

 

 

COLORADO'S CONTINENTAL DIVIDE: a hiking and backpacking guide. by Ron Ruhoff.
Features descriptions of major access points to the divide, day hikes, mile-by-mile listing of the divide's major landmarks. Stories of places on the divide and personal accounts of the author's journeys. Photos, charts, 176 pages.
ISBN: 0-917895-26-6. 1989. Order#: CORD4859 paper$10.95.

 

 

COLORADO'S HISTORIC SITES & MUSEUMS: intriguing places to visit. (Colorado Traveler Guidebook). by David J. Eitemiller.
Second only to the natural beauty of Colorado is its man-made history. Read about historic homes, museums, towns, railroads, and other interesting facts about Colorado. 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-55838-089-2. Order #: AMTR7595 paper$6.95.

 

 

CONFESSIONS OF A MAVERICK: an autobiography. by Farrington R. Carpenter.
After proving up on a homestead in 1907 early Colorado, author became an active lawyer and built a cattle herd to be the largest in Colorado at that time, His area of operation was Hayden, west of the continental divide but not away from the politics east of it, serving in the state legislature and in the federal Department of the Interior involved in grazing management. Read of this active life at a time when horses were still a common matter and exposure to myriad situations was what happened. Historical photographs, 216 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-945276-27-6. 1984. Slight soiling on cover. Order#: COHI3350 paper$9.95.

 

CRIPPLE CREEK CONFLAGRATIONS. Dr. Lester L. Williams.
How the mining town of Cripple Creek suffered two devastating fires in 1896, each doing more than $1,000,000 damage. Remarkably, the two fires occurred just four days apart. Author Dr. Lester L. Williams was a physician, safety expert, and "fire buff".  Illus., 52 pp.
ISBN: 978-0-86541-028-2. Order #: FILT5880 paper$4.00.

 

 

CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROADS: a quick history of the great gold camp's railroads. by Leland Feitz 
Includes The Florence & Cripple Creek, The Midland Terminal, The Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District, even street cars in town. Stories of depot fire, train wreck, shipping gold ore to mill, and tunnels under the Rocky Mountains. 38 historical photos, 30 pages..
ISBN: None.1980. Order #: LILO0758 paper$4.95.

 

 

#DAY HIKES IN SUMMIT COUNTY, Colorado.
Enjoyable day adventures on easy to moderate hikes. Color illustrations, maps, 28 pages.
ISBN: 0-9640232-6-1. Order#: ICSB3214 paper$8.95.

DAY HIKES ON THE COLORADO TRAIL.
ISBN: 1-55838-116-3. Order #: AMTR7596 $6.95.

 

 

 

DENVER GUIDEBOOK. by Mary Mulligan and Tami Abell.
Concise guide to necessities of life and leisure--where to eat, drink, dance, enjoy art attend plays and concerts, find your favorite ethnic foods or information on a college. Sections on sport and recreation include a complete directory to skiing in the area and there is a guide to parks, tennis courts and golf courses, organized by location. Update data pre-trip. Illustrated, maps, 157 pages.
ISBN: 0-933472-05-6. 1979.Order #: JOHN0648 paper$3.95.

 

 

DOC HOLLIDAY, BAT MASTERSON, & WYATT EARP: their Colorado Careers. by E. Richard Churchill.
Colorado adventures of 3 of Old West's most colorful characters during times of gold and frontier camps such as Creede, Leadville, Trinidad, Gunnison, Pueblo. Photos, 39 pages, bibliography, index.
ISBN: 0-913488-05-4. Order #: TIMB0757 paper$3.95.10/24: SOLD OUT

 

 

DOC SUSIE: mountain doctor. Griffith.
Country doctor in Grand County for more than 40 years beginning in 1909. For grades 3-5.
ISBN: 978-0-86541-108-1. Order #: FILT8577 paper$8.95.

 

 

EXCITING VAIL & BEAVER CREEK: a smart vacationer's guide to skiing, dining, and adventures in the Vail Valley. by Ned R. Harley.
Insider tips for savvy skiers: escape routes for novices on advanced trails, where to find the best snow, quick ski routes between popular trails, I-70 sightseeing from the Denver airport to Vail. Includes summer activities from white-water rafting to golf, tennis, and mountain biking. Includes area facilities. Update pre-trip.
ISBN: 0-9635493-0-8. 1992. Order#: MISC0317 paper$14.95.

 

A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS: from northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia. by John J. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, Jr., and Ray J. Davis.
Identifies the most common flower species in this region, which includes Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain National Parks: when and where they are found, interesting facts about them and what they can tell the observer--animals that may be nearby, altitude, and even what birds of certain species might be leaving the nest. Describes 500 species with common and scientific names, detailed recognition features, flowering seasons related species, and range and habitat information. Includes key to plants for positive identification of families and species. Illustrated glossary explains technical terms for leaf shapes, flower parts, and other descriptive data. Over 200 color photographs and more than 100 plant drawings, 312pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-18324-3. 1963. Used; good condition. Order #: HOMI2670 paper$10.95.

 

A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS: northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia. by John J. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, Jr., and Ray J. Davis.

Identifies 590 of the most common flower species in this region, which includes Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain National Parks: when and where they are found, interesting facts about them and what they can tell the observer--animals that may be nearby, altitude, and even what birds of certain species might be leaving the nest. Describes 500 species with common and scientific names, detailed recognition features, flowering seasons related species, and range and habitat information. Includes key to plants for positive identification of families and species. Illustrated glossary explains technical terms for leaf shapes, flower parts, and other descriptive data. Over 200 color photographs and more than 100 plant drawings, 312pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-18324-3. 1991. Used; good condition.Order #: HOMI2679 paper$15.95.

 

A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS: northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia. by John J. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, Jr., and Ray J. Davis.

Identifies 590 of  the most common flower species in this region, which includes Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain National Parks: when and where they are found, interesting facts about them and what they can tell the observer--animals that may be nearby, altitude, and even what birds of certain species might be leaving the nest. Describes 500 species with common and scientific names, detailed recognition features, flowering seasons related species, and range and habitat information. Includes key to plants for positive identification of families and species. Illustrated glossary explains technical terms for leaf shapes, flower parts, and other descriptive data. Over 200 color photographs and more than 100 plant drawings, 312pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-93613-6. 1991. Used; good condition. Order #: HOMI2677 paper$19.00.

 

A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS: North America west of the 100th meridian, with a section on the birds of the Hawaiian Islands. by Roger Tory Peterson.
Covers over 700 species in this region. Organized buy families and visual characteristics for quick, easy comparison and identification. Additional detail and extra drawings help with similar species, family characteristics, songs and calls, and difficult identifications. More than 1000 paintings with over 500 in color showing males, females, adults, juveniles, and unusual plumages. 335 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-13692-X. 1961. Order #: HOMI2660 vinyl$12.95. Note cover with same ISBN.

 

 

A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS: North America west of the 100th meridian, with a section on the birds of the Hawaiian Islands. by Roger Tory Peterson.
Covers over 700 species in this region. Organized by families and visual characteristics for quick, easy comparison and identification. Additional detail and extra drawings help with similar species, family characteristics, songs and calls, and difficult identifications. More than 1000 paintings with over 500 in color showing males, females, adults, juveniles, and unusual plumages. 335 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-13692-X. 1961. Soiled covers; water-wrinkled pages but intact and usable. Order #: HOMI2668 paperl$10.95. Note cover with same ISBN.

 

 

A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS: a completely new guide to field marks of all species found in North America west of the 100th meridian and north of Mexico. by Roger Tory Peterson.
Covers over 700 species in this region. Organized by families and visual characteristics for quick, easy comparison and identification. Additional detail and extra drawings help with similar species, family characteristics, songs and calls, and difficult identifications. More than 1000 paintings with over 165 in color showing males, females, adults, juveniles, and unusual plumages. Includes 442 range maps. 432 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-13218-X. 1990. Used copy in good shape, minor wear on cover. Order #: HOMI2662 vinyl$20.00.

 

 

 

A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. by Robert C. Stebbins.
Presents field marks of all species in western North America, including Baja California--244 species plus 260 subspecies focusing on the key features needed to identify them. Gives information on how to find reptiles and amphibians, how to study them in the wild or raise them from eggs and care for them at home. Includes 600 illustrations, 256 in color, plus line drawings showing details of anatomy, reproduction, scale arrangement, and life stages--plus 200 range maps of where they occur. 416 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-38253-X. 1985. Order #: HOMI2666 vinyl$16.95.

 

 

FIRST GOVERNOR, FIRST LADY--John and Eliza Routt of Colorado. Joyce B. Lohse.
A dual biography of Colorado’s first governor John L. Routt and his wife, Eliza. The Routts came to Colorado when John was appointed territorial governor. They stayed for the rest of their lives. John was elected governor twice and served one term as Denver’s mayor. Their story is the exciting story of early days of Colorado statehood. Foreword by former Governor Richard Lamm. 192 pages. Illustrated with maps and photographs. 2003 EVVY Award Winner. First Governor, First Lady was awarded the Best Biography awarded by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association.
ISBN: 978-0-86541-063-3. Order #: FILT4222paper$7.50.

 

 

FLYFISHER'S GUIDE TO COLORADO. Bartholomew.
ISBN: 1-932098-64-8. Order #: WIAP6581 paper$29.95.

 

 

 

FRONT RANGE RESTAURANTS: the 100 best. by Richard and Suzanne Fetter & Glenda Rapp and Hal Davidson.
Besides Denver. includes Santa Fe and Taos. Uses a 3-star rating system. Restaurants are in the center of the city or on backroads in the mountains. The 100 picked for this book were selected from nearly 250 to provide this companion for the discriminating diner. Update data pre-trip. 192 pages, indexes by alpha and by restaurant type.
ISBN: 0-933472-46-3. 1980. Order #: JOHN0647 paper$7.95.

 

 

FRYING PANS WEST: cookbook...on food and drinks from the frontier by Sam Arnold.
Reviewed as "a rare book with bona fide details of frontier cookery--well researched and personally tested." Frontier food and drinks gleaned from some 1600 books of the period, many served in Colorado's The Fort restaurant, replica of fur-trading post. Recipes from the Oregon Trail, Mormon migrations, Santa Fe Trail are included along with Native American and Mexican. Recipes for drinks are given, such as the non-alcoholic "switchel" to the potent "Bent's Fort Hailstorm". There are biscochitos, red flannel hash, sago-rhubarb pudding, pinole, carne asada, minted trout, capirotada, and more--over 80 historic recipes in all. Drawings, 72 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-914454-3X. 1985. Order #: ARNO0512 paper$6.95.

 

GEOLOGY UNDERFOOT ALONG COLORADO'S FRONT RANGE. Lon Abbott & Terri Cook.
Describes the landscape that transitions abruptly from the Great Plains to the craggy peaks of Colorado's Front Range. Sites explained include Dinosaur Ridge, Red Rocks, Florissant Fossil Beds, Rocky Mountain National Park, Eldorado Canyon, Royal Gorge.
Inventory =2. ISBN: 978-0-87842-595-2. Order #: MOPR7556 paper$24.00.

 

 

GHOST TALES OF CRIPPLE CREEK. by Chas S. Clifton.
Stories from Colorado mining town: a ghost that lights candles in the hotel, the madame's second funeral. a good-natured ghost, a ghost freed by fire, with a discussion of ghost-reality versus superstition or imagination--all played out in the remnants of a mining town that was. Photographs, 28 pages.
ISBN: 0-936564-29-6. 1983. Order #:LILO9779 paper$4.95.

 

 

GHOST TOWNS OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT. by Leland Feitz.
Covers 15 gold camps, mining, and railroad towns in Colorado's Pike's Peak country: Goldfield, Altman, Anaconda, and others Describes history and industry of each town--their heydays and demises. Map, 67 photos, 48 pages.
ISBN: None. 1974.Order #:  LILO0769 paper$4.95.

GOOD NEIGHBORS: building next to history--design guidelines handbook.
Professional manual from the State Historical Society of Colorado for use in design standards for historical developments and areas as well as environmental and aesthetic considerations. Photographs, maps, drawings including many of Colorado historical character, 44 large-format pages..
ISBN: None. 1980. Order #: COHI3347 paper$4.95.

GRAND CIRCLE ADVENTURE. by Reed.
Parks and monuments in southern Utah and Colorado, northern Arizona and New Mexico--desert and rockscapes, Indian sites. 72 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-94-8. 1983. Order #: KCPU0726 paper$8.95.

 

 

GREAT PLACES COLORADO: a recreational guide to Colorado's public lands and historic places for birding, hiking, photography, fishing, hunting, and camping. Bartholomew.
ISBN: 978-1-932098-68-6. Order #: WIAP7826 paper$29.95.

 

 

 

GUIDE TO HISTORIC ASPEN AND THE ROARING FORK VALLEY. Sarah J. Pearce & Roxanne Eflin.
Covers mining days, railroad history, recreation, historic buildings, beginning of skiing, fire department, mansions of mining barons, and tours. Photographs, maps, 48 pages.
ISBN:0-917895-32-0. 1990.. Order #: CORD7579 paper$7.95.

 

 

A GUIDE TO LOCATING ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS. (Rocky Mountain Traveler Guidebook). by Panayoti Kelaidis.
The words "Purple mountains majesty" were written into the song "Oh, Beautiful," but it could have also been red, yellow, or orange, perhaps. The Rocky Mountains are filled with spectacular colors year round. Pick your favorite and find it with this book. 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-55838-148-1. Order #: AMTR7601 paper$6.95.

 

 

GUIDE TO THE GEORGETOWN/SILVER PLUME HISTORIC DISTRICT. Neely, Bradley, and Borneman.
Important city in Colorado's history. Describes individual buildings and famous loop railroad now offering scenic rides. Includes the nearby town of Silver Plume. Photographs, maps, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-917895-08-8. 1990. Order#: CORD5941 paper$7.95.

 

GUS'S CABIN KITCHEN: healthy cooking inspired by Colorado's great outdoors. by Gus Mircos and Gennaro DeSantis.
Traditional recipes plus low-fat recipes for elk, deer, game birds, trout, chicken, and side dishes. Included are some 167 recipes for garlic potatoes, tiramisu, artichoke pasta, grilled polenta, basked goose, and much more. 168 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-86541-038-0. Order #: FILT7688 paper$15.95

 

HEALTH, WEALTH AND PLEASURE IN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO. by F.C. Nims.
Early guidebook to scenery along Denver and Rio Grande Railway, with towns and forts and includes scenic attractions, wildlife, Native Americas, and economic activity at the time of its 1881 printing. Intent was to promote rail passenger use and was the first of many similar releases. Reprint from 1881, released in this form as a centennial edition. Illustrated with 19th century engravings, 129 pages.
ISBN:0-89013-126-0. 1978. Covers lightly scuffed. Order#: MUNM0899 paper$5.95.

 

HELEN HUNT JACKSON: selected Colorado writings. Helen Hunt Jackson. In this collection, Professor Mark I. West introduces the modern reader to Jackson's travel descriptions, fiction and poetry. These selections were written and published while she lived in Colorado Springs and have as their subject either frontier life in Colorado, or the natural beauty of the area.
ISBN: 978-0-86541-064-0. Order #: FILT5883 paper$12.95.

 

 

HI-COUNTRY: Rocky Mountain West Pictorial Annual. Colorado Magazine. 
Peaks, Indian ruins, rivers, seasons, ghost towns: Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah. 63 color photos (no text), 64 large-format pages.
Inventory =96.  ISBN: None. Order#: TITS1490 paper$3.95/90*

 

 

JEEP TRAILS TO COLORADO GHOST TOWNS. by Robert L. Brown.
Directions and road character to reach 59 ghost towns in Colorado, with the stories of mining and other events that happened in each to generate their development. Many had large populations and in several some residents remain while others are true ghosts of their former selves. Tells of fires, churches and post offices, railroads and stories of the men and women who left their marks. Abundant historical and modern photographs of the sites, map, 245pages, index.
ISBN: 9780-087004-021-4. 2009. Order #: CAXT2692 paper$12.95.

 

JOHN DENVER (1943-1997): man for the world. Stansfield.
Singer, songwriter, world-renowned performer, and humanitarian. Biography of popular songster from youth through career, with timeline of events. Includes index and sources. 112 pages, illustrated.
ISBN: 978-0-86541-088-6. Order #: FILT8575 paper$8.95.

 

 

LONGS PEAK: Rocky Mountain National Park. by Glen Kaye.
This tall and dominating mountain summit attracts some 10,000 hikers to its top every year. With this guide you can learn of the history of its early climbs, how the mountain came to be, what glaciers did to it and of its special tundra and timberline habitats. There are 100 or more trails to the top; here uis described the main route of 8 miles one way with a climb from the trailhead at the Longs Peak Ranger Station at 9,400 feet to the 14,255 foot suumit. Water sources (few) are given and the route is described.; allowing 13 hours for the trip is suggested. Map, color photos, 24 pages.
ISBN: 0-930487-08-7. Order #: ROMN9688 paper$3.50.

 

 

LUMPY RIDGE and ESTES PARK ROCK CLIMBS. by Scott Kimball.
Gives a short climbing history of this Colorado region including eastern Rocky Mountain National Park, with geology, weather factors, equipment to use, and climb ratings and rating system. The guide is arranged with the major climbs sorted into areas of Lumpy Ridge, Estes Valley Rocks, The Crags, The High Mountains (including Longs Peak). A chapter compares the various climbs by handholds, climbing technique, or feature, and there is a listing of first ascents. Photographs and maps detail the routes and pitches with grade ratings for each section. 1854 pages, index.
ISBN: None. 1986. Order #: CHOC7570 vinyl$14.95.

 

THE McCARTYS--They Rode with Butch Cassidy. by E. Richard Churchill.
Records the misdeeds of an exciting and colorful bunch of outlaws through Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, and Oregon. "They were the "Wild Bunch" who terrified the Southwest 1880-90s. Cattle rustling, bank robberies, posse-avoiding, flights, gunfights, prison are all related. Photographs, 44 pages, index.
Check stock. ISBN: 0-913488-02-X. Order #: TIMB0762 paper$3.95.

 

 

MAPS OF PROVEN POTENTIAL GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS IN COLORADO.
Analytical placer gold mining results. Maps, 4 pages.
ISBN: None. No date. Order#: CARS2216 map$3.95.

NEEDLE MOUNTAINS/ENGINEER MOUNTAINS map of hiking & jeep trails, old mine camps.
Topographic map includes Weminuche Pass, Stony Pass, Columbine Pass, Chicago Basin, Hermosa Creek. Shows hiking trails in green; jeep trails in red. Many other features-lakes, peaks, streams, towns, ski area appear on the base map. Scale: 1" = 1 mile; contour interval = 100 feet. Size = 22" N-S x 34" E-W. Shipped folded: 6" x 7.5"
ISBN: None. Order #: BECR5782 vinyl $8.95.

 

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: backcountry by automobile. by Dick Dixon.
Scenic auto tours on back roads centered near Salida, Colorado: Ute Trail, St. Elmo, Marshall Pass, Tincup, Spiral Drive, Monarch Pass, more. Gives history of routes, scenes, driving directions, remnants of former railroads and their tunnels, Organized as six trips, with appendixes listing roads & passes, the towns, and the railroads plus a bibliography Photographs and maps, 48 pages. 1986.
ISBN: 936564-33-4. 1986. Order #: LILO5001 paper$4.95.

 

 

A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF CRIPPLE CREEK. by Leland Feitz.
Colorado mining town began with discovery of gold in 1890, to become a thriving city and now a living ghost town of its former self--until its gambling revival.. Cripple Creek at one time had 10 newspapers.100 historical photos with captions showing buildings, railroads, horse team freighters, horse-drawn wagons, parades, and the interiors of businesses and homes as well as mines and miners and overviews of the town..48 large-format pages, 1990.
 ISBN: 0936564-37-7.Order #: LILO3439 paper$7.95.

 

PLATARO: Colorado mining camp and resort town. by Leland Feitz.
In Spanish, plataro means silver and oro means gold, hence the name of this mining camp that evolved into a summer getaway. Mining history, floods on the Conejos River, dam construction, ore-processing mills, fire, early tourism and its growth, hunting and fishing in early days. 40 historical photos, 32 pages, maps.
ISBN: None. 1969. Order #: LILO4995 paper$4.95.

PRESERVATION EASEMENTS: a legal mechanism for protecting cultural resources. by State Historical Society of Colorado.
A technical report for use by professionals in the field of finding mechanisms such as easements for protecting heritage properties. Numerous appendixes providig forms and letters for use in applying for easements.176 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-942576-28-4  1984. Scuffed covers Order #: COHI3345 paper$27.50.

 

 

RAILROADS OF COLORADO (Colorado Traveler Guidebook): a guide to narrow gauge and modern trains. by P. R. Griswold.
As more and more gold and other minerals were discovered in Colorado, the challenge became how to economically transport it back East. With trains, of course! But you will be amazed at the routes the tracks had to take. Fun to ride, fun to read about too. 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-55838-088-4. Order #: AMTR4603 paper$6.95.

 

 

 

ROADSIDE GEOLOGY OF COLORADO. by Halka Chronic & Felicie Williams.
Nontechnical guide introduces the history of Colorado;s mountains, plateaus, and plains plus fossils, rocks, and time formations. Tours Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Rocky Mountain National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Great Sand Dunes, Mesa Verde, and Florissant Fossil Beds. 412 pages, maps, drawings, charts, photos.
ISBN: 0-87842-447-4. 2nd edition. Order #: MOPR9033 paper$20.00.

 

 

ROADSIDE HISTORY OF COLORADO. by Candy Moulton.
Sights and stories along Colorado's roads and highways past ancient pueblos, mining boom and ghost towns, frontier forts, and modern ski resorts.297 pages, photos, and maps.
ISBN: 0-87842-520-9. Order #: MOPR1133 paper$20.00.

 

 

 

ROCKHOUNDING COLORADO.
ISBN: 978-17627-2850-3. Order #: GLPE3795 paper$19.95.

 

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOLD 'N GEM ATLAS. by Bob and Cy Johnson.
28 maps of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and British Columbia show localities where gems, fossils, petrified wood, various minerals, and gold have been found. Locates mining districts and includes rock shops. Shown are places for fossil squid, barite roses, agates, turquoise, geodes, and more.
ISBN: None. 1984. Order#: CYJO1087 paper$2.50.

 

SAVOR COLORADO COOKBOOK--mountains and Western Slope.
ISBN: 1-932098-07-0. Order #: WIAP6584 paper$24.95.

 

 

 

SCENES OF THE PLATEAU LANDS and how they came to be. by Wm. Lee Stokes.
Geologic origin of rock formations in the Four Corners country of  Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. The scenery of this region is unusual, perhaps even unique in the world, and although the processes that formed the landscape are the same forces of wind and rain for erosion and gentler slopes for deposition, because of nature of the rocks and the weather here special forms have been created. Author explains natural bridges, spires, fossilized dinosaurs, slot canyons, table mesas, and more.. Sketches, 74 pages.
ISBN: None. 1980. Order #: SIST1906 paper$3.95.

 

SKIING THE ROCKIES. by Charlie Meyers.
Near-paradise on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, Montana, Utah, New Mexico at Aspen, Vail, Alta, Sun Valley, Taos, and in between. Abundant scenes of skiers in deep powder, skier racing, winter nature scenes. For fortunate souls, recalls past days in snowy glory and is an incentive for those still to enjoy the same. 105 color photos, 128 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-912856-60-2. 1980. Order#: GRAR0580 cloth$29.50.

 

 

SKIING: a guide to the Colorado High Country. by Eleanor H. Ayer.
History of skiing in Colorado--from pioneers and miners, ski-jumping in the early days, Winter Park Ski Train, rope tows and T-bars, ski troops during World War II at Camp Hale near Vail, early competitions at Aspen, development of Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, and Winter Park along with Aspen as some of the earliest lift-served ski areas, rejection of Winter Olympics. Capsule descriptions of all the Colorado ski areas and a map showing their locations. Color photographs, 48 pages.
Inventory =1. ISBN: 0-939650-73-8. 1987.Order #: AMTR7600 paper$3.95.

 

 

 

 

TICKET TO TOLTEC: a mile by mile guide for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. by Doris B. Osterwald.
Your personal guide for America's longest and highest steam railroad. Line runs along the high and winding route across Cumbres Pass between the Colorado town of Antonito and Chama, New Mexico. Descriptions of sites along the way, arranged by mile. A thorough description and history. 128 pages, 9 x 12, color and black-and-white photographs, maps, references, table, glossary..
ISBN: 0-931788-27-7. 1991. Order #: WEGU6378 paper$10.95.

 

 

TO THE PIKE'S PEAK GOLD FIELDS, 1859. by Leroy R. Hafen,
The Pike's Peak gold rush of 1859 into Colorado attracted as many gold seekers as that of 1849 into California. Presents gold rush diaries chronicling the struggles, dreams, and heartaches of those who traveled the overland routes to seek untold riches.
ISBN: 978-0-8032-7341-2. Order #: UNNE1843 paper$19.95.

 

 

TOP OF THE HILL. by Morris Taylor.
An Arapahoe Indian lad ponders the meaning of his life should his aged grandfather die. A story suited for young readers about two friends, one very young, the other very old, and their separation by death.
ISBN: 978-0-87961-183-5. Order #: NAGR9703 paper$4.95.

 

TOUCHING TOMORROW: the Emily Griffith story. Debra Faulkner.
In-depth biography of Emily Griffith, trailblazing educator, reformer, and social activist. Emily Griffith's life story is as intriguing as it is inspiring. From teaching in a one-room schoolhouse on the Nebraska prairie to founding Denver's ongoing and thriving Opportunity School, Miss Emily pursued her vision for all who wish to learn. 150 pages, illus.
ISBN: 978-0-86541-078-7. Order #: FILT8569 paper$12.95.

 

TRACKING DINOSAURS IN THE WESTERN US (A TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO). (Rocky Mountain Traveler Guidebook). by Bill Panczner. The Rocky Mountains and surrounding areas contain some of the biggest and best preserved dinosaur remains on earth. This book describes the types that have been found, where they were located, and the museums that display them. 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-55838-149-X. Order #: AMTR7602 paper$6.95.

 

 

TRIAL & TRIUMPH: a quick history of Denver. by Gayle Turk.
Introduction by newsman Carl Akers. Organized into four pivotal periods: gold, pride and prosperity, shattered visions, poverty and progress. Includes origins following 1859 discovery of gold In Colorado, historical buildings some of which still stand, streetcars, the stock show, 1918 Spanish flu, parades (including Ku Klux Clan), and much more. Historical photographs, 56 pages.
ISBN: None. 1978. Pages partly wrinkled. Order #:LILO0761 paper$4.95.

 

 

UNSINKABLE: The Molly Brown Story. Joyce Lohse.
Heroine of the Titanic sinking and philanthropist. Margaret 'Molly' Brown's life was the stuff of legends. The heroine of the Titanic disaster was also a business woman, art collector, social and political activist and philanthropist during her full life. As she said of others, she had "a heart as big as a ham." 2007 EVVY Award from Colorado Independent Publishers Association for second place in Juvenile category.
ISBN: 978-0-86541-081-7. Order #: FILT4786 paper$8.95.

 

UP LONG'S PEAK IN 1873--with Rocky Mountain Jim. by Lady Isabella A. Bird.
In 1873 Lady Bird had herself a grand world tour from her native England. She stopped long at Estes Park, adjacent to what is now Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park. Was it the marvelous mountain scenery that held her there? Or her guide, Rocky Mountain Jim? On her tour she wrote letters to her sister back home, and these were later collected into the now-classic A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. Up Long's Peak, of course, comes from the larger volume, abridged so as to center just on Estes Park and Long's Peak, in the area of what is today Rocky Mountain National Park. Visitors to the park region today can learn through this first-hand account of an early appreciation of America's wilderness heritage. Illustrations are by master landscape painters Albert Bierstadt (for whom a lake in the park is named), Thomas Moran, and others from both the original 1879 work and other sources. 24 little pages.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-023-1. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-023-2. Order #: VIST0023 paper$29.50.

UTE PASS: a quick history. Pettit.
Including Cascade, Chipita Park, Crystola, Woodland Park, Green Mountain ?Falls, & Divide. 64 p. illus. 1979.
ISBN: None. Order #: LILO3786 paper$7.95

 

 

 

VICTOR: a quick history of Colorado's "City of Mines".
One of the greatest of all gold mining towns. 70 photos, 48 pages. 1969.
ISBN: 0-636564-13-X. 1969. b/w cover.   Separate edition from title LILO5271Order #: LILO0755 paper$4.95.

 

VICTOR: a quick history--Colorado's City of Mines. by Leland Feitz.
Colorado's "City of Mines", one of greatest gold mining towns, located at the extreme south end of Cripple Creekr, making a trip here a "two-for-one." At one point in time Victor was served by three railroads and an electric street car line and had a population of 55,000 around 1900, including 8,000 miners. Includes the story of the fire that leveled Victor and how the town was rebuilt. ells of labor wars and the people of Victor. 70 photos, mainly historical, 48 pages. 1969.
ISBN: 0-936564-13-X. 1969, separate edition from title LILO0755, newer cover.  Order #: LILO5271 paper$5.95.

 

THE WALLS TALK: historic house museums of Colorado. by Patricia Werner.
Presents 37 stories of special Colorado houses in Front Range areas and on the western slope: Eaton House, Barney Ford House, Bloom Ranch, Cozens Ranch and Stage Stop, Molly Brown House, Rosemount Museum, Tabor House of Leadville, and more. Includes insights into the lives of those who lived in these now historic places. 239 large-format pages, photographs.
ISBN: 978-0-8654-095-4. Order #: FILT8563 paper$16.95.

 

WESTERN TREES. by George A. Petrides & Olivia Petrides.
Covers 387 species--all the native trees of western North America plus introduced species that have escaped from cultivation. Provides descriptions and rage maps with keys that give step-by-step clues to identifying even leafless trees. Trees are arranged in six groups according to leaf patterns and other conspicuous characteristics. 47 painted color plates show leaves, flowers, and other distinctive features of each tree, emphasizing details that may not show clearly in a photograph, 308 pages, index. A Peterson Field Guide.
ISBN: 0-395-46729-2. 1992. Order #: HOMI2695 paper$15.95.

 

WHO POOPED IN THE PARK? Rocky Mountain National Park. by Gary D. Robson.
Sometimes the animals that live in the park are hard to find--but you can almost always find their poop. Discover poop (scat), footprints (tracks), and learn which animals made them. For children. Animals included: bighorn sheep, black bear, coyote, elk, great horned owl, horse, marmot, mountain lion, mule deer, snowshoe hare. Color drawings, 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-5603-320-2. 2005. Order #: FARC6619 paper$9.95.

WILDLIFE OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. by Vinson Brown, Charles Yocom, and Aldine Starbuck. Includes common plants and habitats, mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Covers wide region of eastern Washington and Oregon, Idaho, western Wyoming, and the Great Basin areas of Nevada, Utah, and western Colorado. Also describes the varied habitats of grasslands, semi-desert scrub, alkali flats and salt lakes, desert streamside woodland, pinyon-juniper, sandy areas, rocks and cliffs, and more. Drawings of species, 144 pages.
Inventory=2. ISBN: 0-911010-14-9. Order #: NAGR3767 paper$10.95.

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AT A NEW MINING CAMP: Creede of Colorado, 1892. by Richard Harding Davis.
Today Creede is a "ghost" town in southwestern Colorado (the italics because today's residents don't like being called ghosts), a remnant of its former size and glory. But author Davis reports it when activity there seemed circus-like. At the1892 time Creede was growing rapidly to a population of 8,000. The town was rip-roaring, and this account helps us understand the bustle as well as the unbounded hope and optimism at the site of a new mining boom. Reprinted from 19th century originals. Period illustrations, 32 little pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-018-5. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-018-8. Order #: VIST0018 paper$3.95.



THE BUFFALO. by Colonel Henry Inman with "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
America nearly lost its buffalo (or bison, to be more accurate), but in an early conservation effort a small herd was retained. This has now grown into a sizable population, which recall to us the vast herds that once roamed and even blackened the plains. This story, however, is told by one #who at one point in his career was actively engaged in slaughtering the animals. They were a nuisance that got in the way of the new trains, and, besides, eliminating buffaloes might help in subduing Indians. Life habits of the animal are given as well, and what better way to learn of the place in our history of the buffalo than by reading an account by one of the principals in their history. Reprinted from 1898.
Illustrations are by Frederic Remington and others. 48 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-028-2. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-028-7.  Order #: VIST0028 paper$4.95.

BUFFALO BILL POSTER.
Portrait of Colonel W.F. Cody from a pre-1900 poster printed in purple, yellow, and sepia on heavy stock, 11 "  15".
ISBN-10: 0-89646-093-2. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-093-5. Order #: VIST0093 poster$3.95.






BUFFALO BILL'S TRUE TALES. by William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
Buffalo Bill remains known and of interest because he typifies the romantic figure of the American West. His Wild West shows, a mixture of rodeo and circus along with real-life history, spread his fame, dramatizing this frontiersman as a super rider and top marksman. To us moderns, reading how Cody could be both an Indian killer and a friend of the Indian people might be hard to grasp, but it is important to grasp to better understand the nature of the frontier. Indian Chief Sitting Bull, for instance, and Buffalo Bill had stood against each other in matters of war, but toured in the Wild West show together! Also here are his tales as a Pony Express rider, buffalo hunter, and riding his horse for their lives. This is Bill's story, in his words; and yet, as an American, it is your story, too. Period illustrations, with a color cover, 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-022-3. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-098-0. Order #: VIST0098 paper$3.95. 

THE CAÑONS OF THE COLORADO--the 1869 discovery voyage down the Colorado River. by Major John Wesley Powell.
Note the word ca�ons in the title would today be spelled canyons but we have preserved the usage from the time when this voyage was made and written about by the major himself.
From Wyoming, into Colorado, through Utah, to Arizona and the Grand Canyon, and to Nevada--this was the journey of the "Colorado River Exploring Expedition", what Powell called his group of 9 men and 4 boats as they began charting what was the last major unexplored part of the then United States. The trip was not only scientific in its goals, but it naturally became a grand adventure, with two of their party opting to leave the expedition before attempting a furious cascade, only to be killed by Indians. Much of the land and scenery which they drifted or dashed past is today included in National Park System areas. Illustrations are by Thomas Moran and others. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-059-2. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-059-1. Order #: VISeT0059 paper$4.95.

THE CITY OF DENVER, 1888: an early history of "The Queen City of the Plains". by Edwards Roberts.
Here is Denver at a time when the Centennial State of Colorado was only 12 years old. It is a story of mines, railroads, cattle and sheep, of cowboys, prospectors, bankers, merchants, and politicians--the resources from the region and the personalities that brought them together at this city on the plains at the base of the Rockies. The city itself had had fewer than 50 residents during the winter of 1858-59, but already by 1888 public and private buildings, urban and suburban districts, parks and schools had been built and arranged around a transportation system of rail, trolley, horse, and foot. It was a system that had "fit", unlike today's transportation system. It must have been an exciting period! There are also glimpses of satellite cities--Golden, Boulder, Central City, Black Hawk, Georgetown, and Leadville. Reprinted from Harper's Magazine. Illustrated with period engravings, 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-006-1. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-006-5. Order #: VIST0006paper$3.95.

CRIPPLE CREEK 1900--a Colorado mining camp. by Francis Lynde.
Cripple Creek got a later start than most of the West's famous mining camps. In fact, many of its predecessors had already played out by 1891 when the Golconda was uncovered here. Tells how Cripple Creek got its name, gives history of nearby Pikes Peak, explains the mines and their mechanization. Because the industrial revolution was at peak in America in 1900, the technology of railway, electricity, and steam drilling could be applied at Cripple Creek. Reading this account helps us understand how Colorado and other Western states which had mineral resources were able to get a good and early start on their development, albeit at the expense of the Cripple Creeks, which were destined to bust just as they had been destined to boom. Period illustrations, 20 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
IISBN-10: 0-89646-080-0. 1987. Order #: VIST0080 paper$3.95.

NOTECARDS--Colorado Rockies:
Mount of the Holy Cross--14,0005 feet. by Thomas Moran 1874.
Longs Peak--14,255 feet. by Thomas Moran 1874.
Grays Peak--14,270 feet. 1874.
Pikes Peak--14109 feet. by Thomas Moran, 1874.
Mountain scenery etchings are reproduced from artistic--now historical--engravings published in books from the 1870s, such as VistaBooks has often used in its own reprints. Notecards are 4 1/2" wide by 6" tall when folded, black on cream-colored stock. Insides are blank, providing 2 1/2 pages of writing space. Set includes 8 notecards (2 scenes each of the 4 shown) with 8 matching envelopes in a re-sealable plastic bag.
Inventory = out of stock but with interest could be made available. ISBN-10: 0-89646-091-6. Order #: VIST0091 notecards$9.95. See more...

SILVER SAN JUAN: the mines and high scenery in Colorado's southwest mountains--in 1882. by Ernest Ingersoll.
Presents early sketches of this region where the Colorado Rocky Mountains culminate in their grandest scenic display, including Silverton, Rico, Animas Canyon, Capitol City, Lake City. Although mines and mining are the prime topic in this early history, and the writing gives a good picture of mining in the mountain West, the author admired the landscapes greatly, too. It was a time for that in America, when national pride in Western grandeur was swelling. Silver San Juan was a great place for such pride, for the region has been called "The Switzerland of America". Most of the region's minerals have now been removed, but the economic input from that source is replaced by tourists who come enthusiastically in numbers. For those who want to know the background of the region they visit, this book is for them. Reprinted from 1882. Illustrations by Thomas Moran and others. 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-025-8. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-025-6. Order #: VIST0025 paper$3.95.

THE WILD SHEEP. by John Muir.
Here the early naturalist-writer glorifies the mountain sheep, or bighorn, of the Sierra Nevada. In Muir's time (1881 is the date of this writing), sheep were still to be seen on his High Sierra rambles. He notes the distribution of sheep and their various species as well as their physical characteristics, and he also describes their mountain home where they lived, "the happy wanderers, perhaps relishing the beauty as well as the taste of the lovely flora on which they feed." But as always his finest sections are where he describes the sheep themselves and how they move about on cliff walls, fine four-legged mountaineers. Today, park and wildlife agencies are reestablishing populations of wild sheep in the Sierra Nevada and elsewhere, and we may thank Muir in part for this, as his writing helped keep our appreciation alive for them. Reviewed by Chief Park Naturalists at Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Period engravings. 32 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-017-7. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-017-1. Order #: VIST0017 paper$3.95.

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