| Hidden History of Routt County Contributor(s): Herold, Rita (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467143987 ISBN-13: 9781467143981 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| LCCN: 2020938433 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Settling Routt County was never easy or safe. Fugitives used the undeveloped landscape as an "outlaw trail" to evade authorities. The inexorable Harry Tracy managed three jailbreaks before being killed by a posse. Conversely, many of the first families left entrepreneurial legacies. Widowed Alice Bartz sold the family homestead to start the Bartz Hotel in her Steamboat Springs' bakery and house, serving three meals a day to locals and guests. Others families, like the Nays and the Laughlins, were able to cut hay and raise enough livestock to pass the land down to future generations. Native author Rita Herold preserves oral histories and nearly forgotten episodes of the county's past. |