A Wild West History Of Frontier Colorado

Author : Jolie Anderson Gallagher
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625842015

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A Wild West History of Frontier Colorado by Jolie Anderson Gallagher Pdf

Jolie Anderson's collection of wild west tales focuses on the early frontier history of Colorado's plains and includes a look at some of the state's early pioneers like the "59ers" who promoted the state through travel guides and newspapers, exaggerating tales of gold discovery and even providing inaccurate maps to promote settlement in the plains; the perils of living and traveling the major gold routes the town of Julesburg relocated four times in a decade; feuds; Indian fights; outlaws, and even early rodeo history. These stories and events shaped the Colorado territory and are a rich glimpse into the early history of the state.

Author : Jolie Gallagher
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1540205657

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A Wild West History of Frontier Colorado by Jolie Gallagher Pdf

Author : Page Stegner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : UOM:39015055856473

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Winning the Wild West by Page Stegner Pdf

Chronicles the history of the American frontier from 1800 to 1899, discussing how the expansion into the lands west of the Mississippi influenced the nation's formation.

Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781613121443

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The Wild West by Michael Wallis Pdf

An extensively illustrated day-by-day adventure that tells the stories of pioneers and cowboys, gold rushes, and saloon shoot-outs on America’s frontier. Beginning in the nineteenth century, the lure of land rich in minerals, fertile for farming, and plentiful with buffalo bred an all-out obsession with heading westward. The Wild West: 365 Days takes you back to these booming frontier towns that became the stuff of American legend, breeding characters such as Butch Cassidy and Jesse James. Prize-winning journalist and historian Michael Wallis spins a colorful narrative, separating myth from fact, in 365 vignettes. Learn the stories of Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Annie Oakley; travel to the O.K. Corral and Dodge City; ride with the Pony Express; and witness the invention of the Colt revolver. Included throughout are images drawn from Robert G. McCubbin’s extensive collection of Western memorabilia, encompassing rare books, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts, including Billy the Kid’s knife.

Author : Wayne Swanson
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1550378368

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Why the West Was Wild by Wayne Swanson Pdf

This history shows just why, for a fifty year period in the 19th century, the American West was an extraordinary place. Dramatic storytelling are combined with engaging graphics and archival photographs.

Author : Frederick Nolan
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781839403897

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The Wild West by Frederick Nolan Pdf

On 14 May 1804, one Captain Meriwether Lewis and his companion William Clark led a thirty-three-man expedition to the new lands of Louisiana. 8,000 miles and two years later, after rafting up the Missouri and crossing the Rocky Mountains, they reached the far side of the world, the Pacific Ocean. Fredrick Nolan explores the first US settlers of the American West, including the remarkable stories of unsung heroes and heroines, the bloody battles between settlers and the native American inhabitants, the crimes committed by corrupt Sheriffs, and the occasions when citizens had to take the law into their own hands. This is the story of the men and women who answered the call of the West.

Author : Dee Brown
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781471109331

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The American West by Dee Brown Pdf

As the railroads opened up the American West to settlers in the last half of the 19th Century, the Plains Indians made their final stand and cattle ranches spread from Texas to Montana. Eminent Western author Dee Brown here illuminates the struggle between these three groups as they fought for a place in this new landscape. The result is both a spirited national saga and an authoritative historical account of the drive for order in an uncharted wilderness, illustrated throughout with maps, photographs and ephemera from the period.

Author : Randi Samuelson-Brown
Publisher : TwoDot
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1493046527

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Bad Old Days of Colorado by Randi Samuelson-Brown Pdf

Colorado really was the Wild West with foundations go back to gambling dens, saloons, brothels, and shady characters along with hardworking miners, ranchers and town people. Colorado wasn't for the faint of heart, and the backbone that ran through it was a four-letter word. Gold. This is a lively history that looks at the wicked side of progress on the frontier.

Author : Bruce Wexler
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1616084375

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The Wild West by Bruce Wexler Pdf

Dusty road shoot outs, roaming buffalo, bar brawls, gold, tragedy and genocide, damsels in distress, and cowboys riding off into the sunset—the taming of the Western frontier is one of the most colorful and fascinating periods of American history. In this beautifully illustrated and comprehensive book, Bruce Wexler brings the ruggedness of the old American West to life. The Wild West separates fact from the fiction, exposing the myths of the old West, and assesses its cultural impact on the indigenous people, American life, and the American dream—both past and present.

Author : Howard Bryan
Publisher : Clear Light Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034184452

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Wildest of the Wild West by Howard Bryan Pdf

A compilation of events about the Santa Fe Trail town of Las Vegas, New Mexico, from 1835-1915.

Author : Jeremy Agnew
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786468881

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The Old West in Fact and Film by Jeremy Agnew Pdf

For many years, movie audiences have carried on a love affair with the American West, believing Westerns are escapist entertainment of the best kind, harkening back to the days of the frontier. This work compares the reality of the Old West to its portrayal in movies, taking an historical approach to its consideration of the cowboys, Indians, gunmen, lawmen and others who populated the Old West in real life and on the silver screen. Starting with the Westerns of the early 1900s, it follows the evolution in look, style, and content as the films matured from short vignettes of good-versus-bad into modern plots.

Author : William MacLeod Raine
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781616085421

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Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws by William MacLeod Raine Pdf

Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws is a classic for everyone interested in history and what is was like in the Old West. Get swept back to a time when sheriffs did their best to keep order in a lawless land. Read about the likes of Tom Horn, the "Apache Kid", "Bucky" O'Neill, Tom Nickson, and many more!

Author : Jolie Anderson Gallagher
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781614239031

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Colorado Forts by Jolie Anderson Gallagher Pdf

Throughout the 1800s, explorers braved brutal weather and hostile enemies, trekking through the towering mountains and fertile valleys on the ragged edge of civilization. These early pioneers built stockades, trading posts, military camps and miniature citadels that would shape the state of Colorado for generations to come. As the settlers struggled to survive desperate times, economic depressions and bloody wars, some of these historic outposts would become Colorado's cities, schools, hospitals and museums, while others would sink back into the mud from which they came. Join author Jolie Anderson Gallagher as she chronicles the stories of the forts and the early explorers, fur trappers, soldiers and wives who constructed and occupied them.

Author : Randi Samuelson-Brown
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493046539

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The Bad Old Days of Colorado by Randi Samuelson-Brown Pdf

The Bad Old Days of Colorado celebrates the state’s glorious and rowdy past. Many people born and bred here relish just how “bad” things used to be: the terrain, the inhabitants and especially the quality of whiskey. It almost goes without saying that Colorado had all the characteristic Wild West elements—and in abundance! The chapters focus on the infamous and notorious rather than the law-abiding and civic-minded settlers. These pages, like the state, recount the tales of people who came West seeking, if not their fortune, at least opportunity. It is no secret that Colorado was settled by the adventurous willing to brave the harsh conditions and to prevail. Whether on the right or the wrong side of the law, all settlers and pioneers made unique contributions to the state’s complex culture. Certainly, in the nineteenth century, Colorado was not for the faint of heart.

Author : Rod Miller
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493015207

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The Lost Frontier by Rod Miller Pdf

This collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West goes beyond the tales everyone knows of the OK Corral and the Dead Man’s Hand to focus on the gunfights, massacres, and daring deeds that are the stars of local historians but not featured in general histories of the old west. These events, while less well known, offer new territory for the Wild West buff to explore. Each chapter in this book tells a story that deserves to be remembered—either because of its importance, its intrigue, or just because it’s interesting. From cowboys and Indians to explorers and electricity to warfare and gunfights to royalty and rogues, the stories here cover a frontier West your education may have missed.