Author: Linda Wommack
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162585286X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The discovery of gold and silver in Colorado's Rocky Mountains minted millionaires by the ton. The rough settlements of miners and ranchers quickly transformed into habitations more suitable for the newly wealthy class. William Newton Byers founded the Centennial State's first newspaper and built an Italianate-style palace with the proceeds, while Walter Scott Cheesman's Capitol Hill home later became the governor's residence. Stroll into the parlors and drawing rooms of oligarchs like August A. Meyer, Lyman Robison and James Joseph Brown. Visit Romanesque castles cut from native lava and country retreats designed by the country's foremost architects. Linda Wommack offers a tour of the finest mansions in Colorado, all proudly bearing the mark of the State and National Registers of Historic Preservation.
Historic Colorado Mansions & Castles
Author: Linda Wommack
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162585286X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The discovery of gold and silver in Colorado's Rocky Mountains minted millionaires by the ton. The rough settlements of miners and ranchers quickly transformed into habitations more suitable for the newly wealthy class. William Newton Byers founded the Centennial State's first newspaper and built an Italianate-style palace with the proceeds, while Walter Scott Cheesman's Capitol Hill home later became the governor's residence. Stroll into the parlors and drawing rooms of oligarchs like August A. Meyer, Lyman Robison and James Joseph Brown. Visit Romanesque castles cut from native lava and country retreats designed by the country's foremost architects. Linda Wommack offers a tour of the finest mansions in Colorado, all proudly bearing the mark of the State and National Registers of Historic Preservation.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162585286X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The discovery of gold and silver in Colorado's Rocky Mountains minted millionaires by the ton. The rough settlements of miners and ranchers quickly transformed into habitations more suitable for the newly wealthy class. William Newton Byers founded the Centennial State's first newspaper and built an Italianate-style palace with the proceeds, while Walter Scott Cheesman's Capitol Hill home later became the governor's residence. Stroll into the parlors and drawing rooms of oligarchs like August A. Meyer, Lyman Robison and James Joseph Brown. Visit Romanesque castles cut from native lava and country retreats designed by the country's foremost architects. Linda Wommack offers a tour of the finest mansions in Colorado, all proudly bearing the mark of the State and National Registers of Historic Preservation.
Denver's Historic Mansions
Author: Edith Eudora Kohl
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Historical Castles and Mansions of Scotland
Author: Alexander Hastie Millar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Angus (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Angus (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Recipes from Historic Colorado
Author: Linda Bauer
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461635853
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Some of the best cuisine in Colorado can be enjoyed at a diversity of historic locales, from classic diners, to dude ranches, to old hotels, and even a former filling station. Please your palate as well as your appetite for historical trivia as you prepare chilled zucchini soup from Denver's Castle Marne, Spanish flan from the Twin Owls Steakhouse in Estes Park, coconut barbecue sauce from the Laramie River Ranch in North Park, or seafood gumbo from the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. A number of the recipes are historic in themselves, offering such time-honored delicacies as prime rib of buffalo from Denver's Buckhorn Exchange to The Fort in Morrison's cast iron cobbler. Intriguing stories combined with delicious recipes from some of the finest restaurants in the world are your tickets to discovering the wonders of dining in historic Colorado!
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461635853
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Some of the best cuisine in Colorado can be enjoyed at a diversity of historic locales, from classic diners, to dude ranches, to old hotels, and even a former filling station. Please your palate as well as your appetite for historical trivia as you prepare chilled zucchini soup from Denver's Castle Marne, Spanish flan from the Twin Owls Steakhouse in Estes Park, coconut barbecue sauce from the Laramie River Ranch in North Park, or seafood gumbo from the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. A number of the recipes are historic in themselves, offering such time-honored delicacies as prime rib of buffalo from Denver's Buckhorn Exchange to The Fort in Morrison's cast iron cobbler. Intriguing stories combined with delicious recipes from some of the finest restaurants in the world are your tickets to discovering the wonders of dining in historic Colorado!
Marble, Colorado: City of Stone
Author: Duane Vandenbusche, Rex Myers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Mansions of Denver
Author: James Bretz
Publisher: Pruett Publishing
ISBN: 9780871089373
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
In James Bretz's Mansions of Denver, the charm and history of Denver's architectural past is carefully and beautifully drawn. His book provides readers with insight into the city's youth. But it is also a lament - an homage to a time when architectural originality prevailed.
Publisher: Pruett Publishing
ISBN: 9780871089373
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
In James Bretz's Mansions of Denver, the charm and history of Denver's architectural past is carefully and beautifully drawn. His book provides readers with insight into the city's youth. But it is also a lament - an homage to a time when architectural originality prevailed.
Castles of Colorado
Author: Ann Westerberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781555664176
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
From the unusual to the more traditional construction, Colorado castles are both the solidification of a dream as well as a declaration of power. This book details 20 of the most extravagant castles to be found.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781555664176
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
From the unusual to the more traditional construction, Colorado castles are both the solidification of a dream as well as a declaration of power. This book details 20 of the most extravagant castles to be found.
Haunted Cripple Creek and Teller County
Author: Linda Wommack
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467139602
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Home to the last gold rush in America, Teller County attracted a slew of peculiar characters. And many never left. A Victor Hotel regular named Eddie met his untimely death when he tumbled down the elevator shaft. A female apparition clad in Victorian clothing appears on the stairs of the Palace Hotel. A closed tunnel on Gold Camp Road is said to echo with the sounds of screaming children. And lingering spirits are still prisoners at the old Teller County Jail. Linda Wommack uncovers the eerie thrills and chills of Cripple Creek and Teller County.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467139602
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Home to the last gold rush in America, Teller County attracted a slew of peculiar characters. And many never left. A Victor Hotel regular named Eddie met his untimely death when he tumbled down the elevator shaft. A female apparition clad in Victorian clothing appears on the stairs of the Palace Hotel. A closed tunnel on Gold Camp Road is said to echo with the sounds of screaming children. And lingering spirits are still prisoners at the old Teller County Jail. Linda Wommack uncovers the eerie thrills and chills of Cripple Creek and Teller County.
Miramont Castle, Manitou Springs, Colorado
Author: Shirley Copp
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Cattle-raising on the Plains of North America
Author: Walter Baron Von Richthofen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description