A Brief History of Telluride chronicles the boom and bust cycles of Telluride, Placerville, Ames, Ophir, and Rico from the 1860s to the present. Every page brings to life the arival of the first prospectors, the tragic departure of the Utes, the booming mining era, Butch Cassidy's bank robbery, avalanches, miners' strikes, the rise and fall of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, and the bare-bones beginning of the skiing industry. Meet fascinating residents like Lucien Nunn, who almost single-handedly saved Telluride's mining industry with the first commercial use of alternating-current electricity in the world.
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Concisely chronicles the cycles Western towns,
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A superbly written regional history, A Brief History Of Telluride by Christian J. Buys offers the reader a truly fascinating look at the boom and bust phases of the cities Telluride, Placerville, Ames, Ophir, and Rico Colorado from the 1860s down to the modern day. From the depredations that the mass gold rushes brought to the native Ute people, to bank robberies, miners' strikes, the rise and fall of Rio Grande Southern Railroad, and much, much more, A Brief History Of Telluride concisely chronicles the cycles Western towns with a special flair for the people and events that made and make things tick in these Colorado communities.
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