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Pub. Date
1999.
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Wilson Rockwell presents twenty-two true tales of cowboys, rustlers, politicians, and the often deadly battles of lawmen in Western Colorado during the late 1800's and early 1900's. Read How: * Fishing rights led to a fatal feud on Grand Mesa in the 1890's. * Too much party celebrating set off a fierce 1880's battle between Durango and Farmington gangs. * A Telluride bank president's swindle helped save millions for his customers. * A cowboy shot...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Newly updated by Larry Cebula, this fourth edition of Nearby History is a comprehensive handbook for those interested in investigating the history of communities, families, local institutions, and cultural artifacts. Richly illustrated with photos and documents, Nearby History is an excellent resource for both professionally trained and self-taught historians."
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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Throughout the 1800s, explorers braved brutal weather and hostile enemies, trekking through the towering mountains and fertile valleys on the ragged edge of civilization. These early pioneers built stockades, trading posts, military camps and miniature citadels that would shape the state of Colorado for generations to come. As the settlers struggled to survive desperate times, economic depressions and bloody wars, some of these historic outposts would...
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Pub. Date
2009.
Description
In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world's first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres.
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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The Rocky Mountain region holds a celebrated place in the "wildest" West of both myth and reality-yet this is the first-ever travel guide to the many sites associated with its notorious past, complete with GPS coordinates for the scenes of the crimes. Written with the same fast-paced, gripping style that marked the author's widely praised earlier work, The Crime Buff's Guide to the Outlaw Rockies takes you on a time-traveling tour through the haunts...
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Looking for Alaska" is Jenkins' account of a year-long odyssey in America's last wilderness. From fishing expedition with some of Alaska's Native leaders to an ocean-kayaking trip in the glacier-ridden waters off the northwestern coast, Jenkins delivers a memorable diary of discovery--both of this place that captures maginations, and of himself, all over again.
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