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
- {{cite book|title=Colorado Post Offices 1859-1989|first1=William H.|last1=Bauer|first2=James L.|last2=Ozment|first3=John H.|last3=Willard|date=1990|publisher=Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation|location=Golden, Colorado|isbn=0-918654-42-4}}
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
{{portal|Geography|History|United States|Colorado}}
- Geography of Colorado
- History of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- List of Colorado-related lists
- Outline of Colorado
- List of bibliographies on American history
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External links
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- [http://www.Colorado.gov/ Colorado state government website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070612125743/http://www.dot.state.co.us/ Colorado Department of Transportation]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070701073723/http://www.dot.state.co.us/App_DTD_DataAccess/Maps/index.cfm?fuseaction=MapsMain&MenuType=Maps Colorado highway maps]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070602232429/http://dtdexternal.dot.state.co.us/travelmap/ Colorado Travel Map]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070701112843/http://dola.colorado.gov/dlg/local_governments/counties.html Colorado counties]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070628234257/http://dola.colorado.gov/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html Colorado municipalities]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070701112750/http://dola.colorado.gov/dlg/local_governments/lgov_a.html Colorado special districts]
- [http://www.colorado.com/ Colorado tourism]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120212023536/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Colorado List of searchable databases produced by Colorado state agencies] hosted by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20091013010530/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Main_Page American Library Association Government Documents Roundtable].
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