Christian J. Buys
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
A Brief History of Telluride chronicles the boom and bust cycles of Telluride, Placerville, Ames, Ophir, and Rico from the 1860s to the present. Every page brings to life the arival of the first prospectors, the tragic departure of the Utes, the booming mining era, Butch Cassidy's bank robbery, avalanches, miners' strikes, the rise and fall of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, and the bare-bones beginning of the skiing industry. Meet fascinating residents...
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Description
Revisit historic Leadville through wonderful photographs and drawings covering the boom years of the 1880s and 1890s as well as the bust years that followed. Over 230 images illustrate the Cloud City's heydays of the early years through the declining times of the 1930s.