Frontier in transition : a history of southwestern Colorado / by Paul M. O'Rourke.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

O'Rourke, Paul M.

Contributor:

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Colorado State Office

Series:

Cultural resources series (United States. Bureau of Land Management. Colorado State Office) ; no. 10.

Cultural resources series ; no. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colorado--History, Local.

Colorado.

Frontier and pioneer life--Colorado.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Genre:

Government publications

Local history

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 202 pages) : illustrations, digital, PDF file

Place of Publication:

Denver, Colo. : Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office, 1980.

Contents:

The natural setting and its relation to historic development

The ancient ones

Exploration and the fur trade

The great reconnaissance and the rediscovery of the Southwest

The Utes in southwestern Colorado : a confrontation of cultures

Early mining and transportation in southwestern Colorado

The permanent settlement of southwestern Colorado

Transportation and mining, 1881-1920

Ranching and agriculture : the economic diversification of southwestern Colorado

Southwestern Colorado in the modern era.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (viewed on 04/29/2008).

Second printing (1992) available via PURL access to the GPO Federal Depository Library Program.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-202).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: O'Rourke, Paul M. Frontier in transition.

Online version: O'Rourke, Paul M. Frontier in transition.

OCLC:

226379644

Access Restriction:

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