Author: Pam Grout
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762762004
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Centennial State has to offer!
Colorado Curiosities
Author: Pam Grout
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762762004
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Centennial State has to offer!
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762762004
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Centennial State has to offer!
Colorado Curiosities
Author: Cindy Brick
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439672733
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Colorado's Front Range, Western Slope, eastern plains and southern approaches were home to some of the state's stranger people, places and events. Meet Mike the Headless Chicken from Fruita and a Fort Collins architect who designed a university building to house his wife--after he killed her. Learn about Florence's "The Alcatraz of the Rockies" or Doc Holliday's final breaths in Glenwood Springs. Dig into the odd conspiracy theories and underground city connected to the Denver International Airport. Walk alongside dinosaur tracks, scout out old mines and ancient petroglyphs or climb into Mesa Verde's shaded, mysterious cliff dwellings. Author Cindy Brick shares quirky, odd and intriguing episodes in Colorado history.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439672733
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Colorado's Front Range, Western Slope, eastern plains and southern approaches were home to some of the state's stranger people, places and events. Meet Mike the Headless Chicken from Fruita and a Fort Collins architect who designed a university building to house his wife--after he killed her. Learn about Florence's "The Alcatraz of the Rockies" or Doc Holliday's final breaths in Glenwood Springs. Dig into the odd conspiracy theories and underground city connected to the Denver International Airport. Walk alongside dinosaur tracks, scout out old mines and ancient petroglyphs or climb into Mesa Verde's shaded, mysterious cliff dwellings. Author Cindy Brick shares quirky, odd and intriguing episodes in Colorado history.
Colorado Curiosities
Author: Cindy Brick
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9781540248268
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Colorado's Front Range, Western Slope, eastern plains and southern approaches were home to some of the state's stranger people, places and events. Meet Mike the Headless Chicken from Fruita and a Fort Collins architect who designed a university building to house his wife--after he killed her. Learn about Florence's The Alcatraz of the Rockies or Doc Holliday's final breaths in Glenwood Springs. Dig into the odd conspiracy theories and underground city connected to the Denver International Airport. Walk alongside dinosaur tracks, scout out old mines and ancient petroglyphs or climb into Mesa Verde's shaded, mysterious cliff dwellings. Author Cindy Brick shares quirky, odd and intriguing episodes in Colorado history.
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9781540248268
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Colorado's Front Range, Western Slope, eastern plains and southern approaches were home to some of the state's stranger people, places and events. Meet Mike the Headless Chicken from Fruita and a Fort Collins architect who designed a university building to house his wife--after he killed her. Learn about Florence's The Alcatraz of the Rockies or Doc Holliday's final breaths in Glenwood Springs. Dig into the odd conspiracy theories and underground city connected to the Denver International Airport. Walk alongside dinosaur tracks, scout out old mines and ancient petroglyphs or climb into Mesa Verde's shaded, mysterious cliff dwellings. Author Cindy Brick shares quirky, odd and intriguing episodes in Colorado history.
Kansas Curiosities
Author: Pam Grout
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762765798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Sunflower State has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Kansan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Kansas Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Pam Grout takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Sunflower State. Visit the Museum of the World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things—and get your own largest ball starter kit. Meet more chainsaw-wielding, glow-in-the-dark-scrap-metal-zoo-building, grapefruit-peel-sculpting, papier-mâché-mixing, porcelain-pig-painting grassroots artists than you can shake a stick at! Get a load of Big Brutus, a sixteen-story coal shovel that has become a popular tourist attraction; and discover the thrill of an indoor hurricane—it’ll blow you away.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762765798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Sunflower State has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Kansan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Kansas Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Pam Grout takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Sunflower State. Visit the Museum of the World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things—and get your own largest ball starter kit. Meet more chainsaw-wielding, glow-in-the-dark-scrap-metal-zoo-building, grapefruit-peel-sculpting, papier-mâché-mixing, porcelain-pig-painting grassroots artists than you can shake a stick at! Get a load of Big Brutus, a sixteen-story coal shovel that has become a popular tourist attraction; and discover the thrill of an indoor hurricane—it’ll blow you away.
Iowa Curiosities
Author: Eric Jones
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762761601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Hawkeye State has to offer!
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762761601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Hawkeye State has to offer!
Colorado Curiosities
Author: Pam Grout
Publisher: Globe Pequot
ISBN: 9780762739783
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The definitive collection of Colorados odd wacky and most offbeat people places and things for Colorado residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia Z99 a twist
Publisher: Globe Pequot
ISBN: 9780762739783
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The definitive collection of Colorados odd wacky and most offbeat people places and things for Colorado residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia Z99 a twist
The Ghostly Tales of Colorado's Front Range
Author: Shelli Timmons
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439672377
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Welcome to the spooky streets of Colorado's Front Range! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that in an old courthouse, a ghostly little boy loves to leave handprints -- on the ceiling? Or that the old mining tunnels beneath many towns are haunted? Can you believe that two disembodied heads float through the Capitol building in Denver? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Colorado's Front Range, and have you sleeping with the light on!?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439672377
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Welcome to the spooky streets of Colorado's Front Range! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that in an old courthouse, a ghostly little boy loves to leave handprints -- on the ceiling? Or that the old mining tunnels beneath many towns are haunted? Can you believe that two disembodied heads float through the Capitol building in Denver? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Colorado's Front Range, and have you sleeping with the light on!?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Utah Curiosities
Author: Brandon Griggs
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493022709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Utah Curiosities brings to the reader with humor and affection—and a healthy dose of attitude—the oddest, quirkiest, and most outlandish places, personalities, events, and phenomena found within the state’s borders and in the chronicles of its history. A fun, accessible read, Utah Curiosities is a who's who of unusual and unsung heroes. This compendium of the state’s quirks and characters will amuse Utah’s residents and visitors alike.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493022709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Utah Curiosities brings to the reader with humor and affection—and a healthy dose of attitude—the oddest, quirkiest, and most outlandish places, personalities, events, and phenomena found within the state’s borders and in the chronicles of its history. A fun, accessible read, Utah Curiosities is a who's who of unusual and unsung heroes. This compendium of the state’s quirks and characters will amuse Utah’s residents and visitors alike.
Nebraska Curiosities
Author: Rick Yoder
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461747384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Discover Nebraska’s curious underside with this oddly entertaining little guide! Travelers with a taste for the bizarre, tacky, and hilarious can visit the Avoca Quack-Off, learn about the inland Linoma Lighthouse, view a Roller Skating Museum, and pay a visit to the world’s largest covered wagon. Only true Cornhuskers could capture the essence of these and other authentic Nebraska phenomena, and Rick Yoder and David Harding do their home state proud.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461747384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Discover Nebraska’s curious underside with this oddly entertaining little guide! Travelers with a taste for the bizarre, tacky, and hilarious can visit the Avoca Quack-Off, learn about the inland Linoma Lighthouse, view a Roller Skating Museum, and pay a visit to the world’s largest covered wagon. Only true Cornhuskers could capture the essence of these and other authentic Nebraska phenomena, and Rick Yoder and David Harding do their home state proud.
Colorado and the Silver Crash: The Panic of 1893
Author: John F. Steinle
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467147575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898, the country had begun to recover, but silver mining was never the same. Using firsthand commentary and more than one hundred historic photographs, John Steinle skillfully commemorates the story of Coloradans trapped in the unprecedented social, economic and political conflict of America's first great depression.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467147575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898, the country had begun to recover, but silver mining was never the same. Using firsthand commentary and more than one hundred historic photographs, John Steinle skillfully commemorates the story of Coloradans trapped in the unprecedented social, economic and political conflict of America's first great depression.