Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Terminology xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Colorful Colorado 5
7. 1 Early Coloradans 12
8. 2 From Hunters to Farmers 14
9. 3 Lifestyle of the “Ancient Ones” 16
10. 4 “Gold, God, Glory” 18
11. 5 Indigenous Coloradans 20
12. 6 “Draw Me Not without Reason; Sheath Me Not without Honor” 22
13. 7 Colorado’s Longest Continuous Inhabitants 24
14. 8 Warrior Societies 26
15. 9 Horsemen of the Plains 28
16. 10 A Warrior’s Carrying Case 30
17. 11 Law and Order in Colorado 32
18. 12 Frontier Fur Trade 34
19. 13 Mud Castle of the Plains 36
20. 14 The Legendary Kit Carson 39
21. 15 “Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam” 42
22. 16 Adapting to an Extreme Environment 44
23. 17 Hispano Heritage 46
24. 18 “Pikes Peak or Bust!” 48
25. 19 Striking Gold 50
26. 20 Entrepreneurial Scientist 51
27. 21 Westward Ho! 54
28. 22 Riding Shotgun 56
29. 23 Promoting a Civil Society 58
30. 24 The Gettysburg of the West 60
31. 25 Mexican Colonists 62
32. 26 Vengeance in Colorado Territory 64
33. 27 Immigrants at Work 66
34. 28 Denver’s Original First Responders 68
35. 29 “Ike” Baer’s Chair 70
36. 30 Sioux Warrior and Statesman 72
37. 31 Battle of Beecher Island 75
38. 32 Silver Railroad Spike 77
39. 33 Colorado Cattle Baron 79
40. 34 Ute Warrior and Man of Peace 81
41. 35 Rules to Live By 84
42. 36 Ballad of Baby Doe 86
43. 37 Pathfinder of the San Juans 89
44. 38 Colorado’s Architect 92
45. 39 The Eighth Wonder of the World 94
46. 40 Militia versus Miners 96
47. 41 Chinese Coloradans 98
48. 42 Ute Children 100
49. 43 Florence Bell’s Legacy 102
50. 44 Searching for Zion 105
51. 45 Freedom to Ride 107
52. 46 Democracy Comes to Colorado 109
53. 47 The World’s Sanatorium 111
54. 48 A Mardi Gras in the Rocky Mountains 112
55. 49 Texas Longhorns and Colorado Grasslands 114
56. 50 Have License, Will Travel 116
57. 51 Evangelicals in Colorado 118
58. 52 Coming-out Party 120
59. 53 African American Colony on the Prairies 122
60. 54 Farming in the “Great American Desert” 124
61. 55 Sodbusters 126
62. 56 Coalfield Wars 128
63. 57 Grand Illumination 130
64. 58 The Unsinkable Molly Brown 132
65. 59 An Iconic Landscape 134
66. 60 From Beer to Malted Milk 136
67. 61 The Yanks Are Coming 138
68. 62 Garden of Eden 140
69. 63 Keeping the Faith 142
70. 64 In Praise of Peaches 144
71. 65 Vegetable Man! 146
72. 66 Rock That Burns 148
73. 67 Cutting through the Continental Divide 150
74. 68 Paris on the Platte 152
75. 69 Dirty Thirties 154
76. 70 Surviving the Great Depression 156
77. 71 The Harlem of the West 158
78. 72 Enduring the Unendurable 160
79. 73 German POWs in Colorado 163
80. 74 Ike’s “Ike Jacket” 164
81. 75 Ski Soldiers 166
82. 76 Colorado Powder 168
83. 77 A Cowboy State of Mind 170
84. 78 Under Many Flags 172
85. 79 Mass Murder in the Sky 174
86. 80 Traveling in Style 176
87. 81 Up, Up, and Away 177
88. 82 Yellowcake Towns 179
89. 83 The Cold War and Colorado 181
90. 84 “Houston, We Have a Problem Here” 184
91. 85 The Chicano Movement 186
92. 86 Rocky Mountain High 188
93. 87 Saying “No” to the Winter Olympics 190
94. 88 Rooting for the Home Team 192
95. 89 Making Beer and History in Colorado 193
96. 90 Living the American Dream 196
97. 91 Sneaker Campaign 198
98. 92 Celebrating American Indian Cultures 201
99. 93 Making Colorado Cosmopolitan 203
100. 94 “To Go Columbine” 205
101. 95 Emblems of Pride or Prejudice? 206
102. 96 Change We Can Believe In 209
103. 97 Crocs in Colorado 211
104. 98 From “Hate State” to the Election of a Gay Governor 213
105. 99 Marijuana Mecca 216
106. 100 Fighting for America, Fighting for Themselves 218
107. Notes 221
108. Information about the Objects 239
109. Selected Bibliography 243
110. Index 247