Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide
Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide

Author: George A. Crofutt

Publisher:

Published: 1882

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13:

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"The present book describes more than four times the extent of country of any book heretofore published, and is profusely illustrated by nearly 100 beautiful engravings, most of which were photographed, designed, drawn and engraved expressly for the author of this work. It also contains the best and most complete map--in colors--ever published."--The preface

Chronicles of Colorado
Chronicles of Colorado

Author: Frederick R. Rinehart

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing

Published: 2003-07-22

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1461708621

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Over the years, Colorado has attracted its share of literary vagabonds, but none have described the state in such eloquent prose as those who visited the area during its early years. Included in this volume are the impressions of eleven legendary writers, from the hilarious diatribe of a young Rudyard Kipling to the extensive narrative of a mature Walt Whitman. Whether with Horace Greeley in the new-born city of Denver, touring William Palmer's Glen Eyrie with English women's rights advocate Emily Faithfull, or on the trail with Zane Grey outside of Meeker, these essays provide a first-hand look at Colorado as it progressed from a disputed Mexican province to a state on the verge of opening its wilderness for discovery by an eager American public.

Creating Colorado
Creating Colorado

Author: William Wyckoff

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780300071184

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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. Historical geographer William Wyckoff traces the evolution of the state during its formative years from 1860 to 1940, chronicling its changing cultural landscapes, social communities, and connections to a larger America and showing that Colorado has exemplified the unfolding of a complex western environment. Wyckoff discusses how nature, capitalism, a growing federal political presence, and national cultural influences came together to produce a new human geography in Colorado. He explains the ways in which the state's distinctive settlement geographies each took on a special character that persists to the present. He leads the reader through the transformation of the state from wilderness to a distinct region capable of accommodating the diverse needs of ranchers, miners, merchants, farmers, and city dwellers. And he describes how a state created out of cartographic necessity has been given uniqueness and meaning by the people who live there.