Colorado Profiles

by Monnett, John H.

• ISBN13: 9780870814396
• ISBN10: 0870814397
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado

Summary

This popular volume, available again in paperback, presents the exciting history of Colorado through the lives of thirty-two of its most noteworthy citizens, both famous and obscure, who helped to shape Colorado as we know it today. Among those featured are: Black Kettle, David Day, Anne Bassett, Lewis Price, Casimiro Barela, Josephine Roche, Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, and Enos Mills.

Table of Contents

Juan Bautista de Anza	p. 1
Susan Shelby Magoffin	p. 7
Alexander Majors	p. 13
Black Kettle of the Cheyenne	p. 21
Jack Stillwell and Sig Schlesinger	p. 33
Ceran St. Vrain	p. 43
George Griffith	p. 51
"Poker Alice" Tubbs	p. 57
David Day	p. 65
Chin Lin Sou	p. 75
Otto Mears	p. 83
Nicholas C. Creede	p. 93
Alferd Packer	p. 103
Frances Jacobs	p. 113
Tom Horn	p. 123
Ann Bassett	p. 137
Jefferson Randolph (Soapy) Smith	p. 143
Casimiro Barela	p. 151
Walter von Richthofen	p. 159
Lewis Price	p. 169
William Lessig	p. 183
Enos Mills	p. 189
Cornelia Baxter	p. 195
Preston Porter	p. 205
William S. Friedman	p. 215
Elias Ammons	p. 227
John Galen Locke	p. 239
Lyulph Ogilvy	p. 251
Spencer Penrose	p. 259
William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey	p. 269
Josephine Roche	p. 279
Florence Rena Sabin	p. 291
Wayne Aspinall	p. 297
Bibliographical Notes	p. 311
About the Authors	p. 323
Index	p. 325
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