Ghosts of the Colorado plains
| Main Author: | Eberhart, Perry. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Athens, Ohio :
Swallow Press,
[1986]
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| Physical Description: |
253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. |
| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (page 237) and indexes. This old town [poem] -- Preface -- The first ghost towns -- Historic stage stations -- By the side of the road -- Farm centers: big cities of the plains -- Colorado kingdoms -- Trail towns -- Colony towns -- The towns before -- Con towns -- Iron horse murders -- Drowned towns -- Tragedy towns -- Mining the plains: "They'll mine anywhere" -- Multi talent towns -- Playgrounds on the plains -- Sin suburbs -- Unique towns -- Very special places -- Trouble in Serene. Illustrations: Stage station / Frederic Remington -- "Black Jack" Slade -- Virginia Dale Stage Station -- Alexander "Zin" Hicklin -- Hicklin House in Greenhorn -- Mariano Modena [ Medina ] -- "Uncle Dick" Wootton with Jesus Silva -- Wootton homes -- The Battle of Beecher Island / Robert Lindeux -- Toonerville -- "The [ I. P., Print ] Olive gang" -- Colony towns: McCaslin cabin; "The Crossings" and the largest cottonwood tree; Ryssby church -- Con towns: promotions for Colorado Farming; Schramm and Schramm marker -- Tragedy towns: John Lawson and Mother Jones; Tent city at Ludlow; The militia, National Guard, and Red Cross at Ludlow; Ludlow marker and "the Black Hole"; U. S. Cavalry en route to Ludlow -- Murat Cabin -- Hafen drawing of the Old Spanish Fort -- Pavilion at Eldorado Springs and 1938 flood -- Relocation center at Amache; Amache [ Nisei ] volunteers [ for World War II ] memorial marker ; Cherry Tree Orphanage at Amity; Oliver Jackson; Dearfield -- Julesburg, 1865 -- Serene; Josephine Roche. |
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| Physical Description: |
253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (page 237) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
0804008329 9780804008327 0804008337 9780804008334 |