Becoming Colorado : the Centennial State in 100 objects / William Wei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wei, William, 1948- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History Colorado--Archival resources.

History Colorado.

History.

Archival resources.

Colorado--History--Archival resources.

Colorado.

Genre:

Essays.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 x 21 cm

Other Title:

Centennial State in 100 objects

Centennial State in one hundred objects

Place of Publication:

Louisville : University Press of Colorado ; Denver : History Colorado, [2021]

Summary:

"Paints a vivid portrait of Colorado history using 100 objects selected from the History Colorado collection. These objects reveal how Colorado evolved over time, allowing readers to draw multiple connections between periods, places, and people. Collectively, the essays offer a treasure trove of insight and unforgettable detail."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Early Coloradans

2. From Hunters to Farmers

3. Lifestyle of the "Ancient Ones"

4. "Gold, God, Glory"

5. Indigenous Coloradans

6. "Draw Me Not without Reason; Sheath Me Not without Honor"

7. Colorado's Longest Continuous Inhabitants

8. Warrior Societies

9. Horsemen of the Plains

10. A Warrior's Carrying Case

11. Law and Order in Colorado

12. Frontier Fur Trade

13. Mud Castle of the Plains

14. The Legendary Kit Carson

15. "Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam"

16. Adapting to an Extreme Environment

17. Hispano Heritage

18. "Pikes Peak or Bust!"

19. Striking Gold

20. Entrepreneurial Scientist

21. Westward Ho!

22. Riding Shotgun

23. Promoting a Civil Society

24. The Gettysburg of the West

25. Mexican Colonists

26. Vengeance in Colorado Territory

27. Immigrants at Work

28. Denver's Original First Responders

29. "Ike" Baer's Chair

30. Sioux Warrior and Statesman

31. Battle of Beecher Island

32. Silver Railroad Spike

33. Colorado Cattle Baron

34. Ute Warrior and Man of Peace

35. Rules to Live By

36. Ballad of Baby Doe

37. Pathfinder of the San Juans

38. Colorado's Architect

39. The Eighth Wonder of the World

40. Militia versus Miners

41. Chinese Coloradans

42. Ute Children

43. Florence Bell's Legacy

44. Searching for Zion

45. Freedom to Ride

46. Democracy Comes to Colorado

47. The World's Sanatorium

48. A Mardi Gras in the Rocky Mountains

49. Texas Longhorns and Colorado Grasslands

50. Have License, Will Travel

51. Evangelicals in Colorado

52. Coming-out Party

53. African American Colony on the Prairies

54. Farming in the "Great American Desert"

55. Sodbusters

56. Coalfield Wars

57. Grand Illumination

58. The Unsinkable Molly Brown

59. An Iconic Landscape

60. From Beer to Malted Milk

61. The Yanks Are Coming

62. Garden of Eden

63. Keeping the Faith

64. In Praise of Peaches

65. Vegetable Man!

66. Rock That Burns

67. Cutting through the Continental Divide

68. Paris on the Platte

69. Dirty Thirties

70. Surviving the Great Depression

71. The Harlem of the West

72. Enduring the Unendurable

73. German POWs in Colorado

74. Ike's "Ike Jacket"

75. Ski Soldiers

76. Colorado Powder

77. A Cowboy State of Mind

78. Under Many Flags

79. Mass Murder in the Sky

80. Traveling in Style

81. Up, Up, and Away

82. Yellowcake Towns

83. The Cold War and Colorado

84. "Houston, We Have a Problem Here"

85. The Chicano Movement

86. Rocky Mountain High

87. Saying "No" to the Winter Olympics

88. Rooting for the Home Team

89. Making Beer and History in Colorado

90. Living the American Dream

91. Sneaker Campaign

92. Celebrating American Indian Cultures

93. Making Colorado Cosmopolitan

94. "To Go Columbine"

95. Emblems of Pride or Prejudice?

96. Change We Can Believe In

97. Crocs in Colorado

98. From "Hate State" to the Election of a Gay Governor

99. Marijuana Mecca

100. Fighting for America, Fighting for Themselves.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Wei, William, 1948- Becoming Colorado.

ISBN:

9781646421916

1646421914

OCLC:

1249707358