Old fences, new neighbors / Peter R. Decker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Decker, Peter R., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ouray County (Colo.)--History.

Ouray County (Colo.).

Ouray County (Colo.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xix, 159 pages : 1 map ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [1998]

Summary:

The residents of Ridgway, Colorado, who once numbered only a few hundred, now watch ski-toting tourists head for the Rockies and the new "gentleman ranchers" buy more and more land in the area. Once an outsider himself, the author takes a hard look at the pros and cons of change in the American West.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Beginnings

Pioneer settlers

Tough times in rough country

The seasons of ranching

Visitors and newcomers

Community fragmentation

Different town in a new West

Conclusion.

ISBN:

0816517711

0816519056

OCLC:

38304379