Since 1976 newcomers and natives alike have learned about the rich history of the
magnificent place they call home from Colorado: A History of the Centennial State. In this …

This is the first biography of Chief Left Hand, diplomat, linguist, and legendary of the Plains
Indians. Working from government reports, manuscripts, and the diaries and letters of those …

" This volume represents the fourth in a series of five Class 1 Overview histories prepared by
the Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land Management. The purpose of these works is to …

Overnight settlements, better known as" Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental
railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate …

William Henry Jackson was an explorer, photographer, and artist. He is also one of those
most often overlooked figures of the American West. His larger claim to fame involves his …

Abstract In 1870, William Jackson Palmer founded the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad with
the ambitious goal of constructing a line from Denver to Mexico. While Palmer had extensive …

The history of incarceration in Colorado from the birth of the territory in the 1860s through the
1990s is a history of continuity. Coloradans invoked the criminal legal system as a symbol of …

Western Heritage Award, Best Western Nonfiction Book, National Cowboy and Western
Heritage Museum Nothing can change the terrible facts of the Sand Creek Massacre. The …

The activity which is the subject of this material has been financed in part with Federal funds
from the National Historic Preservation Act, administered by the National Park Service, US …

“Twenty charges were placed and ignited, but only eighteen blasts went off”. The Chinese
workers patiently waited behind their cover, as they hoped for two more explosions to echo …