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Lynching in Colorado, 1859-1919
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Lynching in Colorado, 1859-1919
by Stephen Leonard

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-230) and index....
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Ritual Ground
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Ritual Ground
by Douglas C Comer

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"An extraordinary work. . . . ("Ritual Ground) is provocative and bristles in many places with interesting ideas. It should stimulate a good deal of discussion and debate."--Don D. Fowler, University of Nevada "Throughout the text, Bent's Old Fort...
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Creating Colorado: The Making of a Western American Landscape, 1860-1940
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Creating Colorado: The Making of a Western American Landscape, 1860-1940
by William Wyckoff

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Sprawling Piedmont cities, ghost towns on the plains, earth-toned placitas set against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, mining camps transformed into ski resorts -- these are some of the diverse regions in Colorado explored in this fascinating book...
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The Griffith Family & the Founding of Georgetown
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The Griffith Family & the Founding of Georgetown
by Liston Leyendecker

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The Griffith Family and the Founding of Georgetown describes two years (1859-1861) in the lives of the Griffiths and how they attempted to tame an isolated wilderness and harvest its mineral riches. A decade before Georgetown came to be known as Colorado'...
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Old Fences, New Neighbors
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Old Fences, New Neighbors
by Peter Decker

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An account of Ouray County, Ridgway, and the unexpected and uninvited external forces that suddenly descended on a sleepy agricultural community where three generations of farmers and ranchers had tended to their crops and livestock through the rhythms...
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Roadside History of Colorado (Roadside History)
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Roadside History of Colorado (Roadside History)
by Candy Moulton

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Colorado's roads wind through country that is steeped in history, sometimes tracing routes with a history of their own, from the Santa Fe Trail to the Million Dollar Highway. But no matter where you roam in this beautiful state, this book can guide you...
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Colorado's Colorful Characters
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Colorado's Colorful Characters
by Gladys Bueler

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Vignettes of colorful individuals who have had an impact on Colorado's history, including Zebulon Pike, Chief Ouray, Horace Tabor, Mollie Brown, Nicholas Creede, and cannibal Alferd Packer, whose judge said, "There was seven Democrats in Hinsdale County...
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Colorado (North America)
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Colorado (North America)
by Tanya Lloyd

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As expansive as America itself, this outstanding series captures outstanding views of panoramic landscapes, brilliant city skylines, and picturesque communities -- 96 pages and 70 stunning images by internationally renowned photographers, plus...
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This Soldier Life: The Diaries of Romine H. Ostrander, 1863 and 1865, in Colorado Territory (Colorado History)
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This Soldier Life: The Diaries of Romine H. Ostrander, 1863 and 1865, in Colorado Territory (Colorado History)
by Romine H Ostrander

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Diaries of a private in the First Colorado Cavalry, a young man full of angst, wistfulness and sometimes caustic wit who writes of the Civil War, Lee's surrender, the Sand Creek Massacre, and his own encounters with Arapahos, Cheyennes, Comanches...
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Canyon Spirits: Beauty and Power in the Ancestral Puebloan World
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Canyon Spirits: Beauty and Power in the Ancestral Puebloan World
by John L. Ninnemann

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The beauty of the canyons and mesas of the Colorado Plateau and the lives of the resourceful people that once occupied these now nearly empty places are the subject of the eighty-five black-and-white photographs and accompanying essays in Canyon Spirits....
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Outlaw Tales of Colorado: True Stories of Colorado's Notorious Robbers, Rustlers, and Bandits (Outlaw Tales)
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Outlaw Tales of Colorado: True Stories of Colorado's Notorious Robbers, Rustlers, and Bandits (Outlaw Tales)
by Jan Murphy

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This book includes lively true stories about colorful characters who committed crimes throughout the state during its early immigration and settlement years (1850-1920) Among these outlaws are a mountain man murderess gunslinger con man train...
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Boys at the Bar: Antics of a Vanishing Breed of Cowboys and Hellions
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Boys at the Bar: Antics of a Vanishing Breed of Cowboys and Hellions
by Sureva Towler

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They are always there, raging, rumbling, and ruminating on the spirit of the West they say has been lost to cappuccino bars, environmental wackos, and yuppies. They are the Boys at the Bar--and you'll probably call them lots of names, not all of them...
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Citizen Quigg: A Mayor's Life of Civic Service
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Citizen Quigg: A Mayor's Life of Civic Service
by Mark S Foster

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Quigg Newton was the beloved mayor of Denver in the late 1940s and later the President of the University of Colorado. His distinguished career and contributions to civil service and academia and carefully chronicled in Mayor Quigg Newton by Mark S...
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Whiteout Lost in Aspen
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Whiteout Lost in Aspen
by Ted Conover

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Irreverent, poignant, and revealing, this meditation on the sweet temptation of wealth and the vainglorious quest for paradise as they exist in Aspen, Colorado, features a "cast of characters (that) includes such barn-size satirical targets as exclusive...
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Drifting West: The Calamities of James White and Charles Baker
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Drifting West: The Calamities of James White and Charles Baker
by Virginia Mc Simmons

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This enjoyable account delves into the true history of the exploits of two young friends who drifted into the West with the nineteenth century's westward expansion, one of whom is said to have accidentally traversed the Grand Canyon on a makeshift raft...
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Colorado: A Photographic Tour (Photographic Tour)
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Colorado: A Photographic Tour (Photographic Tour)
by Ted Landphair

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Colorado—land of golden aspens, majestic canyons, and sparkling, snow-capped mountains, of cool, clear streams where bear and elk, bison and beaver, coyotes and mountain lions come to drink—is a nature-lovers paradise. Colorado is a place...
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Across the Great Divide
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Across the Great Divide
by Abbott Fay

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Abbott Fay, Colorado's noted historian and author of I Never Knew That About Colorado, shares 101 unique stories of places and people during Western Colorado's early days. Did you know that: -- Several explorers claimed a wooden sailing ship was found...
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Colorado 1870-2000 Revisited: The History Behind the Images
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Colorado 1870-2000 Revisited: The History Behind the Images
by Thomas Noel

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The Colorado Book
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The Colorado Book
by Eleanor M Gehres

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This special collection of writings and illustrations is dedicated to the Colorado spirit; a cross between a literary anthology, a historical anthology and a Colorado scrap book, The Colorado Book is the perfect bedside companion. More than 150 authors...
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Colorado Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series)
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Colorado Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series)
by Pam Grout

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Let popular travel writer Pam Grout introduce you to Colorado's weirdest, wackiest, and most outrageous people, places, and things. Read about Telluride's New Sheridan Hotel, which promises to pay for a guest's funeral if they die while staying there...
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