A Colorado History, 10th Edition [Hardcover]

Experience Colorado with this new, enlarged edition ofA Colorado History. For fifty years, the authors of this preeminent resource have led readers on an extraordinary exploration of how the state has changedand how it has stayed the same.

From the arrival of Paleo-Indians in the Mesa Verde region to the fast pace of the twenty-first century,A Colorado Historycovers the political, economic, cultural, and environmental issues, along with the fascinating events and characters, that have shaped this dynamic state.

In print for fifty years, this distinctive examination of the Centennial State is a must-read for history buffs, students, researchersor anyoneinterested in the remarkable place called Colorado.

A COLORADO HISTORY has been, since its first appearance in 1965, widely recognized as an exemplary work of its kind. --THE COLORADO MAGAZINEContentsPrefacePrologue: The Land1. A Prehistoric Prelude: The Dwellers in the Cliffs2. A Spanish Borderland3. Exploring Louisiana4. The Fur Frontier5. The Frontier in Transition6. Gold Rush7. Miners and Merchants8. Culture Comes to the Gold Towns9. Legal Beginnings10. Battlegrounds11. Smelters and Railroads12. Utopias in the Desert13. Carpetbaggers Kingdom14. The Centennial State15. Carbonate Camps16. Open Range Days17. Beyond the Continental Divide18. Ditchdiggers and Sodbusters19. New Frontiers20. Politics and Populists21. The Silver Crusade22. The Good Old Days23. The Era of Industrial Warfare24. Water and Sugar25. The Progressive Era26. State and Nation27. The Twenties28. Depression Decade29. Life in Colorado Between Two Wars30. Decades of Boom, Years of Bust31. Colorado and the Nation32. Urban Colorado33. The Old and the New34. We Cant Remember Who We Were Tomorrow35. Colorado in the New Millennium36. Fire and Water37. Today Is Going To Be Long Long AgoSuggested ReadingColorados Governors, Senators, and CongressionalRepresentatives (Chronological List)Picture CreditsIndexFor fifty ylS