Hidden history of Denver
By: Elizabeth Victoria Wallace
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781609493509
Subjects: Biography; History
Description: "When prospectors set up camp on Cherry Creek in 1858, Denver emerged as a lightning rod for the extraordinary. Time has washed away so many unusual stories from the dark day of nineteenth-centy Law and Order League lynching and the KKK's later rise and fall to the heroism of suffragettes and the touching plight of the gypsies"--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: Why they came; title: On the trail; title: People and personalities; title: Prejudices; title: The railroad comes to town; title: Businesses, banks and booze; title: Crime, punishment and the vigilance committee; title: Sports and recreation; title: Religion and charitable institutes; title: A matter of survival; title: Water everywhere; title: Women of Denver; title: Did you know?