History of Larimer County, Colorado
History of Larimer County, Colorado

Author: Ansel Watrous

Publisher:

Published: 2014-08-24

Total Pages: 605

ISBN-13: 9781462222742

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Hardcover reprint of the original 1911 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. for quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Watrous, Ansel.History of Larimer County, Colorado. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Watrous, Ansel. History of Larimer County, Colorado, . Fort Collins, Colo.: the Courier Printing & Pub. Co., 1911.Subject: Frontier and Pioneer Life

History of Jelm, Wyoming, Vol. 1
History of Jelm, Wyoming, Vol. 1

Author: Keith Jones

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-04-07

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1312073101

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This is a comprehensive local history of Jelm and The Big Laramie Valley, Wyoming, with a chronological story from 1865 through about 1930, including maps, photos, reminiscences, newspaper clippings and other items, with extensive indexing. It includes the true story of "The Cummins City Caper", wherein one John Cummins created a false gold rush to the area, as well as the story of the creation of Woods Landing. Color cover and Black & White interior. A companion (59 pp.) volume contains miscellaneous records, letters, stories and recollections. By separate FB request, you may also receive a DVD of "Man From Painted Post" (filmed at Jelm) and a copy of "He Lives Again", by Conrad Hansen, a short story telling of the restoration of a Model T, from the vantage point of the Model T.

Hidden History of Fort Collins
Hidden History of Fort Collins

Author: Barbara Fleming

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017-10-23

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1439663076

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From its Wild West days to the early twentieth century, Fort Collins boasted its share of colorful characters. British import Edith Boothroyd saved a mare from meeting a tragic fate after the bridge she and the horse were traveling across unexpectedly collapsed. In 1915, barnstormer Billy Parker built his first biplane in a local field. Happy Jack slipped away from prison after slyly convincing the jailer to loosen his restraints. And Francis Carter-Cotton left investors holding the bag when he fled to Canada after racking up $300,000 in debt. Barbara Fleming divulges these entertaining stories and more.

The Colorado Doctrine
The Colorado Doctrine

Author: David Schorr

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 0300189044

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DIV 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 independent citizens. He demonstrates that ownership was not dictated by concerns for economic efficiency, but by a regard for social justice. /div

History of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway
History of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway

Author: Keith L. Bryant

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1982-01-01

Total Pages: 942

ISBN-13: 9780803260665

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In 1859, Cyrus K. Holliday envisioned a railroad that would run from Kansas to the Pacific, increasing the commerce and prosperity of the nation. With farsighted investors and shrewd management, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad grew from Holliday's idea into a model of the modern, rapid, and efficient railroad. There were many growing pains. Rustlers, thieves, and desperadoes were as thick as the cattle in Kansas when the first rails were laid. When a conductor, toting a pistol, asked a grizzled prospector where he was heading, the old man replied, "Hell." "That's 65_ and get off at Dodge," the weary conductor declared. Once built with rails from Wales laid on ties of oak and walnut, the railroad survived the economic and climatic hardships of the late nineteenth century, and eventually extended from Chicago to San Francisco, with over 12,000 miles of track and substantial holdings in oil fields, timber land, uranium mines, pipe lines, and real estate.

The New Empire of the Rockies
The New Empire of the Rockies

Author: Steven F. Mehls

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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"This volume represents the fourth in a series of five Class 1 Overview histories prepared by the Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land Management. The purpose of these works is to develop a synthetic history of a given area in order to provide our managers and staff specialists with a baseline overview of the history of a district. ... It must be noted that the major cities , like Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Greeley are only mentioned. This is because there is no public land in these places and the Bureau's mandate is to manage the public lands, not private estates."--Foreword.