Death, Despair, and Second Chances in Rocky Mountain National Park
Death, Despair, and Second Chances in Rocky Mountain National Park

Author: Joseph R. Evans

Publisher: Big Earth Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1555664407

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Nobody thought much of it when twelve-year-old Robert Baldeshwiler hiked out ahead of his family on the Flat-top Mountain Trail. But he would never be seen alive again. Each year, millions of people like the Baldeshwiler family come to Rocky Mountain National Park expecting nothing but a fine vacation. However, between the years of 1884 and 2009, almost three hundred people have died in the park. From taking sudden falls off steep trails, to sliding down treacherous snow fields to deadly rocks below, visitors have found out the hard way that the park is still a wild place full of potential hazards. Book jacket.

R Is for Rocky Mountains
R Is for Rocky Mountains

Author: Maria Kernahan

Publisher: Arcadia Children's Books

Published: 2017-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781942402466

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From the Aspens on the hill to the Zig Zag of ski tracks through fresh powder, this board book takes young readers on a colorful A-to-Z tour of some of the most beautiful country in America. Full color.

Rocky Mountain Birds
Rocky Mountain Birds

Author: Betty R. Seacrest

Publisher: Big Earth Publishing

Published: 1991-03

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780937321010

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Birds most often sighted in the Rocky Mountains.

Fire Ecology in Rocky Mountain Landscapes
Fire Ecology in Rocky Mountain Landscapes

Author: William L. Baker

Publisher:

Published: 2009-07-07

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13:

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Fire Ecology in Rocky Mountain Landscapes is the first comprehensive review of scientific research on fire in Rocky Mountain ecosystems emphasizing the landscape scale. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with fire and fire management, including academic and agency scientists; natural resource professionals; and researchers, professors, and students involved with environmental science, land management, and resource management.

Around Rocky Mountain National Park
Around Rocky Mountain National Park

Author: Suzanne Silverthorn

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-08-31

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439653038

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Following the establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park in 1915, promotional campaigns generated by the railroads lured wealthy travelers to the park with images of the great outdoors and the many luxuries offered by the finest hotels. Postcards were circulated proclaiming the park as the "Playground of the World." The gateway communities of Estes Park and Grand Lake became vibrant hospitality centers, and in 1920, when the two towns were connected with the opening of Fall River Road, a new era of tourism was introduced that continues today. More than 200 postcards are used in this book to provide a chronology of the early hotels, ranches, and other settings that have shaped the park's history for more than a century.

My Water Comes From the San Juan Mountains
My Water Comes From the San Juan Mountains

Author: Tiffany Fourment

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2009-08-16

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 1461743907

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This book introduces children to the nation's watershed, the Continental Divide, and how snowmelt forms the headwaters of the rivers and streams that bring life to the land below on the Rocky Mountain's Western Slope. The entire water cycle is described from evaporation to glacier formation and the various life zones that water runs through on its way from alpine tundra to the rich farmland of the Western Slope is detailed in exquisite drawings.

To Iowa in the Back Seat
To Iowa in the Back Seat

Author: Kristi R Bradbury

Publisher: In the Backseat Books

Published: 2021-08-17

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781737029106

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Hop into the back seat with Kay on her family's road trip from the mountains of Colorado to the farms of Iowa. Sometimes the back seat is unfair and the road is long, but plenty of fun and adventure awaits at Grandma's house! Going back home feels sad, but it's Kay's memories and a special gift from Grandma that make the drive home easier.

Rising from the Plains
Rising from the Plains

Author: John McPhee

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0374708509

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author John McPhee continues his Annals of the Former World series about the geology of North America along the fortieth parallel with Rising from the Plains. This third volume presents another exciting geological excursion with an engaging account of life—past and present—in the high plains of Wyoming. Sometimes it is said of geologists that they reflect in their professional styles the sort of country in which they grew up. Nowhere could that be more true than in the life of a geologist born in the center of Wyoming and raised on an isolated ranch. This is the story of that ranch, soon after the turn of the twentieth century, and of David Love, the geologist who grew up there, at home with the composition of the high country in the way that someone growing up in a coastal harbor would be at home with the vagaries of the sea.

The Pioneer Photographer
The Pioneer Photographer

Author: William Henry Jackson

Publisher: Pikes Peak Library District

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1567353428

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The Pioneer Photographer is the story of William Henry Jackson¿s love for the outdoors and of his adventurous life photographing the Rocky Mountain West during the late 1860s and 1870s. His meticulous descriptions of the rugged and treacherous landscapes, and the efforts required for capturing the images on glass plates, edify the reader about the enormous challenges presented by early photographic technology.