Colorado's Colorful CharactersVignettes of colorful individuals who have had an impact on Colorado's history, including Zebulon Pike, Chief Ouray, Horace Tabor, Mollie Brown, Nicholas Creede, and cannibal Alferd Packer, whose judge said, "There was seven Democrats in Hinsdale County and you ate five of them!" |
Contents
WESTWARD | 1 |
PAYDIRT The Towns That Boomed and the Lucky Ones | 21 |
RICH ORE FURTHER WEST | 36 |
THE SKY PILOTS | 62 |
THE BOWL OF GOLD | 81 |
COLORADOS WORTHY WOMEN | 91 |
WHATS IN A NAME? | 104 |
PHOTO CREDITS | 112 |
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