Historic Rocky Mountain National Park: The Stories Behind One of America's Great Treasures

by Randi Minetor

Overview

Historic Rocky Mountain National Park captures fascinating moments and untold stories in the history of this magnificent national park, from the days when Paleo-Indians roamed between the mountain peaks to the settlement of the valleys by ranchers and hoteliers. Stories of the Ute and Arapaho tribes, the 1859 Gold Rush, the first people to summit 14,259-foot-high Long's Peak, the women who climbed to the top of the Rockies, the fossils revealed by snowfield melt, the advocates who worked to protect this landscape, and more provide just enough history to make your visit to the top of America even more exciting than you anticipated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493038763
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/09/2019
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,115,081
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Randi Minetor has written more than thirty books, including Historic Glacier National Park, Death in Glacier National Park, and Death in Zion National Park. She lives in Rochester, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Introduction viii

The First Inhabitants 1

The Ute and the Arapaho 11

The Tallest Mountain 25

The Summit Obtained 39

Summits in Skirts: The First Women Climbers 50

Tragedy on the East Face: The Death of Agnes Vaille 63

The Quest for Gold and Silver 73

Frontier Hospitality 92

The Killing of Mountain Jim 103

Forever Preserved: Enos Mills and the Creation of a National Park 111

The Birth of the Dude Ranch 128

The Highest Road 139

"We Can Take It!"The Civilian Conservation Corps in Rocky Mountain 156

Returning to Nature 177

References 191

Index 202

About the Author 214