Author: Linda Bjorklund
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467135933
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
From Gregory's Diggings prospector to Denver mayor, Richard Sopris left an indelible mark on the Mile High City and Centennial State. During an 1860 prospecting expedition, Sopris discovered Glenwood Springs and the nearly thirteen-thousand-foot summit later named for him. Following life as a steamboat captain, he was appointed captain of Company C, First Colorado Cavalry, in 1861 and commanded volunteer troops at Glorieta Pass. After serving as a delegate to the first constitutional convention of Colorado and as Arapaho County sheriff, he helped quell the Hop Alley Chinese Riot of 1880 and enacted public works projects to rid Denver of a deadly typhoid outbreak. After his mayoral term ended in 1881, Sopris became the first commissioner of his beloved City Park. Author Linda Bjorklund celebrates the unsung life and accomplishments of a founding son of Colorado.
Richard Sopris in Early Denver: Captain, Mayor & Colorado Fifty-Niner
Author: Linda Bjorklund
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467135933
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
From Gregory's Diggings prospector to Denver mayor, Richard Sopris left an indelible mark on the Mile High City and Centennial State. During an 1860 prospecting expedition, Sopris discovered Glenwood Springs and the nearly thirteen-thousand-foot summit later named for him. Following life as a steamboat captain, he was appointed captain of Company C, First Colorado Cavalry, in 1861 and commanded volunteer troops at Glorieta Pass. After serving as a delegate to the first constitutional convention of Colorado and as Arapaho County sheriff, he helped quell the Hop Alley Chinese Riot of 1880 and enacted public works projects to rid Denver of a deadly typhoid outbreak. After his mayoral term ended in 1881, Sopris became the first commissioner of his beloved City Park. Author Linda Bjorklund celebrates the unsung life and accomplishments of a founding son of Colorado.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467135933
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
From Gregory's Diggings prospector to Denver mayor, Richard Sopris left an indelible mark on the Mile High City and Centennial State. During an 1860 prospecting expedition, Sopris discovered Glenwood Springs and the nearly thirteen-thousand-foot summit later named for him. Following life as a steamboat captain, he was appointed captain of Company C, First Colorado Cavalry, in 1861 and commanded volunteer troops at Glorieta Pass. After serving as a delegate to the first constitutional convention of Colorado and as Arapaho County sheriff, he helped quell the Hop Alley Chinese Riot of 1880 and enacted public works projects to rid Denver of a deadly typhoid outbreak. After his mayoral term ended in 1881, Sopris became the first commissioner of his beloved City Park. Author Linda Bjorklund celebrates the unsung life and accomplishments of a founding son of Colorado.
The Trail
Opportunities of To-Day
The '59 Ers [fifty-niners]
Author: Stan Zamonski
Publisher:
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Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Cap, Pin, and Diploma
Author: Nolie Mumey
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Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Publisher:
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Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Sons of Colorado
The Colorado Magazine
History of Larimer County, Colorado
Author: Ansel Watrous
Publisher:
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Category : Estes Park (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Estes Park (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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A History of Masonry in Indianapolis
Author: William Eastin English
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Category : Freemasonry
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freemasonry
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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... History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888
Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft
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Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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