From the Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 929.509788 EAN: 9780870043864 ISBN: 0870043862 Label: Caxton Press Manufacturer: Caxton Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 477 Publication Date: 1998-10-01 Publisher: Caxton Press Studio: Caxton Press
Editorial Reviews: The only comprehensive roadside tour guide to Colorado's oldest cemeteries and the history buried there. This 500-page work includes: -Nearly four hundred Colorado cemeteries -More than 1,000 mini-biographies of interred pioneers -Easy to follow road directions and cemetery guides -Regional maps by chapter -History of the areas and communities -Clever epitaphs -How to do your own gravestone rubbings
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: good source Comment: Wommack's book represents a daunting amount of research and should become a standard reference work for geneologists and historians. Customer Rating: Summary: Research Comment: The amount of research that went into this book is absolutely incredible. I am native to Colorado and have lived here most of my life. I am so glad to see that someone finally took an interest in the peaple who made this state what it is. Besides the fact that it is so easy to read. One Great Book. Customer Rating: Summary: ERRORS IN BOOK ABOUT GOVERNOR WAITE; a.k.a. BLOODY BRIDLES Comment: This book contains interesting data, yet lacks in historical facts about the origin of the nick-name Bloody Bridles, given to Governor Waite in 1893. The book states the nick-name was given for his defense of Populist programs. NOT TRUE !!! Governor Waite was called Bloody Bridles for a speech he gave on July 11, 1893; against the impending repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, that de-monitized Silver. To see more on this subject; GoTo YAHOO search engine- Enter THE GHOSTWALKER; click on Aspen icon, wait to load sound.... The story of BLOODY BRIDLES and his monument will tell the truth..... Customer Rating: Summary: Best over-all comprehensive cemetery guide in all 50 states Comment: Never before has a book been so complete and the subject researched more thourghly, than Wommack's From The Grave. Three years of research has produced information for more than 350 cemeteries and mini-biographies of over a thousand pioneers interred in Colorado's cemeteries. Cemetery information, maps, directions, all round out this wonder book. A must read for the historian and genealogist. Humorous epitaphs and ghost stories are an added treat. More Reviews