Beyond the Great Divide - Paperback
by Abbott Fay
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Western Reflections Publishing Co.ISBN-13:9781890437190ISBN-10:1890437190UPC:9781890437190Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.64Product ID:SCBS16WHK4
Abbott Fay, Colorado's noted historian and author of I Never Knew That About Colorado, shares 101 unique stories of places and people during Western Colorado's early days.Did you know that:
-- Several explorers claimed a wooden sailing ship was found near Red Cliff in 1879 stuck in ice in a cave filled with crystals and gold?
-- Delta women went on strike in the 1880s, refusing to cook evening meals until sidewalks were built and streets paved?
-- Silverton sprouted the first nationally recognized cowboy band in 1885?
-- In 1885, elephants pushed a train over Boreas Pass -- the world's highest railroad crossing?Plus ninety-six other amazing stories . . .
-- Several explorers claimed a wooden sailing ship was found near Red Cliff in 1879 stuck in ice in a cave filled with crystals and gold?
-- Delta women went on strike in the 1880s, refusing to cook evening meals until sidewalks were built and streets paved?
-- Silverton sprouted the first nationally recognized cowboy band in 1885?
-- In 1885, elephants pushed a train over Boreas Pass -- the world's highest railroad crossing?Plus ninety-six other amazing stories . . .
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Western Reflections Publishing Co.ISBN-13:9781890437190ISBN-10:1890437190UPC:9781890437190Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.64Product ID:SCBS16WHK4
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