The Once And Future Silver Queen Of The Rockies

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The Once And Future Silver Queen Of The Rockies

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Author : Christine Bradley
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2019-03-01

The Once And Future Silver Queen Of The Rockies written by Christine Bradley and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-01 with History categories.

There are many studies of local communities during their heydays, but the life of a community in decline is rarely studied. The Once and Future Silver Queen of the Rockies delves into the life of Georgetown, Colorado, after the turn of the twentieth century as mining in Clear Creek County steadily declined and ultimately collapsed. One of the earliest mining communities in the state, Georgetown began to struggle for survival as the nineteenth century drew to a close. The price of silver dropped precipitously while other mining camps were still opening around the region. The new, bright future once envisioned for the “Silver Queen of the Rockies” began to fade. Yet the community managed to survive and re-create itself in the new world of the twentieth century. Tourism, skiing, and historic preservation replaced mineral extraction as the basis of the regional economy. Today, Georgetown maintains the aesthetic feel of a nineteenth-century mining town and stands as an example of community-supported historic preservation. This richly illustrated sequel to The Rise of the Silver Queen tells the compelling story of Georgetown’s survival, and ultimate flourishing, after the loss of its principal industry. It is an interesting and engaging addition to the history of Colorado and the West.

Remembering Ludlow But Forgetting The Columbine

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Author : Leigh Campbell-Hale
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2023-02-15

Remembering Ludlow But Forgetting The Columbine written by Leigh Campbell-Hale and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-15 with History categories.

Mining the American West Remembering Ludlow but Forgetting the Columbine examines the causes, context, and legacies of the 1927 Columbine Massacre in relation to the history of labor organizing and coal mining in both Colorado and the United States. While historians have written prolifically about the 1914 Ludlow Massacre, there has been a lack of attention to the violent event remembered now as the Columbine Massacre in which police shot and killed six striking coal miners and wounded sixty more protestors during the 1927–1928 Colorado Coal Strike, even though its aftermath exerted far more influence upon subsequent national labor policies. This volume is a comparative biography of three key participants before, during, and after the strike: A. S. Embree, the IWW strike leader; Josephine Roche, the owner of the coal mine property where the Columbine Massacre took place; and Powers Hapgood, who came to work for Roche four months after she signed the 1928 United Mine Worker’s contract. The author demonstrates the significance of this event to national debates about labor during the period, as well as changes and continuities in labor history starting in the progressive era and continuing with 1930s New Deal labor policies and through the 1980s. This examination of the 1927–1928 Colorado Coal Strike reorients understandings of labor history from the 1920s through the 1960s and the construction of public memory—and forgetting—surrounding those events. Remembering Ludlow but Forgetting the Columbine appeals to academic and general readers interested in Colorado history, labor history, mining history, gender studies, memory, and historiography.

Mining Irish American Lives

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Author : Alan J. M. Noonan
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2022-09-29

Mining Irish American Lives written by Alan J. M. Noonan and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-29 with History categories.

Mining Irish-American Lives focuses on the importance and influence of the Irish within the mining frontier of the American West. Scholarship of the West has largely ignored the complicated lives of the Irish people in mining towns, whose life details are often kept to a bare minimum. This book uses individual stories and the histories of different communities—Randsburg, California; Virginia City, Nevada; Leadville, Colorado; Butte, Montana; Idaho’s Silver Valley; and the Comstock Lode, for example—to explore Irish and Irish-American lives. Historian Alan J. M. Noonan uses a range of previously overlooked sources, including collections of emigrant letters, hospital logbooks, private detective reports, and internment records, to tell the stories of Irish men and women who emigrated to mining towns to search for opportunity. Noonan details the periods, the places, and the experiences over multiple generations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He carefully examines their encounters with nativists, other ethnic groups, and mining companies to highlight the contested emergence of a hyphenated Irish-American identity. Unearthing personal details along with the histories of different communities, the book investigates Irish immigrants and Irish-Americans through the prism of their own experiences, significantly enriching the history of the period.

Eben Smith

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Author : David Forsyth
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2021-09-21

Eben Smith written by David Forsyth and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-21 with History categories.

David Forsyth recounts the life of Eben Smith, an integral but little-known figure in Colorado mining history. Smith was one of the many fortune seekers who traveled to California during the gold rush and one of the few who found what he sought. He moved to Colorado in 1860 with business partner Jerome Chaffee and over the next forty-six years was involved in mining in nearly every major camp in the state, from Central City to Cripple Creek, and in the development of mines such as the Bobtail, Little Jonny, and Victor. He was eulogized by the Denver Post and Denver Times as the “dean of mining in Colorado.” The mining teams Smith formed with Chaffee and with industrialist David Moffat were among the most successful and respected in Colorado, and many in the state held Smith in high regard. Yet despite the credit he received during his lifetime for establishing Colorado’s mining industry, Smith has not received much attention from historians, perhaps because he was content to leave public-facing duties to his partners while he concerned himself with managing mine operations. From Smith’s early years and his labor in the mines to his rise to prominence as an investor and developer, Forsyth shows how Smith used the mining and milling knowledge he acquired in California to become a leader in technological innovation in Colorado’s mining industry.

Swing Low Silver Chariot

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Author : Eileen Thennis
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2007-02-12

Swing Low Silver Chariot written by Eileen Thennis and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-12 with Fiction categories.

A story of one abandoned 1880â€TMs young lady of the times who struggled to rise from the depths of degradation to obtain the silver chariot of her dreams. Through the eyes of Nina (Nicole), we see again the city she saw and experience her heartaches & dreams. We feel her pain when, to save his soul, she walks away from the only man she can ever love. Under threat of her life she makes a dash to freedom in seek of a new future, love & happiness.

Colorado Forest Highway 80 Guanella Pass Road

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Colorado Forest Highway 80 Guanella Pass Road written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.

Queen Of The Rockies

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Author : Angela Breidenbach
language : en
Publisher: Gems Books
Release Date : 2021-09-01

Queen Of The Rockies written by Angela Breidenbach and has been published by Gems Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-01 with Fiction categories.

What will her courage cost? 1889 (Helena, MT): As the gold rush era ends in the most elegant and modern city in the world and Montana emerges as a state, one woman must decide if social pressure will prevail over her own beliefs. Calista Blythe enters the first Miss Snowflake Pageant celebrating Montana at Christmastime to expose the plight of street urchins. But hiding an orphan could unravel Calista's reputation, and her budding romance with pageant organizer, Albert Shanahan, if her secret is revealed. Will love or societal pressure prevail? Courage is choosing to do the right thing regardless of the cost... Romantic, comedic adventure set in picturesque Helena, Montana written by a bestselling author who is also a professional genealogist. Will courage cost her everything? As Montana emerges into statehood, one woman must decide if social pressure will prevail when she hides an endangered child, risking her own future happiness. Queen of the Rockies — Book 1 of 6, opens this delightful series of Gilded Age historical romances peppered with genealogical tidbits.

Silver Queen

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Author : Caroline Bancroft
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971

Silver Queen written by Caroline Bancroft and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Colorado categories.

Silver Queen The Fabulous Story Of Baby Doe Tabor

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Author : Caroline Bancroft
language : en
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
Release Date : 1983

Silver Queen The Fabulous Story Of Baby Doe Tabor written by Caroline Bancroft and has been published by Big Earth Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Her love affair with H.A.W. Tabor created a sensational triangle and caused a national scandal in the 1880s.

Guide To The Georgetown Silver Plume Historical District

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Author : Neely
language : en
Publisher: Johnson Books
Release Date : 1986

Guide To The Georgetown Silver Plume Historical District written by Neely and has been published by Johnson Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Georgetown (Colo.) categories.