Sent west by their father to make a new life, the St. Clair siblings have done so-but hardly as hed wished. Beautiful, headstrong Moira, after pursuing a career on the Paris stage, has returned to Colorado Springs-older, wiser, and certainly much poorer-to see if theres anything left of a relationship shed left behind. Older sister Odessa and her husband, Bryce, are struggling to rebuild their ranch after a devastating winter. And then Nic, the prodigal...
This study takes a fresh look into the lives of families living in the coal camps of southern Colorado between 1890 and the Great Depression. Historian Rick J. Clyne examines the experiences of the men, women, and children who lived and worked in these isolated, company-dominated towns. With the dangerous nature of mining coal a daily reality, the fear of death and injury was pervasive-not only for the miners venturing into the earth day after day,...
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...
Cool, clear streams where bear and elk, bison and beaver, coyotes, and mountain lovers roam freely as nature intended. Colorado is a place where one can still encounter the pristine beauty of the American West. Yet, alongside its astounding host of natural wonders, the state also boasts one of the most modern and fastest growing urban economies. Colorado is a state of extraordinary variety, Aspen Valley is packed with ski resorts, fine restaurants,...
"In Colorado: A Sports History, James Whiteside uses athletics as a historical lens to view the people, culture, business, and politics of Colorado from its original American Indian occupants to the Broncos' Super Bowl victories. This unique new volume demonstrates how sports history can illuminate the business, politics, class, race, gender, mores, and values of a society."--BOOK JACKET.
It's Hell in the high country… When Skye Fargo comes across a dead young man near the town of Cawthorne, Colorado, he figures he'll do the real thing and bring the body to town for burial. But he learns soon enough that dying has been real easy to do in Cawthorne lately. Someone in town has developed a taste for murder—and the Trailsman might just be the next course…
"Making extensive use of archival and other primary sources, David Schorr demonstrates that the development of the 'appropriation doctrine,' a system of private rights in water, was part of a radical attack on monopoly and corporate power in the arid West. Schorr describes how Colorado miners, irrigators, lawmakers, and judges forged a system of private property in water based on a desire to spread property and its benefits as widely as possible among...
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