Author: Arnold Hubert
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 146533582X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Fort Lupton, Colorado, is a beautiful and friendly little farming community of approximately seven thousand five hundred people situated on US Highway 85, about twenty-nine miles north of Denver. It is situated in an area not quite designated as in the foothills, yet not far enough east to say its a plains town either (just somewhere in between). Summers are Rocky Mountain blue sky gorgeous, with spring temperatures ranging from seventy-five to over one hundred degrees in August and September. Wintertime can deal out twenty-four to thirty-six inches of snow or as little as twelve inches. There seems to be an area bordered on the west by Interstate 25, on the east by US 85, and on the south by Interstate 70, which is more arid year after year in more recent times. Rainfall in summers seems to be minimal, so many farmers irrigate their crops. The Fort Lupton area receives more than three hundred days of sunshine every year. I guess that the abundant sunshine is the main reason that I moved to Colorado in the first place.
Resurrection of Fort Lupton
Author: Arnold Hubert
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 146533582X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Fort Lupton, Colorado, is a beautiful and friendly little farming community of approximately seven thousand five hundred people situated on US Highway 85, about twenty-nine miles north of Denver. It is situated in an area not quite designated as in the foothills, yet not far enough east to say its a plains town either (just somewhere in between). Summers are Rocky Mountain blue sky gorgeous, with spring temperatures ranging from seventy-five to over one hundred degrees in August and September. Wintertime can deal out twenty-four to thirty-six inches of snow or as little as twelve inches. There seems to be an area bordered on the west by Interstate 25, on the east by US 85, and on the south by Interstate 70, which is more arid year after year in more recent times. Rainfall in summers seems to be minimal, so many farmers irrigate their crops. The Fort Lupton area receives more than three hundred days of sunshine every year. I guess that the abundant sunshine is the main reason that I moved to Colorado in the first place.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 146533582X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Fort Lupton, Colorado, is a beautiful and friendly little farming community of approximately seven thousand five hundred people situated on US Highway 85, about twenty-nine miles north of Denver. It is situated in an area not quite designated as in the foothills, yet not far enough east to say its a plains town either (just somewhere in between). Summers are Rocky Mountain blue sky gorgeous, with spring temperatures ranging from seventy-five to over one hundred degrees in August and September. Wintertime can deal out twenty-four to thirty-six inches of snow or as little as twelve inches. There seems to be an area bordered on the west by Interstate 25, on the east by US 85, and on the south by Interstate 70, which is more arid year after year in more recent times. Rainfall in summers seems to be minimal, so many farmers irrigate their crops. The Fort Lupton area receives more than three hundred days of sunshine every year. I guess that the abundant sunshine is the main reason that I moved to Colorado in the first place.
Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Greenhorn
Author: Janet Lecompte
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806117232
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Pueblo, Hardscrabble, and Greenhorn were among the very first white settlements in Colorado. In their time they were the most westerly settlements in American territory, and they attracted a lively and varied population of mavericks from more civilized parts of the world-from what became New Mexico to the south and from as far east as England. The inhabitants of these little walled towns thrived on the rigor and freedom of frontier life. Many were ex-trappers full already of frontier expertise. Others were enthusiastic neophytes happy to escape problems back home. They sought Mexican wives in Taos or Santa Fe or allied themselves with the native Indian tribes, or both. The fur trade and the illegal liquor trade with the Indians were at first the mainstays of their economy. As time went on they extended their activities to farming illegally on the land owned by the Indians and trading their crops and other trade articles. They enjoyed themselves hunting, gambling, trading, and with their women, freely mixing Spanish, Indian, and Anglo-American cultures in a community without laws or bigotry. This idyll was brought to a close by the Mexican War and the lure of the California Gold Rush of 1849. The expectation of a railroad on the Arkansas brought many of the settlers back, only to be scared away again by the massacre of Pueblo by the Utes in 1854 of which Mrs. Lecompte has reconstructed a very complete record. When the gold seekers rushed to Pikes Peak in 1858 and stayed to establish farms and towns, some of the pioneers of the early days returned with them, and shared their skills and knowledge to make possible the permanent settlements that resulted. Mrs. Lecompte has documented the history of the region from diaries, letters, and the reports of such distinguished passers-by as J. C. Fremont and Francis Parkman. The result is a complete and compelling account of a neglected part of American frontier life. It is illustrated with more than fifty photographs and contemporary drawings.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806117232
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Pueblo, Hardscrabble, and Greenhorn were among the very first white settlements in Colorado. In their time they were the most westerly settlements in American territory, and they attracted a lively and varied population of mavericks from more civilized parts of the world-from what became New Mexico to the south and from as far east as England. The inhabitants of these little walled towns thrived on the rigor and freedom of frontier life. Many were ex-trappers full already of frontier expertise. Others were enthusiastic neophytes happy to escape problems back home. They sought Mexican wives in Taos or Santa Fe or allied themselves with the native Indian tribes, or both. The fur trade and the illegal liquor trade with the Indians were at first the mainstays of their economy. As time went on they extended their activities to farming illegally on the land owned by the Indians and trading their crops and other trade articles. They enjoyed themselves hunting, gambling, trading, and with their women, freely mixing Spanish, Indian, and Anglo-American cultures in a community without laws or bigotry. This idyll was brought to a close by the Mexican War and the lure of the California Gold Rush of 1849. The expectation of a railroad on the Arkansas brought many of the settlers back, only to be scared away again by the massacre of Pueblo by the Utes in 1854 of which Mrs. Lecompte has reconstructed a very complete record. When the gold seekers rushed to Pikes Peak in 1858 and stayed to establish farms and towns, some of the pioneers of the early days returned with them, and shared their skills and knowledge to make possible the permanent settlements that resulted. Mrs. Lecompte has documented the history of the region from diaries, letters, and the reports of such distinguished passers-by as J. C. Fremont and Francis Parkman. The result is a complete and compelling account of a neglected part of American frontier life. It is illustrated with more than fifty photographs and contemporary drawings.
Master Register of Bicentennial Projects, February 1976
Author: American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The Colorado Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Tour Guide to Old Western Forts
Author: Herbert M. Hart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to over one thousand forts, camps, and posts in the western United States; includes detailed historical background accompanied by more than 250 photos and drawings.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to over one thousand forts, camps, and posts in the western United States; includes detailed historical background accompanied by more than 250 photos and drawings.
Weld County Towns
Author: Nancy Lourine Lynch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935377610
Category : Weld County (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Alphabetical listings with histories and photographs of numerous living and extinct towns in Weld County, Colorado.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935377610
Category : Weld County (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Alphabetical listings with histories and photographs of numerous living and extinct towns in Weld County, Colorado.
The Bicentennial of the United States of America
Author: American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Comprehensive Calendar of Bicentennial Events, June 1975
Author: American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Colorado Theatres, 1859-1969
Author: Benjamin Draper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theaters
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theaters
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
Historical Background for the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Author: United States. National Park Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description