Colorado: the highest state

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Chronicling the people, places, and events of the state's colorful history, Colorado: The Highest State is the story of how Colorado grew up. Through booms and busts in farming and ranching, mining and railroading, and water and oil, Colorado's past is a cycle of ups and downs as high as the state's peaks and as low as its canyons. The second edition is the result of a major revision, with updates on all material, two new chapters, and ninety new photos. Each chapter is followed by questions, s…

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Title Statements

Full title :Colorado : the highest state / Thomas J. Noel and Duane A. Smith.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University Press of Colorado
Place of Publication:Boulder
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (xiii, 335 pages) : : illustrations, cartes

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:094257656X, 1457111659, 1457116901, 1607321459, 9780942576566, 9781457111655, 9781457116902, 9781607321453
oclc:on1371451985
LC Classification:F776.3
Dewey Decimal:978.8

The highest state -- State emblems -- The first Coloradans -- Native peoples of Colorado -- Explorers, trappers, and traders -- Up the Rio Grande -- Natives versus newcomers -- Miners -- City life -- Southern Coloradans -- Cowboys and farmers -- Western slopers -- Hard times -- Reformers -- The automobile age -- The depression, recovery, and growth -- Economic and ethnic diversity -- Conserving Colorado -- Boom and bust -- Natural resources -- Today is going to be long, long ago -- Appendixes. Colorado governors ; Colorado's population 1860-2010 -- Maps. Landforms ; Rivers ; Native American tribes ; New England, old England, and Colorado ; Gold Rush routes ; Colorado hsitoricdistricts.

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