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title	:	The Parks and Mountains of Colorado : A Summer Vacation in the Switzerland of America, 1868
author	:	Bowles, Samuel.; Pickering, James H.
publisher	:	University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0806126256
print isbn13	:	9780806126258
ebook isbn13	:	9780585155876
language	:	English
subject	Colorado--Description and travel, Bowles, Samuel,--1826-1878--Journeys--Colorado.
publication date	:	1991
lcc	:	F780.B77 1991eb
ddc	:	917.8804/2
subject	:	Colorado--Description and travel, Bowles, Samuel,--1826-1878--Journeys--Colorado.

Page iii The Parks and Mountains of Colorado A Summer Vacation in the Switzerland of America, 1868 By Samuel Bowles With an Introduction and Notes by James H. Pickering UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS NORMAN AND LONDON

Page iv Other Books Written or Edited by James H. Pickering James Fenimore Cooper, The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground (New Haven, Conn., 1971) Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Stories (New York, 1974, 1978, 1985, 1988, and 1992) The Worm Turned Upside Down: The Prose and Poetry of the American Revolution (New York, 1975) The City in American Literature (New York, 1977) Literature: An Anthology (Jeffrey D. Hoeper, coed.) (New York, 1982, 1986, and 1990) Enos A. Mills, Wildlife on the Rockies (Lincoln, Nebr., 1988) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bowles, Samuel, 1826-1878. [Switzerland of America] The parks and mountains of Colorado: a summer vacation in the Switzerland of America, 1868 / by Samuel Bowles; with an introduction and notes by James H. Pickering. p. cm. Originally published: The Switzerland of America. Springfield, Mass.: Bowles & Co., 1869. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8061-2408-3 1. ColoradoDescription and travelTo 1876. 2. Bowles, Samuel, 1826-1878JourneysColorado. I. Pickering, James H. II. Title. F780.B77 1992 917.8804'20dc2091-28589 CIP The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc. Copyright 1991 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First edition.

Page v Contents Illustrations vi Editor's Acknowledgements vii Editor's Introduction 3 Author's Preface 35 I. The Pacific Railroad 37 II. To Denver and There 55 III. The Geography of Colorado 64 IV. Travel Among the Mountains 73 V. The Middle Park 90 VI. From the Middle Park by Boulder Pass 104 VII. Over Gray's Peak to South Park 114 VIII. The South Park and Mount Lincoln 129 IX. An Indian ScareThe Twin Lakes 142 X. From the Twin Lakes to Denver 152 XI. Mines, Mining, and Miners 164 XII. The Agriculture of Colorado: Conclusion 175 Notes 185 Bibliography 237 Index 242

Page vi Illustrations Schuyler Colfax, William Bross, and Samuel Bowles 5 Samuel Bowles 10 Idaho Springs

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