Denver inside & out.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colorado Historical Society, Jeanne E., Author.

Colorado Historical Society, author.

Series:

Colorado history (Denver, Colo.) ; no. 16.

Colorado history, 1091-7438 ; no. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography--Colorado.

Geography.

Denver (Colo.)--History.

Denver (Colo.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Denver : History Colorado, the Colorado Historical Society, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Denver turned 150 just a few years ago--not too shabby for a city so down on its luck in 1868 that Cheyenne boosters deemed it ""too dead to bury."" Still, most of the city's history is a recent memory: Denver's entire story spans just two human lifetimes. In Denver Inside and Out, eleven authors illustrate how pioneers built enduring educational, medical, and transportation systems; how Denver's social and political climate contributed to the elevation of women; how Denver residents wrestled with-and exploited-the city's natural features; and how diverse cultural groups became an essential

Contents:

Forward!; Contents; Building Denver; Rails to the Rockies; Denver's Pioneer Medical Community: 1858-1900; "A Premonition of Our Future Grandeur"; Women's Space; Assembling a More Perfect Machine; Denver's Disorderly Women; The Colorado Women of the Ku Klux Klan; Cultural Identity; In Search of Wealth and Health; "I Am a Denver Indian!"; Urban Nature; A Gateway Into the Mountains; Modern Mountain Views; Inventing Cherry Creek; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781457111624

1457111624

9781457116872

1457116871

9780942576566

094257656X

OCLC:

769927230