Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Timeline xi
6. 1 The Highest St ate 1
7. 2 The First Coloradans 21
8. 3 Native Peoples of Colorado 35
9. 4 Explorers, Trappers, and Traders 49
10. 5 Up the Rio Grande 65
11. 6 Natives versus Newcomers 77
12. 7 Miners 91
13. 8 City Life 107
14. 9 Southern Coloradans 125
15. 10 Cowboys and Farmers 139
16. 11 Western Slopers 157
17. 12 Hard Times 173
18. 13 Reformers 187
19. 14 The Automobile Age 203
20. 15 The Automobile Age 217
21. 16 Economic and Ethnic Diversity 231
22. 17 Conserving Colorado 249
23. 18 Boom and Bust 265
24. 19 Natural Resources 281
25. 20 Today Is Going to Be Long, Long Ago 293
26. Appendix A: Colorado Governors 311
27. Appendix B: Colorado’s Population, 1860–2010 315
28. Annotated Bibliography 317
29. Index 319
30. About the Authors 335