The Valley of Opportunity: A History of West-Central Colorado
BLM Cultural Resource Series (Colorado: No. 12)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Introduction

Chapter I. The Natural Backdrop and Spanish Exploration

Chapter II. The Fur Trade and Government Exploration

Chapter III. Inter-racial Contact and Ute Removal

Chapter IV. West-Central Colorado's Mining Frontier

Chapter V. The Transportation Frontier in West-Central Colorado

Chapter VI. The Stockmen's Frontier 1880-1920

Chapter VII. West-Central Colorado Farming 1880-1920

Chapter VIII. The Urban Frontier

Chapter IX. The Federal Government in West-Central Colorado

Chapter X. Depression Decades

Chapter XI. Mining Since 1920

Chapter XII. The New Prosperity

Bibliography



DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to the memory of my father, Thomas, a life-long civil servant and the person who got me interested in history.



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