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Central City and Gilpin County: Then and Now$8.95 ISBN 0-87004-363-3 Caxton Press Robert L. Brown Gold brought people to mid-nineteenth century Colorado. Central City and its environs came to be known as "The Richest Square Mile on Earth." Gilpin County soon evolved, with a population that sometimes approached 40,000, and Central City became the second largest community in Colorado. This book tells the story of this remarkable area, its towns, its mines, and its people. Scores of "then and now" photographs of historic sites illustrate the text. 6x9, paperback, illustrated, 200 pages, index, paper. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Colorado Ghost Towns Past and Present $14.95 ISBN 0-87004-218-1 Caxton Press Robert L.Brown History, nostalgia, and detailed travel directions combine to provide background for exploring sixty-five of Colorado's ghost towns and mining camps. Brown pairs early and contemporary photographs of many towns, as he tells of the people and places from the 1800s. 6x9, paperback, 140 photographs, map, 322 pages. Index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Colorado On Foot $12.95 ISBN 0-87004-336-6 Caxton Press Robert L. Brown Robert Brown traces the routes of the early explorers and settlers and shares some seventy trails through the Colorado Rockies. Some are wagon trails up to the mines, often visible from the cities. Others are adventuresome outings, requiring preparation and skill. Brown explains the difficulty level of each trail, how to get there, where to park, and what will be found along the trail. This is another invaluable Colorado guidebook. 6x9, paperback, 139 illustrations, 7 maps, 309 pages. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Colorado Treasure Tales$13.95 ISBN 0-87004-402-8 Caxton Press W.C. Jameson Lost mines, missing outlaw loot and buried and sunken treasure fascinate many folks. Colorado has more than its share of stories about lost treasure. W.C. Jameson has spent many years collecting such tales. In Colorado Treasure Tales Jameson presents 27 intriguing, mysterious and compelling stories about lost gold and silver mines, hidden strongboxes, missing Army payrolls and Spanish loot. 6x9, paperback, 220 pages, maps. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
From the Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries$24.95 ISBN 0-87004-386-2 Caxton Press Linda Wommack The only comprehensive guide to Colorado's oldest graveyards. Includes: • Nearly 400 cemeteries • More than 1,000 pioneer mini-biographies • Easy-to-follow road directions and guides to individual plots. • Regional maps. • Histories of regions and communities • Clever epitaphs. 6x9, 500 pages, 100 photos, maps. Available in paperback ($24.95) or hardcover ($34.95). Select binding in Shopping Cart. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies $17.95 ISBN 0-87004-342-0 Caxton Press Robert L. Brown This book features information and travel directions for sixty of Colorado's ghost towns and mining camps. There is an informal history of each town as well as an early and a contemporary photograph to aid in site identification. 6x9, paperback, 136 photographs, map, 401 pages, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Jeep Trails to Colorado Ghost Towns $12.95 ISBN 0-87004-021-9 Caxton Press Robert L. Brown Settle into your 4-wheel drive vehicle or any old easy chair and take off for the mining camps of Colorado! This book is an illustrated history of fifty-nine towns famous during the gold and silver rushes of the 1800s with directions on how to get there. 6x9, paperback, 105 photographs, endsheet map, 245 pages, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Massacre Along the Medicine RoadCaxton Press Ronald Becher In August, 1864, Sioux and Cheyenne warriors swept down on the California-Oregon Trail, virtually shutting down that vital transcontinental route. The raids along the Platte and Little Blue Rivers are cited by historians as one of the causes of the infamous Sand Creek Massacre, later that year. Sand Creek, where Colorado Volunteers attacked a Cheyenne camp, killing men, women and children, is well documented. However, few details of the Nebraska attacks on settlers have been published. Ronald Becher, a Nebraska native, spent seven years researching Massacre Along the Medicine Road. He profiles many of the people who lived and worked along the trail painting a graphic picture of what happened to families and individuals--and how those tragic events forever changed the survivors. 6x9, 500 pages, 40 photos, 8 maps. Available in paper ($22.96) and hardcover ($32.95). Massacre Along the Medicine Road $22.95 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Pikes Peak Backcountry:The Historic Saga of the Peak's West Slope $15.95 ISBN 0-87004-391-9 Caxton Press Celinda Reynolds Kaelin Celinda Reynolds Kaelin has been in love with the region west of Pikes Peak since she first visited the area. Pikes Peak Backcountry traces the history of the west slope of the famous mountain--from when it was a hunting paradise for the Ute Indians, to the fur trappers, followed by settlers and the coming of the railroads. Pikes Peak Backcountry recounts the glory and decline of the native culture and the tragedy and triumph of the society that replaced it. 6x9, paperback, 280 pages, 65 photos, map, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Pioneers of the Colorado Parks $17.95 ISBN 0-87004-381-1 Caxton Press Richard Barth The exciting frontier history of the Colorado mountains can be found in these true stories from the North, Middle and South Parks.During the 1800s, folks settled the open meadows nestled high in the Rocky Mountains. The book contains more than 40 stories--each illustrated by the author. • In Middle Park, county commissioners settled their differences with guns instead of votes. • Piah, a Ute Indian chief, worked hard to live in peace with settlers in North Park. • At South Park, Sheriff Ifinger tried to hold back a determined mob, tolerated Doc Bailey as he searched for a human head, and ignored Anna Beeler's pleas to be allowed to keep her son. These are just a few of the interesting characters you'll meet when you read these unembellished stories from the parks of Colorado. 6x9, paperpack, 45 illustrations, 4 maps, 276 pages, bibliography, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Telluride: From Pick to Powder $12.95 ISBN 0-87004-265-3 Caxton Press Richard L. and Suzanne Fetter Exciting history combines with a walking tour of Telluride to make this a multi-purpose paperback. After booming with the discovery of gold and silver in the last century, Telluride went bust and slept for decades only to revive and enter a new era when skiing swept the Rockies in the 1960s. 6x9, paperback, 86 illustrations, 4 maps, 194 pages. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Great Pikes Peak Gold Rush$12.95 ISBN 0-87004-412-5 Caxton Press Robert L. Brown Colorado's Pikes Peak Gold Rush was an event of enormous social and cultural significance. Its effects reached far beyond the immediate area of the gold strikes, changing the basic economy and lifestyle of the entire region. Ever since Lieutenant Zebulon Pike led an exploring party of 22 men up the Arkansas River in 1806, the 14,110 foot high mountain that he used as a landmark ahs been known as Pikes Peak. When it was rumored that the gold had been found near Cherry Creek, the mountain's name became synonymous with the wild westward rush that ensued in the spring of 1859. 5½ x 8¼, paperback, 140 pages, photos, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Uphill Both Ways: Hiking Colorado's High Country $7.95 ISBN 0-87004-249-1 Caxton Press Robert L. Brown Hikers and climbers will enjoy Brown's explicit, yet comfortable details about 78 of Colorado's best trails. History and description abound in his essays and make for good reading as well as high adventure! 9x6, paperback,156 photographs, 8 maps, 232 pages. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Our Ladies of the TenderloinColorado Legend in Lace $16.95 ISBN 0-87004-444-3 Caxton Press Linda Wommack Our Ladies of the Tenderloin is a unique look at life in the oldest profession in early day Colorado. Linda Wommack tells the story of the women who made the night life come alive and brought excitement to the new frontier. Wommack puts the women of the “hog ranches” of the eastern plains and the houses of the Rocky Mountain mining camps into their rightful place in history — as pioneers. The author brings Colorado’s soiled doves to life through in-depth research and never-before-seen photographs. History and folklore are wrestled apart so readers can focus on the prostitute as a member of frontier society, rather than a mere footnote in accounts of the wild west. 6x9, paperback, 250 pages, illustrated Linda Wommack once again brings Colorado's colorful pioneer past to life in this richly-detailed account of nineteenth-century prostitution. She recreates the underside of boom town life with its colorful cast of sometimes, heroic, often tragic, and always fascinating characters. Here is grassroots history at its best. -- Paul Andrew Hutton, author of Phil Sheridan and his Army, Professor of History at The University of New Mexico and past president of the Western Writers of America. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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