Alexander Drummond - Enos Mills: citizen of nature
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Enos Mills (1870-1922) was the quintessential voice of the Rocky Mountains in the early decades of the twentieth century, and he achieved fame as a naturalist and nature writer, conservation pioneer, lecturer, and mountain adventurer. Enos Mills: Citizen of Nature is the first full-length examination of Mills and his work, an incisive account of a complex, controversial, and often difficult man who touched millions of lives in his time and whose legacy has great relevance today.
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Published by the University Press of Colorado P.O. Box 849 Niwot, Colorado 80544
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
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 of Colorado.
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
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Drummond, Alexander, 1938 Enos Mills: citizen of nature / by Alexander Drummond. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87081-407-9 (alk. paper) 1. Mills, Enos Abijah, 1870-1922. 2. Naturalists United StatesBiography. I. Title. QH31.M47D78 1995 333.78'2'092dc20 [B] 95-38668
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For Jennifer and Roger
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Contents
Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
Prologue: Enos Mills in His Time and Ours
1
PART I.
BOY MEETS WORLD: A FAST START
1.
Farm Boy on the Kansas Frontier
15
2.
Adolescent among the Mountains
28
3.
Self-Discovery Begins
37
4.
From Mines to Muir
49
PART II.
SELF-MADE MAN
5.
The Adventure Seeker
63
6.
The Budding Naturalist
79
7.
A Woodsman Ponders Politics
92
8.
Enos Mills, Longs Peak Guide
104
9.
Nature Instructs: Self-Improvement Through Play
113
10.
Longs Peak Inn: "Higher than any Hotel in the Alps"
123
11.
The Snowman: Mills and Western Water
145
12.
Mountain Folks of the Rockies: Mills Discovers Hidden Heroes
159
PART III.
PUBLIC CAUSES, PRIVATE PASSIONS
13.
Colorado Forests: "A Picturesque Remnant and Melancholy Ruin"
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