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There is decidedly less pickaxe toting in contemporary Creede than when wild frontiersmen first flooded the gold mines in Colorado. But the pioneering exploits of Colorado history didn’t cease when modern comforts lined the shelves at Denver Dry Goods and luxury hotels opened shop in Durango. Just visit Fort Collins to observe the work of Temple Grandin or watch the laws of physics flex at Lowry Airforce Base. From pristine Rocky Mountain peaks to the deepest incursions of a coal cart, push the limits with our Colorado history books. [View all Colorado books]
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A History of Leadville Theater
A History of Leadville Theater
$16.99
Ghosts of Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak
Ghosts of Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak
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Ghosts of Fort Collins
Ghosts of Fort Collins
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The Denver Folk Music Tradition: An Unplugged History, from Harry Tuft to Swallow Hill and Beyond
The Denver Folk Music Tradition: An Unplugged History, from Harry Tuft to Swallow Hill and Beyond
$16.99
A Brief History of South Denver & University Park
A Brief History of South Denver & University Park
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Vanished Denver Landmarks
Vanished Denver Landmarks
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Wicked Western Slope
Wicked Western Slope
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Hidden History of Denver
Hidden History of Denver
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Colorado's Historic Hotels
Colorado's Historic Hotels
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The Haunted Heart of Denver
The Haunted Heart of Denver
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Haunted Manitou Springs
Haunted Manitou Springs
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A Haunted History of Denver's Croke-Patterson Mansion
A Haunted History of Denver's Croke-Patterson Mansion
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Notorious Telluride
Notorious Telluride
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Boulder
Boulder
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Notorious Jefferson County
Notorious Jefferson County
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Only in Boulder
Only in Boulder
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Forgotten Heroes & Villains of Sand Creek
Forgotten Heroes & Villains of Sand Creek
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Colorado's Historic Churches
Colorado's Historic Churches
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Ghosts & Legends of Colorado’s Front Range
Ghosts & Legends of Colorado’s Front Range
$18.99
Colorado’s Daring Ivy Baldwin
Colorado’s Daring Ivy Baldwin
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Forgotten Tales of Colorado
Forgotten Tales of Colorado
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Hollywood of the Rockies
Hollywood of the Rockies
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Tattered Cover Book Store
Tattered Cover Book Store
$12.99
Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp
Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp
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Forgotten Colorado Silver
Forgotten Colorado Silver
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The Yampa Valley Sin Circuit: Historic Red-Light Districts of Routt and Moffat Counties
The Yampa Valley Sin Circuit: Historic Red-Light Districts of Routt and Moffat Counties
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Colorado’s Deadliest Floods
Colorado’s Deadliest Floods
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Hidden History of Fort Collins
Hidden History of Fort Collins
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Treason in the Rockies
Treason in the Rockies
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Colorado Vanguards:
Colorado Vanguards:
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Lost Ski Areas of Colorado's Central and Southern Mountains
Lost Ski Areas of Colorado's Central and Southern Mountains
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Daniels and Fisher:
Daniels and Fisher:
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Colorado Curiosities
Colorado Curiosities
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Ghosts of Boulder
Ghosts of Boulder
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The History of City Market: The Brothers Four and the Colorado Back Slope Empire
The History of City Market: The Brothers Four and the Colorado Back Slope Empire
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Treason in the Rockies

9781467135375

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Harvard honor alumnus Dale Maple had a promising future, but his obsession with Nazi Germany led to his downfall. Classmates often accused him of pro-Nazi sentiments, and one campus organization even expelled him. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, only to be relegated to a unit of soldiers suspected of harboring German sympathies. He helped two German POWs escape imprisonment at Camp Hale and flee to Mexico. The fugitives ran out of gas seventeen miles from the border and managed to cross it on foot, only to be arrested and returned to American authorities. Convicted and sentenced to death for treason, Maple awaited his fate until President Franklin Roosevelt commuted his sentence to life imprisonment. Ultimately, he was released in 1950. Paul N. Herbert narrates the engrossing details of this riveting story.
Treason in the Rockies

Colorado Vanguards:

9781467119375

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Colorado history is filled with maverick men and women who shaped the state's identity and culture. Trailblazers Zebulon Pike and Stephen Long laid groundwork for the miners, farmers and statesmen who helped the area evolve into a territory and a state. Father of Rocky Mountain National Park Enos Mills and writer Isabella Bird praised the surrounding natural splendor and championed its preservation. Entrepreneurs Otto Mears and William Jackson Palmer linked mines with towns such as Colorado Springs and Telluride, while the innovations of F.O. Stanley and Nikola Tesla energized the state. Author Phyllis J. Perry chronicles the lives of thirty men and women who left their indelible marks on Colorado.
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Lost Ski Areas of Colorado's Central and Southern Mountains

9781626197138

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Colorado's central and southern mountains still draw droves of skiers to the slopes. However, many of the historic runs and areas that were popular over the past century--some near the current resorts of Aspen, Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Purgatory, Telluride and Vail--no longer exist. Local hills like Whittaker Ranch near Eagle featured little more than a rope tow and warming hut. Now underneath Lake Dillon, Prestrud Jump hosted tournaments where Olympian Anders Haugen broke ski-jumping world records. From Lands End near Grand Junction to Sugarite near Trinidad, from swanky Hoosier Pass in Summit County to Stoner in Montezuma County, authors Caryn and Peter Boddie take readers on a tour of the lost ski areas of central and southern Colorado.
Lost Ski Areas of Colorado's Central and Southern Mountains

Daniels and Fisher:

9781626199231

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For 129 years, Daniels and Fisher and May-D&F proudly served the Mile High City. Today, the restored Daniels and Fisher Tower adorns the Sixteenth Street Mall while the I.M. Pei-designed ice-skating rink and hyperbolic paraboloid at May-D&F survive only in memories. The story of these institutions is filled with fascinating characters, including dashing, tower-building William Cooke Daniels; his aristocratic English wife, Cicely; and flamboyant William Zeckendorf, whose city-building dreams outpaced his finances. Generations of Denverites shopped these stores and still remember white-gloved sales ladies, meals served in the D&F Tea Room and views from the observation deck. Join author Mark A. Barnhouse as he brings the spectacular Christmas displays, fantastic fortnights celebrating foreign cultures and Carl Sandell--the seven-foot, five-inch Daniels and Fisher doorman--back to life.
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