A land alone, Colorado's western slope
By: Duane Vandenbusche, Duane A. Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Duane A., joint author.
Publisher: Pruett Pub. Co.
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Colorado -- History, Local.
Description: This new volume is the history of the Western Slope from the Indians of Mesa Verde to the present, divided into four parts; early history to 1874; the mining era, 1874-1915; the good days; 1900-1945; and 1945 to the present--a present that threatens mineral exploitation and drastic changes in the population and land use of the region.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 317-330.
Includes index.