Frontier in transition
Subtitle: a history of southwestern Colorado
By:  by Paul M. O'Rourke
Contributors: United States.   Bureau of Land Management.   Colorado State Office
Series: Cultural resources series --  no. 10; Cultural resources series (United States. Bureau of Land Management. Colorado State Office) --  no. 10.
Publisher: Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land Management
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Denver, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Local History; Frontier and pioneer life; Colorado
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-202).

Also available via Internet from the BLM web site. Address as of 07/13/09: http://www.blm.gov/heritage/adventures/research/StatePages/PDFs/Colorado/colorado_10.pdf ; current access is available via PURL.
Table of contents: title: The natural setting and its relation to historic development; title: The ancient ones; title: Exploration and the fur trade; title: The great reconnaissance and the rediscovery of the Southwest; title: The Utes in southwestern Colorado : a confrontation of cultures; title: Early mining and transportation in southwestern Colorado; title: The permanent settlement of southwestern Colorado; title: Transportation and mining, 1881-1920; title: Ranching and agriculture : the economic diversification of southwestern Colorado; title: Southwestern Colorado in the modern era.