In "A Pikes Peak Partnership," historians Tom Noel and Cathleen Norman tell the incredible tale of the two families who transformed Colorado Springs and its environs into a tourist haven. By building the Broadmoor Hotel and other important facilities to attract travelers, Spencer Penrose, who once proclaimed that "any man who works after lunch is a fool," made the Pikes Peak region a pleasure ...

Manufacturer: University Press of Colorado
Written By: Thomas J. Noel, Cathleen M. Norman

'Timberline Tailings' is made up of material--letters and interviews--of the hardy men and women who met the challenges of the gold and silver mining camps of Colorado with stamina, ingenuity, and a keen love of life.

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Written By: Muriel Sibell Wolle

Originally published in 1988, Mesa Verde National Park: Shadows of the Centuries is an engaging and artfully illustrated history of an enigmatic assemblage of canyons and mesas tucked into the southwestern corner of Colorado. Duane A. Smith recounts the dramatic 1888 "discovery" of the cliff dwellings and other Anasazi ruins and the ensuing twenty-year campaign to preserve them. Smith also ...

Manufacturer: University Press of Colorado
Written By: Duane A. Smith

During Denver’s wild ride from frontier mining town to twentieth-century metropolis, the city’s saloons, like those of many other western frontier towns, played a vital role in the development of the city. Now with a new preface, Tom Noel’s classic study, The City and the Saloon, is a liquid history of how Denver’s bars both shaped and reflected the Mile High City’s birth ...

Manufacturer: University Press of Colorado
Written By: Thomas, J. Noel

As the representative building of the state, the Capitol has served as a silent witness to the evolving needs and interests of all Colorado citizens. The statehouse provided a proud testament for nineteenth-century Coloradoans who wanted to prove their state’s potential through grand architecture and it represents "the heart of Colorado" to this day. In one comprehensive volume ...

Manufacturer: University Press of Colorado
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