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ROADSIDE HISTORY OF COLORADO REVISED EDITION James McTighe Johnson Books: Boulder

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title	:	Roadside History of Colorado
author	:	McTighe, James.
publisher	:	Johnson Books
isbn10 | asin	:	1555660541
print isbn13	:	9781555660543
ebook isbn13	:	9780585022512
language	:	English
subject	Colorado--History, Local, Roads--Colorado--History, Colorado--Guidebooks, Automobile travel--Colorado--Guidebooks.
publication date	:	1989
lcc	:	F776.M42 1989eb
ddc	:	917.8804/33
subject	:	Colorado--History, Local, Roads--Colorado--History, Colorado--Guidebooks, Automobile travel--Colorado--Guidebooks.

In memory of Mary, my wife, without whose confident encouragement these pages might be blank 1984 by James McTighe Revised Edition 1989 by James McTighe ISBN 1-55566-054-1 LC Catalog Card Number: 89-84757 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cover Design: Robert Schram Cover Photographs: Robert Schram Printed in the United States of America by Johnson Publishing Company 1880 South 57th Court Boulder, Colorado 80301

Page v Acknowledgements A certain intoxication comes when I imbibe the notion that this is "my book." The feeling is like one drink too many. I need only to retrace my steps in the making of Roadside History of Colorado to realize its folly. In the first place, who but my old friend and colleague Robert E. Owen introduced me to the trove of stories associated with historical sites? And did not Lynne Rienner, herself a publisher, urge me to present my idea to an important trade publisher, Johnson Books? Would this unique format be offered on these pages had not Johnson's editorial director Michael McNierney prompted me to modify my proposal? Once I had a contract to write the book, I found fortune in a well-administered and congenial gold mine beneath Norlin Library on the University of Colorado's Boulder campus, where Sandy Volpe and her colleagues in the Western Historical Archives were of immeasurable help to me. Helpful too were Catherine Engel and Collette Chambellan of the Colorado Historical Society's Heritage Center reference library in Denver. Lois Anderton of Boulder's Carnegie Branch Library simplified my searches in the public library's historical collections. Jean Andrews helped me to screen the photographic archives of the Colorado Tourism Board. Several officials of the National Park Service, commendably conscious of Colorado's past, guided me in my research on the historical sites within their reserves. Among them, my thanks to Vernon C. "Skip" Betts, naturalist on the headquarters staff of Rocky Mountain National Park; Don C. Hill, chief naturalist at the Curecanti National Recreation Area; and Robert C. Reyes, superintendent of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

Page vi I would like to acknowledge the help of the late Robert G. Athearn, from whose many fine published works I drew much information and insight, and upon whose precious time I unwittingly presumed in searching out some obscure detail when he was in his final weeks at the University of Colorado's history department. Let the record show that he was most gracious in aiding an utter stranger. In the matter of obscure points I am grateful too to state wildlife official Robin Knox for an instant briefing on the biological antecedence of the axolotl, which (as you will see) had its part in the early settlement of Colorado. Also to be thanked are the numerous persons in museums, libraries, newspaper offices, service stations, railroad depots, and on the streets of hundreds of small towns around Colorado who helped me to locate many of these elusive sites when I was doing field research. I regret I cannot name them all. Most especially, however, I must express appreciation for the fine art work volunteered by my talented son Tom; the excellent job of indexing done by his equally talented twin, Michele; the unrelenting assistance in field research lent me by daughters Monica, Catherine, and Chris, taking notes for hours and days on end in the far corners and crannies of the state; Martha who helped closer to home; Peggy, my auxiliary typist; and Patrick who kept the car running when a time or two it was on verge of collapse. And thanks to Michael McNierney and Leslie Burger for seeing a bulky manuscript through to final form. In this second edition I also want to thank Jean Zirkle for introducing me to Perry Park and helping with field research; the late Monica Shafer, a fine lady who lent me her uncle Dennis Sheedy's memoirs; Fev. David Ivey, who gave me a copy of the Cordova family memoir; Rose Northrup, who briefed me on Eldora; John Clarke and the staff at Eldorado Canyon State Park; Kit Carson County Social Services Director Norma Panratz of Burlington, and librarians Lois Anderton and Catherine Engel, who once again were most helpful to me.

Page vii Contents Acknowledgements v Introduction 1 1. The High Plains 5 I-76: Along the South Platte 13 I-70 East: The Smoky Hill Trail 25 US 50 East: The Santa Fe Trail 41 I-25 North: Route of the Rails 59 I-25 Middle: Across the Little Divide 75 I-25 South: The Mexican Mountain Trails 93 US 36: Steaming with Stanleys 109

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