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Colorado : the highest state /

Chronicling the people, places, and events of the state's colorful history, Colorado: The Highest State is the story of how Colorado grew up. Through booms and busts in farming and ranching, mining and railroading, and water and oil, Colorado's past is a cycle of ups and downs as high as t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
Otros Autores: Smith, Duane A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2011.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The highest state
  • State emblems
  • The first Coloradans
  • Native peoples of Colorado
  • Explorers, trappers, and traders
  • Up the Rio Grande
  • Natives versus newcomers
  • Miners
  • City life
  • Southern Coloradans
  • Cowboys and farmers
  • Western slopers
  • Hard times
  • Reformers
  • The automobile age
  • The depression, recovery, and growth
  • Economic and ethnic diversity
  • Conserving Colorado
  • Boom and bust
  • Natural resources
  • Today is going to be long, long ago
  • Appendixes. Colorado governors ; Colorado's population 1860-2010
  • Maps. Landforms ; Rivers ; Native American tribes ; New England, old England, and Colorado ; Gold Rush routes ; Colorado hsitoric districts.