Colorado collection out of print

This comparative history of the Southern Ute and Mountain Ute peoples demonstrates how two culturally and historically related tribes, living side by side in southwestern Colorado, have taken very different paths in the modern era. Historian Richard K. Young makes a unique contribution to twentieth-century American Indian studies in his exploration of Colorado's two remaining tribes' divergent responses to federal Indian policies and changing economic...

"In the Pre-Dawn Hours of October 19, 1998, a commando-style arson destroyed or damaged $12 million worth of chair lifts and mountaintop buildings at Vail, Colorado, the largest ski resort in the United States. The timing of the fires indicated a calculated attack, since the fires were set on the same day the ski area's owners were about to begin construction for a controversial expansion into an old-growth forest on federally owned land. Within days,...

"High altitude, grocies delivered by mule train and spoiled Thanksgiving turkeys are just a few of the challenges faced by the ladies living in Colorado's remote mining towns at th end of the 19th Century. Lean the stories of three inspirational women who displayed tenacity and perseverance while surrounded by a harsh landscape and un-lady-like company."--Container