| Beyond the Great Divide Contributor(s): Fay, Abbott (Author) |
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ISBN: 1890437190 ISBN-13: 9781890437190 Publisher: Western Reflections Publishing Co. OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 978.8 |
| LCCN: 99061653 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.64 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mountains - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Colorado |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Abbott Fay, Colorado's noted historian and author of I Never Knew That About Colorado, shares 101 unique stories of places and people during Western Colorado's early days.Did you know that: -- Several explorers claimed a wooden sailing ship was found near Red Cliff in 1879 stuck in ice in a cave filled with crystals and gold? -- Delta women went on strike in the 1880s, refusing to cook evening meals until sidewalks were built and streets paved? -- Silverton sprouted the first nationally recognized cowboy band in 1885? -- In 1885, elephants pushed a train over Boreas Pass -- the world's highest railroad crossing?Plus ninety-six other amazing stories . . . |