Footprints in the sugar
Subtitle: a history of the Great Western Sugar Company
By: written by Candy Hamilton
Publisher: Hamilton Bates
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ontario, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 695
ISBN-13: 9780979325304
Subjects: Great Western Railway Company (Colo.); Mexican Americans; Russian Germans; Great Western Sugar Company; Sugar beet industry; Working class; Employment; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Origin and evolution of sugar; title: Emergence of the Colorado beet sugar industry; title: Great Western Sugar Company pioneers; title: The Company: from humble beginnings to dominance; title: German-Russians: their journey to America; title: Los betabeleros (the beetworkers): foreigners in their own land; title: World War II prisoners of war in Colorado: the unspoken history; title: From expertise to ineptness: ownership root of demise; title: All that remains: historical review and status of sites; title: Sugar tramps: backbone of the company.