Tales, trails, and tommyknockers stories from Colorado's past /
Presents a potpourri of historical information and legends about Colorado.
| Main Author: | Friggens, Myriam. |
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| Other Authors: | Coulter, Gene. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boulder, Colo. :
Johnson Pub. Co.,
[1979]
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| Physical Description: |
144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Presents a potpourri of historical information and legends about Colorado. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-144). Presents a potpourri of historical information and legends about Colorado. Cowboys and castles -- Prunes: the prospector's partner -- Silver heels in the sky -- Wild horses in the sand -- Robbers on Raton Pass -- A famous peak and a song -- Baby Doe holds on to the Matchless Mine -- Bent blows up the fort -- Little Chief earns his name -- Engines under the snow -- Colorado's most daring skier -- The river of death -- A lady climbs a mountain -- Canaries, rats, mules, miners and tommyknockers -- Stampede! -- The little engineer who did -- La caverna del oro (The cave of gold) -- Colorado's "unsinkable" lady -- Graveyard of the monsters -- Ouray meets "Big Chief Hot Stuff" -- Colorado's gifts to the nation -- Map -- Bibliography. |
| Physical Description: |
144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-144). |
| ISBN: |
0933472013 9780933472013 |