[PDF] Roadside History Of Colorado eBook

Author : Candy Vyvey Moulton
Publisher : Roadside History (Paperback)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,70 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780878425204

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Colorado's roads wind through country that is steeped in history, sometimes tracing routes with a histor of their own, from the Santa Fe Trail tot he Million Dollar Highway. But no matter where you roam in this beautiful state, Roadside History of Colorado can guide you. In this delightful volume, award-winning history writer Candy Moulton escorts raders through ancient pueblos, perilous trails, minng boomtowns, and modern ski resorts.

Author : Pam Grout
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 48,92 MB
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0762765798

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Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Sunflower State has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Kansan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Kansas Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Pam Grout takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Sunflower State. Visit the Museum of the World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things—and get your own largest ball starter kit. Meet more chainsaw-wielding, glow-in-the-dark-scrap-metal-zoo-building, grapefruit-peel-sculpting, papier-mâché-mixing, porcelain-pig-painting grassroots artists than you can shake a stick at! Get a load of Big Brutus, a sixteen-story coal shovel that has become a popular tourist attraction; and discover the thrill of an indoor hurricane—it’ll blow you away.

Author : Duane A. Smith
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 15,76 MB
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN :

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Illustrated with many black and white historic photographs of mines and mining towns in Colorado, this book traces the industry from its development in 1859 to the late 1970s.

Author : Kevin Singel
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 39,39 MB
Release : 2018-05-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781719553469

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Travel guide book inspired by the gold prospecting origin of Colorado. Includes touring information on all the major towns founded as gold mining camps as well as summaries of each town's origin story. Includes reviews and recommendations on historic districts to visit, mines to tour, driving tours of ghost towns and places to gold pan. Includes information on 16 historic districts, 31 museums, 18 mines, 186 gold panning sites across the state of Colorado. Thoroughly researched to confirm public access to the panning sites (no private property or areas subject to mining claim has been included - unlike other books.)Written by a long-time Colorado resident and gold prospector. Based on years of research and field work.Get your share of the gold by prospecting for it in historic, urban, and remote locations across the gold districts of Colorado.

Author : Robert Fillmore
Publisher :
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 47,5 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781607810049

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An easy-to-read geology tutorial of the of the eastern Colorado Plateau, this book will answer all of your questions about how this stunning region was formed. Includes detailed road logs.