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Rocky Mountain Boom Town : A History of Durango, Colorado
author
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Smith, Duane A.
publisher
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University Press of Colorado
isbn10 | asin
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0870812572
print isbn13
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9780870812576
ebook isbn13
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9780585025032
language
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English
subject
Durango (Colo.)--History.
publication date
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1992
lcc
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F784.D9S64 1986eb
ddc
:
978.883
subject
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Durango (Colo.)--History.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOOM TOWN
A History of Durango, Colorado
By Duane A. Smith
University Press of Colorado
Copyright 1980, 1986, 1992 by Duane A. Smith
Published by the University Press of Colorado P.O. Box 849 Niwot, Colorado 80544
All rights reserved.
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The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Smith, Duane A. Rocky Mountain boom town. Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. 1. Durango (Colo.)History. I. Title. F784.D9S64 1986 978.8'29 86-5071 ISBN: 0-87081-257-2
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984
Cover photograph courtesy of Dana Helvey, Pennington Aerial Services, Durango, Colorado.
Page v
For Gay
Page vi
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
Page vii
Contents
Preface
ix
Preface to the First Edition
xi
Prologue
1
PART ONE: LAND OF MILK AND HONEY, 1870-1982
3
1
Planters of Empire
5
2
"One More River to Cross"
12
3
"Until Durango Has a Population of 100,000"
26
4
Manifesting Its Destiny
38
Durango in the Nineteenth Century: A Pictorial Review
49
PART TWO: REFINER'S FIRE, 1893-1916
65
5
"Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot"
67
6
King of the San Juan Basin
74
7
Days of Heartache and Ragtime
86
PART THREE: BE OF GOOD COURAGE, 1917-1941
99
8
Over There and Back Here
101
9
Durango, We Love You!
108
10
The Only Bonded Whorehouse in America
120
Durango in the Twentieth Century: A Pictorial Review
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