| San Juan Skyway Contributor(s): Wildfang, Frederic B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738580287 ISBN-13: 9780738580289 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Food, Lodging & Transportation - Road Travel |
| Dewey: 978.8 |
| LCCN: 2009935206 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Colorado |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The scenic route in southwestern Colorado means the San Juan Skyway, a 236-mile loop created by U.S. Routes 550 and 160 and State Routes 62 and 145. The Skyway wends through glacial valleys and over high passes between some of the most breathtaking, ice-sculpted peaks in the Rocky Mountains. Native Americans, pioneering mountain men, miners, and railroaders inhabited these slopes. Although the Skyway towns of Durango, Silverton, Ouray, Ridgway, Telluride, Rico, Dolores, and Cortez were first connected by wilderness trails and railways, the loop s final modern section of highway between Coal Bank and Molas Passes was completed in the 1940s. The rugged San Juan Mountains were the backdrop for exploits by Butch Cassidy and Wyatt Earp, but, as author Frederic B. Wildfang notes, the scenery is also a syllabus for a course in geology. " |
Contributor Bio(s): Wildfang, Frederic B.: - Writer and historian Wildfang is the author of Arcadia Publishing s Images of America volumes on Lake Havasu City and Prescott, Arizona, and Durango, Colorado. The images in this book were acquired from the Denver Public Library, Western History Collection; Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College; La Plata County Historical Society; San Juan County Historical Society; Telluride Historical Museum; Ouray County Historical Society; and private collections. |