The New Empire of the Rockies: A History of Northeast Colorado BLM Cultural Resources Series (Colorado: No. 16)

Steven F. Mehls was born March, 1952 at Omaha, Nebraska. In 1974 he graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. That summer, looking for a great adventure in life, he followed the fifty-niners' path and moved to Colorado. In 1975 he received a Masters degree in American History from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Ph. D. in Western American History in 1982. He has published in numerous professional journals and is a member of many professional societies.