Download or read book A Brief History of Telluride written by Christian J. Buys and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brief History of Telluride chronicles the boom and bust cycles of Telluride, Placerville, Ames, Ophir, and Rico from the 1860s to the present. Every page brings to life the arival of the first prospectors, the tragic departure of the Utes, the booming mining era, Butch Cassidy's bank robbery, avalanches, miners' strikes, the rise and fall of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, and the bare-bones beginning of the skiing industry. Meet fascinating residents like Lucien Nunn, who almost single-handedly saved Telluride's mining industry with the first commercial use of alternating-current electricity in the world.
Download or read book A Quick History of Telluride boom bust boom Again Town written by Rose Weber and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Telluride written by Elizabeth Barbour and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of the southwestern Colorado town located in the San Juan Mountains.
Download or read book Telluride Power written by L. Jackson Newell and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mountains are the Story written by Duke Richey and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Telluride Top of the World written by Tom Tatum and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TELLURIDE TOP OF THE WORLD is the sequel to Tom Tatum's first novel FIJI 1970. In the late 1970s, Cooper Stuart has returned to his sprawling historic mountain family ranch near Telluride. His widowed mother is managing the ranch with ever increasing bank loans. In Telluride, the Ajax Ski Company is determined to rule its future. After a hundred years, the gold and silver mines are playing out. The Ajax Ski Company owner made a fortune in the postwar uranium boom near Telluride. Cooper's foray into Telluride takes him into the cocaine fueled ski and hot tub scene. Joe Bear Spirit, a Ute Indian Vietnam helicopter pilot and Indian Water Right's activist throws in with Cooper on the YBarC. Judy rides the range with Cooper on her champion barrel racing horse and Adrianna, descended from centuries of Spanish gold mining witches, also joins to help save the YBarC 's rangeland and water rights from the forces that would destroy one of the Americas' most remote and beautiful places. Pull on boot cut jeans, strap on spurs and lever a bullet into a saddle rifle for a Four Corners adventure centered in the smoldering stewpot of Telluride.
Download or read book Tomboy Bride written by Harriet Fish Backus and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true pioneer of the West, Harriet Backus writes about her amusing and often challenging experiences with heart felt emotion and vivid detail. New foreword by Pam Houston and afterword by author's grandson Rob Walton are featured.
Download or read book Nunn s Park Provo Canyon Aka Telluride Power Transmission Company written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Peaks of Telluride written by Jeff Burch and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Telluride Story written by David Lavender and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition is about the memorable history of a Colorado Town called Telluride. The Telluride Story traces the saga of this mountain village from its early days of silver exploration to its rise from a near ghost town to a unique ski resort and festival mecca. This edition focuses on Telluride's spectacular mountain scenery, while offering a glimpses of an era long past.
Download or read book City of Gold written by Will Hobbs and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich in adventure, history, and humor, an odyssey set in the twilight of the Wild West spun by Will Hobbs Weeks after arriving in Colorado to start a new farm, the Hollowell family is looking at disaster when fifteen-year-old Owen witnesses the theft of their mules. Learning that Hercules and Peaches will likely be sold to the mines, Owen sets out to track the rustler over the mountains. It’s all Ma can do to hold back little brother Till, who’s more than a handful. The outlaw’s trail leads to Telluride, the turbulent “City of Gold.” Owen gets help from a resourceful girl named Molly and dubious assistance from Till, who shows up on the train from Durango. Telluride’s notorious marshal finally takes an interest when he identifies the rustler as one of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch. The lawman leads Owen and Till on horseback into the canyon country and all the way to Robbers Roost. For readers who love adventure and humor, Will Hobbs delivers a stirring tale of two brothers who risk it all to recover their mules and secure their future.
Download or read book Unraveling the Mysteries of the Telluride Blanket written by Beth Sagstetter and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the history of and research into a Native American textile (now called the Telluride Blanket), found intact in 1896 by Melvin R. Turner and his nephew Ed Turner, in Utah. The blanket is owned by the Telluride Historical Museum, Telluride, Colorado.
Download or read book Historic Telluride in Rare Photographs written by Christian J. Buys and published by Western Reflections Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic Telluride in Rare Photographs chronicles the boom and bust cycles of Telluride, Placerville, Ames, Ophir, and Rico from the 1860s through the 1940s. Every page brings to life, in unique pictures and words, those early days: the arrival of the prospectors, the golden days of mining, and early-day skiing. Journey back into Telluride's history through photographs and explanatory text.
Download or read book Telluride written by Richard L. Fetter and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press After booming with the discovery of gold and silver in the last century, Telluride went bust and slept for decades only to revive and enter a new era when skiing became popular in the 1960s.
Download or read book The Peaks of Telluride written by Jeff Burch and published by Self Publisher. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Quick History of Telluride boom bust boom Again Town written by Rose Weber and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Telluride Power for the Intermountain West written by Orville J. Sweeting and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
