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Out where the west begins: Volume 2, Creating and civilizing the American West
By Philip Anschutz, Philip F. Anschutz. 2017
This second volume in the Out Where the West Begins series profiles more than one hundred influential men and women--political…
and military leaders, religious thinkers, civil rights proponents, suffragettes, African American pioneers, writers and artists, explorers and surveyors, architects, inventors, innovators, medical professionals, and conservationists--who together wove the story of early western frontier AmericaRolling with the press: a publisher's journey
By Suzanne Barrett, Edward Lehman. 2016
Edward Lehman's work life began as a paperboy and culminated as owner/publisher of five Colorado newspapers. His professional life also…
included years as a police reporter, Deputy District Attorney for Denver, private trial attorney, and a Colorado State Legislator. In this memoir Lehman documents his personal story and newspaper career, spanning much of the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries and reflection sweeping changes in society, reporting, technology, communication, and business managementBrothels, bordellos & bad girls: prostitution in Colorado, 1860-1930
By Jan MacKell. 2004
In pioneer Colorado, mining was the principal occupation, and men outnumbered women more than twenty to one. As a result,…
prostitution thrived. The author provides a detailed overview of the business between 1860 and 1930, focusing her research on the mining towns of Cripple Creek, Salida, Colorado City and similar boomtown communities. She documents the movements of the women over the course of their careers, uncovering work histories, medical problems and numerous relocations from town to town. She traces many to their graves, through years filled with abuse, disease, narcotics, and violenceSeasons on a ranch
By Cynthia Vannoy-Rhoades. 1986
King Philip, Wampanoag rebel: Wampanoag Rebel (North American Indians of Achievement Ser.North American Indians of Achievement)
By Joe Roman, Joseph Roman. 1992
Going over east: reflections of a woman rancher
By Linda M Hasselstrom. 2001
Gate by gate, Linda Hasselstrom guides readers through the physical and emotional landscape of going over east to summer pasture.…
With each stop, she makes a nostalgic foray into the past, discusses the routine demands of her family's cow-calf operation, pays loving tribute to a favorite old horse, celebrates the wildlife and silent dignity of deserted homesteads, or hurls a diatribe at the forces threatening the future of the land and of her small South Dakota ranch. And finally, in her new epilogue, she offers readers a look at the distance she and the land have traveled since this book was first published in 1987Chief Gall: Sioux war chief
By Jane Shumate. 1995
Chief Gall played a vital role in one of the most brutal conflicts to beset the American West. Strong, proud,…
and eloquent, this Sioux patriot led his people into Native America's last stand: the ferocious battle for control of the western plains. For grades 4-7Rough beauty: forty seasons of mountain living
By Karen Auvinen. 2018
Memoir by the award-winning poet Karen Auvinen describes how she flees to a primitive cabin in the Rockies to live…
in solitude as a writer and to embrace all the beauty and brutality nature has to offer. When a fire incinerates every word she has ever written and all of her possessions--except for her beloved dog Elvis, her truck, and a few singed artifacts--Auvinen embarks on a journey to reconcile her desire to be alone with her need for community. Some descriptions of sex and strong languageC is for centennial: a Colorado alphabet (Discover America State by State. Alphabet Series)
By Louise Doak Whitney, Helle Urban. 2002
In an A to Z format with short rhyming verse, the author gives young readers nuggets of information about the…
Centennial State's landscape, animals, and history. Longer expository passages let older readers sift through interesting facts about the state. For grades K-3An owl on every post
By Sanora Babb. 2012
The author was seven when her parents began to homestead an isolated 320-acre farm on the Eastern Plains of Colorado.…
She experienced pioneer life in a one-room dugout, eye-level with the land where her family fought for their lives against drought, crop-failure, starvation, and almost unfathomless loneliness. A true story of a prairie childhood that reveals the courage, pride, determination, and love that allowed her family to prevail over total despair. Some strong languageC is for Colorado: Written by Kids for Kids (See-My-State Alphabet Book)
By Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. 2012
This state-oriented ABC book features couplets written by kids with each letter of the alphabet highlighting a unique aspect of…
Colorado's natural beauty and lively culture with a place, animal, plant, or activity. In addition, the "Who Knew?" section gives parents, teachers, and older children a deeper understanding of the topic covered by each letter. For grades K-3Ann Bassett: Colorado's cattle queen
By Linda Wommack. 2017
Biography of Anna Marie Bassett (1878-1956), the first white child born in the notorious outlaw region of Colorado known as…
Brown's Park. She knew outlaws such as Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Elza Lay. This account of "Colorado's Cattle Queen" is told largely in her own words and supported by friends and enemies alikeMy ranch, too: A Wyoming Memoir
By Mary Budd Flitner. 2018
In this memoir of life in the Wyoming high country, Flitner offers an authentic glimpse into the daily realities of…
ranch life. Some of Flitner's recollections are humorous and lighthearted. Others take a darker turn. The ranch is not Filtner's alone to run, as she is quick to acknowledge. Everybody pitches in, but when Mary takes the responsibility of gathering a herd of cattle or makes solo rounds at the crack of dawn to check on the livestock, there is no doubt that this is indeed her ranch, too. 2018. Some strong languageTen miles from Aspen: life at the Lodge in the 60s and 70s
By Joanne Brand. 2018
The true story of the author's experience on a guest ranch high in the Rocky Mountains during the 1960s and…
'70s. With a self-proclaimed appreciation and love for the Rocky Mountains, Brand exposes the other side of the world-renowned ski resort of Aspen, Colorado -- not all glitz and glamour, but the year-round struggles of rustic mountain living against the backdrop of an exploding new culture sweeping the country. 2010. AdultGhost stories of the Rocky Mountains: Volume II (Ghost Stories #27)
By Barbara Smith, Shelagh Kubish. 2003
This collection of paranormal tales from the Rocky Mountain states of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico recounts…
more than three dozen stories, including a ghost seen cleaning up the site of the 1903 Frank Slide; Idaho's phantom white stallion that rescues people lost in the high country; a ghostly bookworm in Colorado who haunts a used bookstore; and more. 2003Ghost stories of the Rocky Mountains: Volume I (Ghost Stories #2)
By Barbara Smith, Volker Bodegom. 1999
Haunting tales from the high country include mysteries surrounding many well-known buildings and landmarks with over four dozen stories from…
Little Bighorn, Cheyenne, Santa Fe, Denver, Butte, Salt Lake City, and more. 1999Below the rimrocks: a story of the early days in Paradox Valley, Colorado
By Kathryn McGaughey. 2003
A person who lived in the Paradox Valley of Colorado during the Great Depression writes of the area's history, including…
its exploration, habitation by Native Americans and early settlers, and her own experiences living on a farm there. She brings to life the plain folk who coped with a harsh lifestyle, murderous villains, overbearing land holders, cattle rustlers, and more, all below the rimrocksMark Twain's own autobiography: the chapters from the North American review (Studies in American Autobiography)
By Mark Twain, Michael J. Kiskis. 1990
A candid first-hand account of Mark Twain's life and times. This colorful biography tells his story in a series of…
anecdotes and descriptions as only Mark Twain could tell it. It analyzes his joys, sorrows and triumphs in an in-depth personal way