Colorado: the highest state
by Noel, Thomas J., (Thomas Jacob)
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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- Full title :Colorado : the highest state / Thomas J. Noel and Duane A. Smith.
Summary
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, suggested activities, recommended reading, a ""Did you know?"" trivia section, and recommended web.
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- 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 online resource (xiii, 335 pages) : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781607321453, 1607321459, 094257656X, 9780942576566, 1457111659, 9781457111655, 1457116901, 9781457116902
- oclc:ocn761731001
- LC Classification:F776.3
- Dewey Decimal:978.8
Table of Contents
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 hsitoric districts.
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