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2) Come back to my valley -- volume two

Author

Ellis, Darrel

Pub. Date

2001

3) Colorado ghost towns and mining camps

Author

Dallas, Sandra

4) Frontier stories

Author

L'Amour, Louis

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A collection of twenty-five essays in which Louis L'Amour describes various aspects of the American frontier.

5) Colorado place names: communities, counties, peaks, passes : with historical lore and facts, plus a pronunciation guide

Author

Eichler, Geo. R

Pub. Date

1977

Formats

Book, Local Library Checkout Only

6) Guide to the Colorado ghost towns and mining camps

Author

Eberhart, Perry

Pub. Date

1981 printing, c1969

Description

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Includes index, glossary and bibl.

7) Pioneers of the San Juan Country

Pub. Date

1995

8) A long stretch of bad days

Author

McGinnis, Mindy

Pub. Date

[2023]

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A lifetime of hard work has put Lydia Chass on track to attend a prestigious journalism program and leave Henley behind--until a school error leaves her a credit short of graduating. Bristal Jamison has a bad reputation and a foul mouth, but she also needs one more credit to graduate. An unexpected partnership forms as the two remake Lydia's town history podcast to investigate the Long Stretch of Bad Days--a week when Henley was hit by a tornado,...

9) The national parks: America's best idea : an illustrated history

Author

Duncan, Dayton

Pub. Date

2009.

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In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world's first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres.

10) Biennial report of the State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado

Author

State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado

Pub. Date

1906

11) The mining camps speak: a new way to explore the ghost towns of the American West

Author

Sagstetter, Beth

Pub. Date

Description

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A guide to appreciating and understanding the history of abandoned mining camps shows how to use the techniques of an historical sleuth to identify and interpret what one sees at a ghost town.

12) Colorado's century of "cities"

Author

Griswold, Don L

Pub. Date

[1958]

Formats

Book, Local Library Checkout Only

13) Nearby history: exploring the past around you

Author

Kyvig, David E

Series

American Association for State and Local History book

Pub. Date

[2019]

Description

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"Newly updated by Larry Cebula, this fourth edition of Nearby History is a comprehensive handbook for those interested in investigating the history of communities, families, local institutions, and cultural artifacts. Richly illustrated with photos and documents, Nearby History is an excellent resource for both professionally trained and self-taught historians."

14) Shawnee Historic District

Author

Park County Historical Society

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The Shawnee Historic District is locally significant for its historic association with transportation, entertainment/recreation, and community planning and development. Included in this historic district is a small cemetery. The town of Shawnee played a significant role in the history of Colorado. The community is associated with the history of transportation in the Rocky Mountain region, sitting along the route of the Denver, South Park and Pacific...