The RockiesFrom the time of Coronado?s discovery to the era of modern ski resorts and sport climbing routes, adventurers have been lured irresistibly to the Rocky Mountains. In this book distinguished writer David Lavender traces the colorful history of the Rockies, focusing on the period that began in 1859 with the first gold strikes. The real and fabled attractions of gold, silver, furs, lumber, and lead brought swarms of people into the mountains, eagerly seeking wealth. A get-rich-quick spirit pervaded the Rockies, leading to lawlessness, violence, vigilantism, and political expediency. The Rockies is particularly revealing about the struggles which resulted in codes peculiar to the mountainous West. Duane A. Smith provides a new introduction to this Bison Books edition of The Rockies. |
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Contents
THE SHAPING OF CHAOS | 1 |
NOTHING BUT SKY | 15 |
EACH HIS OWN WILD DREAMS TO TRY | 24 |
HONOUR TO OUR NATIONAL ENTERPRIZE | 40 |
THE WAR THE INDIANS WON | 57 |
THE SKIN GAME | 72 |
BRIEF CANDLE | 87 |
THE BARRIER LAND | 101 |
THOSE WHO STAYED | 207 |
BOOSTERS AND BOOMERS | 224 |
SILVER THREADS | 242 |
RAILROAD WRANGLES | 258 |
THE RUSSET HILLS OF BUTTE | 274 |
THEY MISSED MILLIONS | 288 |
AMONG THESE DARK SATANIC MILLS | 299 |
BENEFICIAL USE REDEFINED | 323 |
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| Title | The Rockies |
| Author | David Sievert Lavender |
| Contributor | Duane A. Smith |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | U of Nebraska Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 080328019X, 9780803280199 |
| Length | 404 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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