Download or read book History of Leadville and Lake County Colorado written by Don L. Griswold and published by Colorado History Society. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1878 the name "Leadville" became synonymous with one of the world's greatest silver-producing regions. During the 1880s, when Leadville's economy was at its peak, the town was the second largest in Colorado, a mecca for prospectors, gamblers, retailers, performing artists, and entrepreneurs. In many respects, its history epitomizes the volatile character of Colorado's mining industry-from the rush to establish businesses, schools, churches, and newspapers in a booming mining camp to the conflict and violence of the miner's strike of 1896. More than forty years ago, Don L. Griswold and his wife, Jean Harvey Griswold, set out to describe the social, political, and economic life that grew out of Leadville's hard-rock industry. Their story of Leadville and Lake County stretches from the earliest explorations of the Upper Arkansas Valley to the beginnings of molybdenum mining in the twentieth century. A veritable encyclopedia of historical information, this massive two-volume, fully indexed reference work includes rare photographs from the Griswolds' personal collection and a bibliographic overview of Leadville's history by Colorado historian James E. Fell, Jr. Told with grace, humor, and authority, The History of Leadville and Lake County, Colorado is an invaluable reference tool for historians, genealogists, and any who seek a deeper understanding of the rich history of this mining town in Colorado's high country.
Download or read book A History of Leadville Colorado written by Marshall Conant Graff and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Leadville and Lake County Colorado written by Jean Harvey Griswold and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Medicine in Leadville and Lake County Colorado written by Rene L. Coquoz and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Leadville written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-20 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical photographs of Leadville, Colorado are re-created in the same location, comparing and contrasting the famous mining city of Colorado from past to present. Historical photographs are from author's family collection.
Download or read book A History of Leadville Colorado written by Marshall Conant Graff and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V GROWTH OF LEADVILLE We have already told that Leadville in the spring of l877. consisted of a handful of log houses scattered along California Gulch, below the Harrison Smelter and appropriately called Slab Town; also how in June, Charles Mater started the first store and how this was followed by others. The beginning of the new year l878 found the settlement without a name and without an organization. A petition had been drawn asking for a post office; this necessitated the adoption of a name; hence on the fourteenth of January, eighteen citizens in response to a call, met in a little wagon shop on the present corner of Pine and Chestnut Streets to take the preliminary steps for a town organization. There was a great discussion over a name. "Harrison," "Myers," "Agassiz," "Cerussite" "Carbonate," "Lead City," were suggested, discussed, objected to, and finally Leadville proposed by C. Crair.er and agreed upon. There are many stories of this meeting, varying in details, but the story as written here seems to be the most authentic. Governor Routt, by proclamation, called the first city election to be held January 26. H.A.W. Tabor was elected Mayor and C. E. Anderson, Clerk. At the regular election in April, succeeding, Mr. Tabor was reelected and J.C.Cramer was chosen clerk. Then in May, as we have already told, was discovered the "Little Pittsburgh" and this produced the Rush. Within a few lThis story is compounded from many varying authorities, but as told bare seems to be the most accurate. See Hall, Vol.11, P. 446. months Leadville had grown to such an extent that a transforma the tion into a oity of/second class was justified. Vf.H. James was elected Mayor and John w. Zollers, City Treasurer. M.J.Murphy, E.C.Kavanaugh, John...
Download or read book History of Leadville and Lake County Colorado written by Don L. Griswold and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Leadville Colorado written by Marshall Conant Graff and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book Leadville written by Dave Southworth and published by . This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadville, Colorado has its own special story --- a story that has become legendary because of its myriad of extraordinary people. First there was a gold rush, and then a silver rush, and the city of Leadville blossomed at an elevation of over 10,000 feet amidst some of the loftiest mountains in North America. There were stories of rags to riches, and riches to rags. Murder, sin, and scandals were commonplace. Within this unique community were colorful characters of all kinds --- and this is their story.
Download or read book Leadville written by Gillian Klucas and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2004-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadville explores the clash between a small mining town high up in Colorado's Rocky Mountains and the federal government, determined to clean up the toxic mess left from a hundred years of mining. Set amidst the historic streets and buildings reflecting the town's past glory as one of the richest nineteenth-century mining districts in North America-a history populated with characters such as Meyer Guggenheim and the Titanic's unsinkable Molly Brown-the Leadville Gillian Klucas portrays became a battleground in the 1980s and 1990s. The tale begins one morning in 1983 when a flood of toxic mining waste washes past the Smith Ranch and down the headwaters of the Arkansas River. The event presages a Superfund cleanup campaign that draws national attention, sparks local protest, and triggers the intervention of an antagonistic state representative. Just as the Environmental Protection Agency comes to town telling the community that their celebrated mining heritage is a public health and environmental hazard, the mining industry abandons Leadville, throwing the town into economic chaos. Klucas unveils the events that resulted from this volatile formula and the remarkable turnaround that followed. The author's well-grounded perspective, in-depth interviews with participants, and keen insights make Leadville a portrait vivid with characterizations that could fill the pages of a novel. But because this is a real story with real people, It shows the reality behind the Western mystique and explores the challenges to local autonomy and community identity brought by a struggle for economic survival, unyielding government policy, and long-term health consequences induced by extractive-industry practices. The proud Westerners of Leadville didn't realize they would be tangling with a young and vigorous Environmental Protection Agency in a modern-day version of an old Western standoff. In the process, Klucas shows, both sides would be forced to address hard questions about identity and the future with implications that reach far beyond Leadville and the beautiful high valley that nurtures it.
Download or read book Climax written by Stephen M. Voynick and published by Mountain Press Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High atop the Continental Divide, the Climax Mine opened during World War I to meet military needs for molybdenum, a metallic element that enhances the toughness and durability of steel. Climax became the most successful American company of the Great Depr
Download or read book Map Guide to the U S Federal Censuses 1790 1920 written by William Thorndale and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1987 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genealogical research in U.S. censuses begins with identifying correct county jurisdictions ??o assist in this identification, the map Guide shows all U.S. county boundaries from 1790 to 1920. On each of the nearly 400 maps the old county lines are superimposed over the modern ones to highlight the boundary changes at ten-year intervals. Accompanying each map are explanations of boundary changes, notes about the census, & tocality finding keys. In addition, there are inset maps which clarify ??erritorial lines, a state-by-state bibliography of sources, & an appendix outlining pitfalls in mapping county boundaries. Finally, there is an index which lists all present day counties, plus nearly all defunct counties or counties later renamed-the most complete list of American counties ever published.
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