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Tough Men in Hard Places: A Photographic Collection

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Availability:In StockContributor:Esther GreenfieldPublish date:2015-02-16Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:Westwinds PressISBN-13:9781941821497ISBN-10:1941821499UPC:9781941821497Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:20th Century, State & Local, 19th CenturySize:9.50 x 8.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCKD0MCN3M
The mines in southwestern Colorado were in trouble and needed cheap, reliable electric power to keep running. This is the story of innovative solutions to solve the problem using alternating current electricity and the incredible effort, tenacity, and toughness of the men who overcame formidable obstacles to bring electrification to the mines, ranches, homes, and businesses in the remote and rugged areas of southwestern Colorado. Here is their story in over 80 intriguing historic photos from the Center of Southwest Studies. Tough men peer from the pages with attitude to spare next to gargantuan equipment in unforgiving terrain. Many of the photographs were taken by Philip "P. C." Schools, power plant superintendent with the Western Colorado Power Co., whose turn-of-the-century photographs documented the coming of electricity to Southwest Colorado and from which his legacy glows.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Westwinds PressISBN-13:9781941821497ISBN-10:1941821499UPC:9781941821497Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:20th Century, State & Local, 19th CenturySize:9.50 x 8.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCKD0MCN3M
You can find Esther in one of two places. Either she will be searching the archives at the Center of Southwest Studies, or hiking in the Weminuche Wilderness as a volunteer for the San Juan Mountains Association looking for arborglyphs. A far cry from her life in Washington, DC, where she was born and worked for the Veterans Administration. She is married and lives in Durango, Colorado.
Publisher: Westwinds Press

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