For fifty years, A COLORADO HISTORY has provided a comprehensive and accessible panoramic history of the Centennial State. From the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to contemporary times, this enlarged edition leads readers on an extraordinary exploration of a remarkable place.
For fifty years, A COLORADO HISTORY has provided a comprehensive and accessible panoramic history of the Centennial State. From the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to contemporary times, this enlarged edition leads readers on an extraordinary exploration of a remarkable place.
Maxine Benson is a Colorado native and an independent historian who has served as state historian with the Colorado Historical Society. Duane A. Smith recently retired as a professor of history and Southwest studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. He has authored or coauthored more than a dozen books. Carl Ubbelohde was the Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University.
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Contents Preface Prologue: The Land 1. A Prehistoric Prelude: The Dwellers in the Cliffs 2. A Spanish Borderland 3. Exploring Louisiana 4. The Fur Frontier 5. The Frontier in Transition 6. Gold Rush 7. Miners and Merchants 8. Culture Comes to the Gold Towns 9. Legal Beginnings 10. Battlegrounds 11. Smelters and Railroads 12. Utopias in the Desert 13. Carpetbagger s Kingdom 14. The Centennial State 15. Carbonate Camps 16. Open Range Days 17. Beyond the Continental Divide 18. Ditchdiggers and Sodbusters 19. New Frontiers 20. Politics and Populists 21. The Silver Crusade 22. The Good Old Days 23. The Era of Industrial Warfare 24. Water and Sugar 25. The Progressive Era 26. State and Nation 27. The Twenties 28. Depression Decade 29. Life in Colorado Between Two Wars 30. Decades of Boom, Years of Bust 31. Colorado and the Nation 32. Urban Colorado 33. The Old and the New 34. We Can t Remember Who We Were Tomorrow 35. Colorado in the New Millennium 36. Fire and Water 37. Today Is Going To Be Long Long Agö Suggested Reading Coloradös Governors, Senators, and Congressional Representatives (Chronological List) Picture Credits Index
Contents Preface Prologue: The Land 1. A Prehistoric Prelude: The Dwellers in the Cliffs 2. A Spanish Borderland 3. Exploring Louisiana 4. The Fur Frontier 5. The Frontier in Transition 6. Gold Rush 7. Miners and Merchants 8. Culture Comes to the Gold Towns 9. Legal Beginnings 10. Battlegrounds 11. Smelters and Railroads 12. Utopias in the Desert 13. Carpetbagger s Kingdom 14. The Centennial State 15. Carbonate Camps 16. Open Range Days 17. Beyond the Continental Divide 18. Ditchdiggers and Sodbusters 19. New Frontiers 20. Politics and Populists 21. The Silver Crusade 22. The Good Old Days 23. The Era of Industrial Warfare 24. Water and Sugar 25. The Progressive Era 26. State and Nation 27. The Twenties 28. Depression Decade 29. Life in Colorado Between Two Wars 30. Decades of Boom, Years of Bust 31. Colorado and the Nation 32. Urban Colorado 33. The Old and the New 34. We Can t Remember Who We Were Tomorrow 35. Colorado in the New Millennium 36. Fire and Water 37. Today Is Going To Be Long Long Agö Suggested Reading Coloradös Governors, Senators, and Congressional Representatives (Chronological List) Picture Credits Index
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