Bibliography of Colorado

{{Short description|Bibliography of the U.S. State of Colorado}}

{{see also|Outline of Colorado|Index of Colorado-related articles}}

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This is a bibliography of the U.S. State of Colorado.

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General history

  • {{cite book

| last = Abbot

| first = Carl

|author2=Stephen J. Leonard |author3=David McComb

| title = Colorado: A History of the Centennial State

| edition = 4th

| publisher = Colorado Associated University Press

| year = 2011

| location = Boulder, Colorado

| isbn = 978-1457109553

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Andrews

| first = Thomas

| title = Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War

| publisher = Harvard University Press

| year = 2010

| location = Cambridge, MA

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Athearn

| first = Robert G.

| title = The Coloradans

| publisher = University of New Mexico Press

| year = 1976

| location = Albuquerque, New Mexico

| isbn = 978-0826306234

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Brown

| first = Robert Leaman

| title = Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies

| publisher = Caxton Printers

| year = 1968

| location = Caldwell, Idaho

| isbn = 978-0870043420

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Ellis

| first = Richard

|author2=Duane A. Smith

| title = Colorado: A History in Photographs

| edition = 4th

| publisher = University Press of Colorado

| year = 2005

| location = Niwot, Colorado

| isbn = 978-0870817892

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Fay

| first = Abbot

| title = Ski Tracks in the Rockies: A Century of Colorado Skiing

| publisher = Cordillera Press

| year = 1984

| location = Louisville, Colorado

| isbn = 978-0917895029

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Fielder

| first = John

| author-link = John Fielder

| title = Colorado 1870–2000

| publisher = Westcliffe Publishers

| year = 1999

| location = Englewood, Colorado

| isbn = 978-1565793477

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Griswold

| first = Don L.

| title = Colorado's Century of "Cities"

| publisher = Smith-Brooks Printing Company

| year = 1958

| location = Denver, Colorado

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Hafen

| first = LeRoy Reuben

| author-link = LeRoy R. Hafen

| title = Colorado and Its People: A Narrative and Topical History of the Centennial State

| publisher = Lewis Historical Publishing Company

| year = 1948

| location = New York, New York

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Hall

| first = Frank

| title = History of the State of Colorado ... from 1858 to 1890 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3zEoAAAAYAAJ

| publisher = Blakely Printing Company

| date = 1889–1895

| location = Chicago, Illinois

| isbn = 978-1110812097

}}

  • {{cite book

| editor-last = Holthaus

| editor-first = Gary

| editor2-last = Wilkinson

| editor2-first = Charles F.

| title = A Society to Match the Scenery: Personal Visions of the Future of the American West

| publisher = University Press of Colorado

| year = 1991

| location = Boulder, Colorado

| isbn = 978-0870812415

| url-access = registration

| url = https://archive.org/details/societytomatchsc0000unse

}}

  • {{cite book

| editor-last = Howe

| editor-first = Elvon L.

| title = Rocky Mountain Empire: Revealing Glimpses of the West in Transition from Old to New

| publisher = Doubleday and Company

| year = 1950

| location = Garden City, New York

| isbn = 978-1245536141

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Jessen

| first = Kenneth Christian

| title = Colorado Gunsmoke: True Stories of Outlaws and Lawmen on the Colorado Frontier

| publisher = Pruett Publishing Company

| year = 1986

| location = Boulder, Colorado

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Kingsbury

| first = Joseph Lyman

| title = The Development of the Colorado Territory, 1858 – 1865

| publisher = University of Chicago

| year = 1922

| location = Chicago, Illinois

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Kinsey

| first = Joni

| title = Thomas Moran and the Surveying of the American West

| publisher = Smithsonian Institution Press

| year = 1992

| location = Washington, D.C.

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Knight

| first = Harold Vincent

| title = Working in Colorado: A Brief History of the Colorado Labor Movement

| publisher = University of Colorado Center for Labor Education and Research

| year = 1971

| location = Boulder, Colorado

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Lee

| first = W. Storrs

| title = Colorado: A Literary Chronicle

| publisher = Funk and Wagnalls

| year = 1970

| location = New York, New York

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Leonard

| first = Stephen

| title = Trials and Triumphs: Colorado during the Great Depression

| publisher = University of Colorado Press

| year = 1993

| location = Niwot, Colorado

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = McCarthy

| first = Michael

| title = Hour of Trial: The Conservation Conflict in Colorado and the West, 1891-1907

| publisher = University of Oklahoma Press

| year = 1977

| location = Norman, Oklahoma

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Metcalf

| first = Fay D.

| author2 = Thomas J. Noel

| author2-link = Thomas Noel (historian)

| author3 = Duane A. Smith

| title = Colorado: Heritage of the Highest State

| publisher = Pruett Publishing Company

| year = 1984

| location = Boulder, Colorado

}}

  • {{Cite book |last=Noel |first=Thomas |title=Colorado: A Historical Atlas |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |year=2015 |isbn=9780806153537 |edition=Revised |location=Norman}}
  • {{cite book

| last = Rogers

| first = James Grafton

| title = The Rush to the Rockies; Background of Colorado History

| publisher = State Historical Society of Colorado

| year = 1957

| location = Denver, Colorado

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Shikes

| first = Robert H.

| title = Rocky Mountain Medicine: Doctors, Drugs, and Disease in Early Colorado

| publisher = Johnson Books

| year = 1986

| location = Boulder, Colorado

}}

  • Sibley, George. Water Wranglers - The 75-Year History of the Colorado River District: A Story About the Embattled Colorado River and the Growth of the West. Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S.: Colorado River District. {{ISBN|978-1-938393-02-0}} Copyright and first printing, September 13, 2012, George Sibley and Colorado River District.
  • {{cite book

| last = Sprague

| first = Marshall

| author-link =Marshall Sprague

| title = Colorado: A Bicentennial History

| publisher = Norton

| year = 1976

| location = New York, New York

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Toby

| first = Emma C.

| title = History of the Formation of the Counties and History of the Counties of Colorado

| publisher = University of Denver

| year = 1930

| location = Denver, Colorado

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Ubbelohde

| first = Carl

|author2=Maxine Benson |author3=Duane A. Smith

| title = A Colorado History

| edition = 7th

| publisher = Pruett Publishing Company

| year = 1995

| location = Boulder, Colorado

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = West

| first = Elliott

| title = The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado

| publisher = University Press of Kansas

| year = 1998

| location = Lawrence, KS

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Wickens

| first = James F.

| title = Colorado in the Great Depression

| publisher = Garland Publishing

| year = 1979

| location = New York, New York

}}

Agriculture and livestock

Colorado State Grange. Colorado State Grange History: 1874–1975. Westminster, CO: North Suburban Printing & Publishing Incorporated, 1975.

Dobie, Frank J. Cow People. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964.

Easterly, Lewis H. The Agricultural and livestock Interest of Gunnison County. Gunnison City, Colorado: 1916.

Frink, Maurice. When Grass was King. Denver: University of Colorado Press, 1956.

Goff, Richard. Century in the Saddle. Denver: Colorado Cattlemen's Centennial Commission, 1967.

Goff, Richard, Robert McCaffree, and Doris Sterbenz. Centennial Brand Book. Denver: Colorado Cattlemen’s Centennial Commission, Denver, Colorado, 1967.

Goff, Richard, Robert McCaffree. Century in the Saddle. Boulder: Johnson Publishing Company, 1967.

Hall, Frank Louis. "Structural Changes in Colorado’s Agriculture". Fort Collins, Colorado: Colorado State University, 1971.

Marriott, Alice. Hell on Horses and Women. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953.

McCann, Roud. Colorado’s Agriculture. Fort Collins, Colorado: Colorado Agricultural College, Extension Service, 1925.

Meyers, Sandra L. Westering Women. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1982.

Mumey, Nolie, ed. The Westerners Brand Book.

:First Forest Ranger – Len Shoemaker. Denver: Denver Possee, V0l. VII, 1951.

Osgood, Ernest. The Day of the Cattleman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1929.

Peake, Ora Brooks. The Colorado Range Cattle Industry. Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1937.

Sammons, Judy Buffington. Tall Grass and Good Cattle: A Century of Ranching in the Gunnison Country. 3rd Ed. Gunnison: Dove Graphics, Western State College Foundation, Inc.

Shores, C. W. Memoirs of a Law Man. Ed. Wilson Rockwell. Denver: Saga Books, 1962.

Shores, C. W. The Cooperative Century. Boulder: Johnson Publishing Company, 1967. The Colorado Cattlemen’s Centennial Commission.

Smith, P. David, and Lyn Bezek. On the Backs of Burros: Bringing Civilization to Colorado. Lake City, CO: Western Reflections Publishing Company, 2010.

Steinel, Alvin Theodore. History of Agriculture in Colorado. Fort Collins, Colorado: The State Agricultural College, 1926.

Wallace, Betty. Gunnison Country. Denver: Sage Books, 1960.

Wallace, Betty. History with the Hide Off. Denver: Sage Books, 1964.

Wolfenstine, Manfred R. The Manual of Brands and Marks. Ed. Ramon F. Adams. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970.

=Journals, associations and organizations=

  • Gunnison County Stockgrower’s Association, 1894 – 1994. U.S.A.: GCSA, 1994. Leslie J. Savage Library, Call number: SF196 C6 G8 1994.
  • Fogg, H. H. The First Decade of the Gunnison Stockgrower’s Association: Personalities and Trends,. Gunnison, Colorado: In possession of the Gunnison Stockgrower’s Association. 1894 – 1904.
  • Gunnison County Stockgrower’s Association Since 1894,. 75th Anniversary Issue: pre-print from The Cattle Guard, August 1967.

=Federal documents=

  • Gunnison County Abstract of Assessment and Levies, 1915 – 1922,. Located in the Gunnison County Courthouse, (The Blackstock Building).
  • The Federal Range Code, (commonly known as "The Taylor Grazing Act", under the "Act of June 28, 1934, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1936").
  • Ker, Bill. Gunnison National Forest: a Brief History. USFS: Gunnison Field Office, undated.
  • Colorado Senate Journal 15th Day, Jan. 21, 1976.
  • Range Rider Newsletter Nov. 2, 1993. Publication of Gunnison Soil Conservation District.

Architecture

Dallas, Sandra. No More Than Five in a Bed: Colorado Hotels in the Old Days. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967.

Jackson, Olga. Architecture/Colorado. Denver, Colorado: American Institute of Architects, Colorado Chapter, 1966.

Noel, Thomas Jacob. Buildings of Colorado. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Education

  • {{cite book

| last = McGiffert

| first = Michael

| title = The Higher Learning in Colorado: An Historical Study, 1860-1940

| publisher = Sage Books

| year = 1964

| location = Denver, Colorado

}}

Rockwell, Noraetta, The Early History of Gunnison County, Colorado Schools. Unpublished Master’s Thesis, WSC, 1953.

Forest Service

Shoemaker, Len. Saga of a Forest Ranger. Boulder: University of Colorado Press, 1958.

Geology

Bueler, William M. Roof of the Rockies: A History of Mountaineering in Colorado. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company, 1974.

Chronic, John. Prairie, Peak, and Plateau : A Guide to the Geology of Colorado. Denver, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey, 1972.

Weimer, Robert J. and Haun. John D. ed. Guide to the Geology of Colorado. Denver, Colorado: Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists & Colorado Scientific Society, 1960.

Government

Lamm, Richard D. Pioneers & Politicians: 10 Colorado Governors in Profile. Boulder, Co.: Pruett Publishing Company, 1984.

Lindbloom, Harold Seth. Colorado Citizen. Denver, Colorado: Old West Publishing Company, 1966.

Martin, Curtis. Colorado Government and Politics. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Press, 1964.

Waton, Rodger Alan. Colorado: A Practical Guide to its Government and Politics. Fort Collins, Colorado: Shields Publishing Company, 1973.

Military

Brandes, T. Donald. Military Posts of Colorado. Fort Collins, Colorado: Old Army Press, 1973.

Nankivell, John H. History of the Military Organizations of the State of Colorado: 1860 – 1935. Denver, Colorado: W. H. Kistler Stationery Company, 1935.

Mining and industry

Able, Mary Prentiss. Mines and Mills of Colorado. Denver, Colorado: The Author, 1976.

Dempsey, Stanley, and James E. Fell, Jr. Mining the Summit: Colorado's Ten Mile District, 1860-1960. University of Oklahoma Press, 1986.

Dorset, Phyllis. The New Eldorado: The Story of Colorado’s Gold and Silver Rushes. New York: Macmillan, 1970.

Henderson, Charles William. Mining in Colorado; A History of Discovery, Development and Production. Washington D. C., Government Printing Office, 1926.

Hollister, Ovando James. The Mines of Colorado. New York, Arno Press, [c1867]1973.

King, Joseph E. A Mine to Make a Mine: Financing the Colorado Mining Industry, 1859-1902. Texas A&M University Press, 1977.

Nelson, A. P. Gunnison County, Colorado. Pitkin, Colorado: A. P. Nelson Mining, 1916. P. 47.

Nossaman, Allen. Many More Mountains: An Illustrated History of the Earliest Exploration in the High San Juans of Southwestern Colorado and the Settlement and Founding of Silverton, Colorado. Denver, Colo.: Sundance Publications, 1989.

Smith, Duane A. Colorado Mining: A Photographic History. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1977.

Smith, Duane A. The Trail of Gold and Silver: Mining in Colorado, 1859-2009. Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2009.

Southworth, Dave. Colorado Mining Camps. Round Rock, Texas: Wild Horse Publishing, 1997.

Wolle, Muriel Sibell. Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado. Chicago, Illinois: Swallow Press, 1974.

Native Americans

Coel, Margaret. Chief Left Hand: Southern Arapaho. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981.

Crum, Sally. People of the Red Earth: American Indians of Colorado. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Ancient City Press, 1996.

Hafen, Le Roy Reuben. The Indians of Colorado. Denver, Colorado: State Historical Society of Colorado, 1952.

Hughes, Johnson Donald. American Indians in Colorado. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company, 1977.

Jones, Sondra. Being and Becoming Ute: The Story of an American Indian People. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2019. {{ISBN|9781607816669}}.

Marsh, Charles S. The Utes of Colorado – People of the Shining Mountains. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-87108-620-4}} (pbk).

Marsh, Charles Seabrooke. People of the Shining Mountains: The Utes of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company, 1982.

Parkhill, Forbes. The Blazed Trail of Antoine Leroux. Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1965.

Smead, Cophine. Relations with the Plains Indians of Colorado, 1859 – 1869. Denver, Colorado: University of Colorado, 1947.

Young, Richard Keith. The Ute Indians of Colorado in the Twentieth Century. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 1997.

=Magazine Articles=

Jackson, William H. "A Visit to the Los Pinos Indian Reservation." The Colorado Magazine, XV, Nov. 1938, pp. 201 – 209.

Borland, Lois. "Ho For the Reservation: Settlement of the Western Slope." The Colorado Magazine, XXIX, Jan. 1952, pp. 56 – 75.

Vader, Diane. "Mr. Outcalt and the Indians." Gunnison Country Magazine, Gunnison: B & B Printers, 1976.

Postal History

Transportation

Beebe, Lucius Morris. Narrow Gauge in the Rockies. Berkeley, California: Howell-North, 1958.

Dines, Glen. Overland Stage: The Story of the Famous Overland Stagecoaches of the 1860s. New York: MacMillan, 1961.

Everett, George G. The Cavalcade of Railroads in Central Colorado. Denver: Golden Bell Press, 1966.

Feitz, Leland. Colorado Trolleys. Golden, Colorado: Bell Press, 1971.

Jessen, Kenneth. Railroads of Northern Colorado. Boulder, CO: Pruett Pub. Co., 1982.

LeMassena, Robert A. Colorado’s Mountain Railroads. Golden, Colorado: Smoking Stack Press, 1963 – 1968.

Ormes, Robert M. Railroads and the Rockies: A Record of Lines In and Near Colorado. Denver, Colorado: Sage Books, 1963.

Smith, P. David, and Lyn Bezek. On the Backs of Burros: Bringing Civilization to Colorado. Lake City, CO: Western Reflections Publishing Company, 2010.

Stocking, Hobart E. The Road to Santa Fe. New York: Hastings House, 1971.

Walker, Henry Pickering. The Rise and Decline of High Plains Wagon Freighting, 1822–1880. Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado, 1965.

Wiatrowski, Claude A. Railroads of Colorado: Your Guide to Colorado's Historic Trains and Railway Sites. Stillwater, MN: Voyager Press, 2002.

See also