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Summit: A Gold Rush History of Summit County, Colorado

by Mary Ellen Gilliland

Description: NEW! 512 pages; 250 images. Summit ranch history and local cowboy tales, then-and-now photographic section, 30 history-packed chapters, & the bumpy start of Summit ski mountains... SUMMIT's story is as rich as the gold rush the book describes. Narrow-gauge alpine railways, nomad Ute Indians, lusty mine camps, the 1860s birth of now-famous ski towns and self-guided mine tours all highlight this classic history. A parade of larger-than-life characters capture the reader's imagination--people like Snow Shoe Itinerant John Lewis Dyer, the skiing preacher. A host of intriguing personalities, the prospector, the claim jumper who trailed him, the shyster lawyer who came on his heels, shady lady right behind and hard-working miner, shopkeeper and civil servant, all created the history this book records. Paperback. (Also available in Hardcover)

ISBN / SKU: 1889385093
Our Price: $24.95