Download or read book Pioneers of the San Juan Country written by Daughters of the American Revolution. Colorado State Society. Sarah Platt Decker Chapter, Durango and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early San Juan County written by LaVerne Tate and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Juan County was established in 1880 following the famous winter trek and steep descent through the Hole-in-the-Rock Trail to Bluff, Utah. Behind the settlement of this community by the San Juan River is a story of tenacity, determination, and hardship. The Hole-in-the-Rock was a sandstone crevice discovered fortuitously by pioneers when a wild ram escaped its pursuers and descended to the river by that route. After blasting, building up the grade, and lowering by ropes, the wagon train finally emerged through the crevice to the river below and finished the last difficult miles into Bluff. Miner and photographer Charles Goodman documented the early days of San Juan County, from the production of bricks and molasses to the establishment of Bluff Oil Company, and many of his unique images, dating from 1892 to 1913, are included in this volume.
Download or read book A History of San Juan County written by Robert S. McPherson and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the palm of time: Understanding the saga of San Juan -- Land of contrast, land of change: The geography and place names of San Juan County -- Academics, amateurs, and the Anasazi: An overview of the prehistory of San Juan County -- Utes, Paiutes, and Navajos come to San Juan: Setting the foundation, A.D. 100 to 1880 -- Entradas and campaigns, entrepreneurs and surveys: Early entrants into the San Juan Country -- Civilization comes to San Juan: Homesteading and city-building, 1880-1940 -- Pushing the line: Navajo Conflict and boundary expansion, 1880-1933 -- Shrinking lands in a crucible of change: The Ute and Paiute experience, 1880-1933 -- Beef, wheat, and biology: Livestock and farming industries in San Juan, 1880-1990 -- From beads and blankets to dollars: Ute and Navajo economic development, 1900-1990 -- Tall timbers, mountain streams, and desert rivers: The development of forest and water resources in San Juan County -- Mines and roads: A hundred years of boom and bust -- Taking care of its own: Health and education in San Juan County -- Faiths of the land: Religious expression in San Juan County -- Taming San Juan: The establishment of law, order, and government -- From "Blank Spot" to "Sagebrush Rebellion": The rise of federal hegemony in San Juan County -- San Juan in the imagination: A writer's paradise, a philosopher's dream -- Through a glass darkly: One historian's view of the future.
Download or read book Told by the Pioneers written by United States. Work Projects Administration. State of Washington and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To preserve stories of pioneers, which had not already found their way into published histories and reminiscences of the State of Washington, a project was begun in the early part of 1936 as part of a Friendly Visiting Program to elderly persons receiving old age assistance from the Washington State Dept. of Public Welfare. Consequently, these elderly persons were interviewed and their early stories, which might otherwise have been lost, have been preserved as part of the pioneer lore of the State of Washington. Selected interviews and excerpts were chosen by the editors based on the most picturesque background and popular appeal for publication as Told by the Pioneers. The book states, "The originals [interviews] are on file at the State Library where they can be consulted for statistics and other data." However, WSL does not and has not had the complete collection of original interviews. The manuscript collection titled, Washington Pioneer Project Records and Interviews 1936-1937, consists of the original interviews that WSL does have that correspond with the book.
Download or read book The San Juan Country written by Herbert Ernest Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Only the Brave written by Gerald N. Lund and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Mormon pioneers who settled in the San Juan Region in Utah.
Download or read book By the Skin of His Teeth The Story of Thomas Durham Pioneer Musician written by Paul Denis Durham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a Mormon pioneer who triumphed over hardship, came to a new land, established a settlement in a new territory, became a renowned musician and teacher, local businessman, and church leader. Includes a sketch of his life written by his son, Alfred M. Durham and Thomas Durham's personal journal covering the years 1854 to 1871.
Download or read book From Basin to Peak written by Wesley M. Howe and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: However you choose to visit the region formed by the intersecting borders of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, known as Four Corners, this handy resource will help make your journey memorable. Covering southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico, the San Juan Basin offers a rich and colorful history, wonderful landscapes, and recreation for explorers of all types and ages. Arranged in alphabetical order, this engaging handbook boasts over one thousand entries ranging from western mythology, geology, history, natural history, well-known figures, little-known trivia, and intriguing anecdotes. Tourists, armchair travelers, natives, historians, and general interest readers alike will find this one-of-a-kind collection appealing.
Download or read book Professional Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Undaunted written by Gerald N. Lund and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1879 a stalwart group of Mormon pioneers are called to create a settlement that will serve as a buffer between the established communities of Utah and the lawless frontier of the Four Corners area. Their challenges will be enormous--but the biggest part of their mission may well be getting there in the first place!
Download or read book Geological Survey Professional Paper written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women Pioneers of Public Education written by J. Herbst and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-11-10 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book narrates the story of how the school, founded by women pioneers of public education in a Rocky Mountain mining settlement, became the centre and sustaining force of the town's community life from its beginning in the 1870s to the present day.
Download or read book The Pacific Monthly written by William Bittle Wells and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Colorado s Lost Gold Mines and Buried Treasure written by Caroline Bancroft and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty romantic and fabled tales of Colorado's misplaced wealth inspire the reader to go search.
Download or read book Utah Place Names written by John W. Van Cott and published by University of Utah Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utah toponyms, or place names. Where are they? What istheir history? Their importance? Over thousand toponyms are listed alphabetically, marking the passagesof peoples and cultures from earliest times.
Download or read book Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Before and After the State written by Allan K. McDougall and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evolution of the Canada–US borderland in the Pacific Northwest included the wholesale transformation of social organization and individual identities together with the redefinition and application of public power. Before and After the State examines the impact of those changes across a region that already harboured a vibrant, highly complex mélange of societies with dynamic local, regional, and global trade and kin networks. Allan McDougall, Lisa Philips, and Daniel Boxberger explore fundamental questions of state formation, social transformation, and the (re)construction of identity to expose the narratives and other devices of nation building, their impact on generations caught in the transition, and the reverberations of those national myths that continue to the present.
