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San Juan Legacy
Duane A. Smith
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Description for San Juan Legacy
Paperback. As early as the eighteenth century, Spanish explorers left place-names, lost mines, and legends scattered throughout Colorado's San Juan Mountains. This book offers a glimpse into the lives of towns that sprang up in remote canyons and mountain plateaus in southwestern Colorado. Num Pages: 192 pages, 71 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
As early as the eighteenth century, Spanish explorers left place-names, lost mines, and legends scattered throughout Colorado's San Juan Mountains. In 1869 and the early 1870s the legends lured hopeful prospectors to the area, ushering in its greatest mining era and transforming it into one of the country's most celebrated mining districts. Faced with a boom-bust economy, unpredictable weather, and the risk of violent death, mining camps and towns nevertheless struggled to institute local governments that would address issues such as sanitation, the maintenance of schools, and the enforcement of law and order. As the economic boom headed toward its ... Read more
As early as the eighteenth century, Spanish explorers left place-names, lost mines, and legends scattered throughout Colorado's San Juan Mountains. In 1869 and the early 1870s the legends lured hopeful prospectors to the area, ushering in its greatest mining era and transforming it into one of the country's most celebrated mining districts. Faced with a boom-bust economy, unpredictable weather, and the risk of violent death, mining camps and towns nevertheless struggled to institute local governments that would address issues such as sanitation, the maintenance of schools, and the enforcement of law and order. As the economic boom headed toward its ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826346506
SKU
V9780826346506
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About Duane A. Smith
Duane A. Smith is professor of history at Fort Lewis College. He collaborated with John L. Ninnemann on San Juan Bonanza: Western Colorado's Mining Legacy (UNM Press). Ninnemann is former dean of the School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences at Fort Lewis College. He was the photographer for Canyon Spirits: Beauty and Power in the Ancestral Puebloan World (UNM Press). ... Read more
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