A History Lover S Guide To Denver

Author : Mark Barnhouse
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467142120

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History Lover's Guide to Denver, A by Mark Barnhouse Pdf

Founded in an unlikely spot where dry prairies meet formidable mountains, Denver overcame its doubtful beginning to become the largest and most important city within a thousand miles. This tour of the Queen City of the Plains goes beyond travel guidebooks to explore its fascinating historical sites in detail. Tour the grand Victorian home where the unsinkable Molly Brown lived prior to her Titanic voyage. Visit the Brown Palace Hotel suite that President Dwight and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower used as the "Summer White House." Pay respects at the mountaintop grave of the greatest showman of the nineteenth century, Colonel William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. From the jazzy Rossonian lounge where Ella scatted and Basie swung to gleaming twenty-first-century art museums, author Mark A. Barnhouse traces the Mile High City's story through its historical legacy.

Author : Mark A. Barnhouse
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439669884

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A History Lover's Guide to Denver by Mark A. Barnhouse Pdf

Colorado’s Mile High City sits atop a mountain of Old West history—from stories of fortune seekers to captains of industry, immigrants to activist women. Founded in an unlikely spot where dry prairies meet formidable mountains, Denver overcame its doubtful beginning to become the largest and most important city within a thousand miles. This tour of the Queen City of the Plains goes beyond travel guidebooks to explore its fascinating historical sites in detail. Tour the grand Victorian home where the unsinkable Molly Brown lived prior to her Titanic voyage. Visit the Brown Palace Hotel suite that President Dwight and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower used as the “Summer White House.” Pay respects at the mountaintop grave of the greatest showman of the nineteenth century, Colonel William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody. From the jazzy Rossonian lounge where Ella scatted and Basie swung to gleaming twenty-first-century art museums, author Mark A. Barnhouse traces the Mile High City’s story through its historical legacy.

Author : Starley Talbott,Michael E. Kassel
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439673843

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A History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne by Starley Talbott,Michael E. Kassel Pdf

Celebrating at their encampment near Crow Creek on July 4, 1867, railroad surveyors named the settlement after the local Cheyenne tribe. By the time the Union Pacific Railroad arrived in November, the town had grown from a tent city to a "Hell on Wheels" town of ten thousand souls. Cattle barons brought herds to graze the open range, while they reposed in mansions on Millionaires Row. By 1890, the gleaming dome of the new capitol building was visible all the way down Capitol Avenue to the majestic Union Pacific Railroad Depot. Authors Starley Talbott and Michael Kassel explore a rich past, including the origins of the F.E. Warren Air Force Base, the foundation of the world's largest outdoor rodeo and the unheralded history of early aviation that eclipsed Denver.

Author : Tristan Smith
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781540260079

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A History Lover's Guide to Galveston by Tristan Smith Pdf

A guide through the history of the Playground of the Southwest. Established in 1839, Galveston was the largest city in Texas for much of the state's early history. The island city has hosted the likes of Cabeza de Vaca, Jean Lafitte, Sam Houston, Jack Johnson, King Vidor, and Sam Maceo. A strategic target during the Civil War and military stronghold during both World Wars, Galveston endured through countless calamities, including the most damaging hurricane to hit the United States. From historic mansions to long-hidden outposts of the vice district, author Tristan Smith surveys the best places to catch a glimpse of the Oleander City's past, whether that comes in the form of museum treasure or Seawall panorama.

Author : Mark A. Barnhouse
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439673942

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Vanished Denver Landmarks by Mark A. Barnhouse Pdf

From its 1858 birth, the Mile High City has undergone continuous change, with each successive generation putting its stamp on Denver's architectural character. Along the way, landmarks initially considered first class were later deemed disposable by those who had different visions of what Denver should be. Beloved buildings like the Tabor Grand Opera House, the Windsor Hotel and the Republic Building vanished. Historian Mark A. Barnhouse revisits these lost treasures along with the lesser known and rarely explored, including an apartment building dubbed "Denver's Bohemia," the humble abode of one of the early twentieth century's most successful novelists and the opulent mansion of a man who gave Denver three consecutive baseball championships.

Author : Roger M. Zimmerman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467142052

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History Lover's Guide to Albuquerque, A by Roger M. Zimmerman Pdf

This tour of New Mexico's largest city goes beyond the traditional guidebook to offer a historical journal through an area rich with diverse cultures and their fascinating past. The journey through time starts with the settlement of Native Americans in pueblos along the Rio Grande and then initiatives by Spain to settle and convert the region. Visit Old Town Plaza, where trade from the El Camino Real and Santa Fe Trails flourished. Look around lesser-known sites, including railroad depot facilities, major military landmarks and nostalgic Route 66. Join author and local history lover Roger Zimmerman as he carefully curates an expedition through each era of Albuquerque's history and its most beloved sites.

Author : Mark A. Barnhouse
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467151085

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Tattered Cover Book Store: A Storied History by Mark A. Barnhouse Pdf

For more than five decades, the Tattered Cover has been Colorado's favorite source for books. Beginning with just 950 square feet, it has grown into a multistore operation and important cultural institution, the special place where people go for all things literary. It has been a forum for ideas, with hundreds of writers visiting each year to sign books and greet readers. It has proven itself a bastion of democracy, championing the First Amendment and readers' rights to privacy. Join Denver historian and onetime Tattered Cover employee Mark A. Barnhouse as he celebrates the store's first fifty years and tells stories from the thousands of author events it has hosted over the decades.

Author : Starley Talbott Thompson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467153621

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Historic Lakeview Cemetery of Cheyenne by Starley Talbott Thompson Pdf

Wyoming History Enshrined Created in 1871, Lakeview Cemetery serves as a repository of local and state history. Resting in the historic grounds are eleven of Wyoming's governors, including the first woman governor in the nation. Other hallowed, eternal residents include a wild west showman, the namesake of a military base, and a famed photographer of the west. Suffragists, Japanese railroad workers, and a young range war victim are buried here too. Authors Starley Talbott and Michael Kassel explore the rich past of the famous and not-so famous citizens of Lakeview Cemetery.

Author : Judie Schwartz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Clothing and dress
ISBN : 0977308804

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A Fashion-lover's Guide to the Best Shopping in Denver and Beyond by Judie Schwartz Pdf

The definitive book for people seeking high style at low prices by the authors of the Rocky Mountain News column "Style Matters."

Author : Stephen J. Leonard,Thomas J. Noel
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874170030

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A Short History of Denver by Stephen J. Leonard,Thomas J. Noel Pdf

A Short History of Denver covers more than 150 years of Denver’s rich history. The book recounts the takeover of Native American lands, the founding of small towns on the South Platte River at the base of the Rocky Mountains, and the creation of a city, which by 1890 was among the nation’s major western urban centers. Leonard and Noel tell the stories of powerful economic and political leaders such as John Evans, Horace Tabor, and David Moffat, and delve into the contributions of women, including Elizabeth Byers and Margaret (Molly) Brown. The book also recognizes the importance of the city’s ethnic communities, including African Americans, Asians, Latinos, and many others. A Short History of Denver portrays the city’s twentieth-century ups and downs, including the City Beautiful movement, political corruption, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Here readers will find the meat and potatoes of economic and political history and much more, including sports history, social history, and the history of metropolitan-wide efforts to preserve the past.

Author : Laura Caruso,Robert Ebish
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0912367644

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The Insiders' Guide to Greater Denver by Laura Caruso,Robert Ebish Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Music
ISBN : IOWA:31858045471996

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Music Lover's Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edouard de Blaye
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 1174 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1989-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0132177870

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Frommer's Dollarwise Guide to the USA, 1989-1990 by Edouard de Blaye Pdf

Travel in the U.S.A. is not as expensive as it seems. This guide can help the vacationer find bargains for a more practical trip--without sacrificing the quality that ensures a memorable vacation.

Author : Starley Talbott,Michael E. Kassel
Publisher : History Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1540250091

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History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne by Starley Talbott,Michael E. Kassel Pdf

Celebrating at their encampment near Crow Creek on July 4, 1867, railroad surveyors named the settlement after the local Cheyenne tribe. By the time the Union Pacific Railroad arrived in November, the town had grown from a tent city to a Hell on Wheels town of ten thousand souls. Cattle barons brought herds to graze the open range, while they reposed in mansions on Millionaires Row. By 1890, the gleaming dome of the new capitol building was visible all the way down Capitol Avenue to the majestic Union Pacific Railroad Depot. Authors Starley Talbott and Michael Kassel explore a rich past, including the origins of the F.E. Warren Air Force Base, the foundation of the world's largest outdoor rodeo and the unheralded history of early aviation that eclipsed Denver.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781618583918

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Historic Photos of Denver in the 50s, 60s, and 70s by Anonim Pdf

In the decades after World War II, the Mile High City traded its cowtown image for the glitter of skyscrapers, big-league sports teams, Interstate highways, and urbanity. As the Urban Renewal wrecking ball erased the city’s old skin and displaced some residents familiar with it, a new facade attracted Americans from far and wide in search of a Rocky Mountain way of life. Servicemen returning from the war came to build new businesses, and the next generation came just for the experience. The city could still take pride in the Brown Palace Hotel, the Daniels & Fisher Tower, the gold-domed State Capitol, and other emblems of its gold rush past, but its confidence in the future would give rise to ten new skyscrapers in one decade alone. How Denver reinvented itself and came to have the appearance it displays today is a subject of more than passing interest. In Historic Photos of Denver in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, nearly 200 images reproduced in vivid black-and-white, with captions and introductions, tell a story familiar to the citizens of Denver who lived and reminisce about it and one that will fascinate newcomers curious to know more.