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Colorado Springs, Colorado, lies at the foot of Pikes Peak at 6,000 feet above sea level. This is its history, from the early days as a health mecca and supply post for the gold mines of Cripple Creek to its present role as a military and defense center for the entire region.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
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In the first of the Father Tim novels, Karon enchants with a story of the newly retired priests spur-of-the-moment adventure. For the first time in decades, Father Tim returns to his birthplace, Holly Springs, Mississippi, in response to a mysterious, unsigned note saying simply: "Come home."
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1966
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How did Pikes Peak become world-famous? During the gold rush of 1859, the central Rockies were known as the "Pikes Peak country." For thousands of gold seekers the cry was "Pikes Peak of bust." Thousands busted; a few reaped a rich harvest of gold. After the gold rush, Americans from all corners of the nation were drawn to an irresistible magnet, and the peak became America's best-known mountain.
4) Ancient ones
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The unearthing of what seems to be the 14,000-year-old skeleton of a male Caucasian from an Oregon riverbank raises important cultural issues in Mitchell's latest book (after 2000's Spirit Sickness) about Bureau of Indian Affairs Investigator Emmett Parker and FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed, who are both part-Native American. Not only does the discovery go against most theories of when Caucasians arrived in the area, it also looks as though Native...
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2012
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Get your Rocky Mountain high on with creepy tales of demon dogs, pioneer phantoms, and Old West wraiths.
Eerie tales have been part of the city’s history from the beginning: Pikes Peak and Cheyenne Mountain are the subjects of several spooky Native American legends, and Anasazi spirits are still seen at the ancient cliff dwellings outside town. In the Old North End neighborhood, the howls of hellhounds ring through...
Eerie tales have been part of the city’s history from the beginning: Pikes Peak and Cheyenne Mountain are the subjects of several spooky Native American legends, and Anasazi spirits are still seen at the ancient cliff dwellings outside town. In the Old North End neighborhood, the howls of hellhounds ring through...
13) Fugitive nights
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Joseph Wambaugh returns to glamorous Palm Springs and its ever-mysterious desert to give readers a suspense novel rich in astonishing plot twists, fascinating characters, and the penetrating humor for which he is famous. Three mismatched people--one of whom is a police officer--become involved in the trail of an elusive and dangerous fugitive on a secret mission. Show More Show Less
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THE FIRST BOOK IN THE CLAIRE HANOVER MYSTERY SERIES
An Agatha Award Finalist for Best First Novel
Feeling neglected by her workaholic husband, forty-something gift basket designer Claire Hanover joins an aerobics class at the urging of her best friend Ellen. Divorced and bitterly unhappy, Ellen and most of the other women in the class add a little vicarious excitement to their lives by flirting with the handsome instructor,
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2011
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Drink in the spooky spiritual history of this charming Rocky Mountain town—from the author of Colorado Legends & Lore.
Manitou Springs has long been known as a spiritual hot spot. From the healing waters of the local springs to the town's patron spirit, the benevolent Emma Crawford, whose life and afterlife is celebrated annually at Halloween, Manitou Springs takes pride in its legends and legendary...
Manitou Springs has long been known as a spiritual hot spot. From the healing waters of the local springs to the town's patron spirit, the benevolent Emma Crawford, whose life and afterlife is celebrated annually at Halloween, Manitou Springs takes pride in its legends and legendary...
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Swift River Valley novels volume 6
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Kylie Shaw finds herself attracted to Russ Colton, a private investigator who's in Knights Bridge to keep his Hollywood-costume-designer client out of trouble.
