Author: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Colorado and Utah Handbook for Pleasure Seekers
Author: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Colorado and Utah Handbook for Pleasure Seekers
Author: Colorado and Utah Hand Book for Pleasure Seekers
Author: Tourists' Handbook Descriptive of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah
Author: The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba
Author: Lost Lafayette, Colorado
Author: Doug ConarroePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467148237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The gold rush of the 1850s turned Colorado's treeless prairie into platted towns with thriving centers of commerce. Lafayette's early "Main Street" on East Simpson Street was once bustling with blacksmiths, jewelers, retailers and grocers. It included the Lafayette Bank, the Goodhue Building and a movie theater. The epicenter of organized labor's struggle for fair wages and a safe workplace, Lafayette expanded to include Japanese and Latino laborers in the 1920s. For fifteen years, the Ku Klux Klan dominated local politics, spreading fear and hate. From 1888 until 1956, the coal mining industry sustained the town. But dangerous work conditions in the fourteen coal mines took a toll. Flour mills, brick factories and electrical generating stations faded quickly. Author Doug Conarroe recounts inspiring tales of a diverse, austere and doggedly self-sufficient townspeople who challenged the status quo and survived trying and tumultuous times.
Tourists' Handbook
Author: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Tourists' Hand Book of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah
Author: Denver and Rio Grande Railway CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
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