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Publications of History Colorado PUBLICATIONS OF HISTORY COLORADO History Colorado produces a quarterly newsmagazine—Colorado Heritage—for its members. Heritage focuses on the continuities of history and culture in the state and region—on past events, people, and issues that have made a mark on the present. History Colorado members receive Colorado Heritage in the mail four times a year. Individual copies are also available for a $5 retrieval, handling, and shipping charge per copy. Colorado History is an occasional journal series that includes volumes of essays as well as self-titled book-length manuscripts on the history of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West. In addition, History Colorado publishes the bimonthly Explore program calendar and e-newsletter. History Colorado publishes occasional booklets on its exhibits and regional museums, general interest historical studies, exhibition catalogs, and directories and indexes to assist researchers and historians. To order most publications in print on the following list, write to [email protected] or Publications, History Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203; or, call 303/866-4532. Please add $3 per copy of any book for handling and shipping. For membership information, contact [email protected] or 303/866-3639. NOTE: These publications have been produced by the History Colorado (formerly Colorado Historical Society) Publications Office for retail sale through the History Colorado Center store or wholesale through the Publications Office. For educational materials, call 303/866-4686; for membership information and brochures, call 303/866-3639; and for preservation-related materials, call the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation at 303/866-3395. For photocopies of out-of-print materials, and copy prices, call the Hart Research Library at 303/866-2305. Books and Monographs Stan Cuba The Denver Artists Guild: Its Founding Members; An Illustrated History 2015 (paper) $39.95 1 History Colorado A Civil War Scrapbook: I Was There Too! With Fulcrum Publishing; March 2012 (paper); Available from Fulcrum Publishing $14.95 Jeanne Abrams et al. Denver Inside and Out Colorado History 16, 2011 (paper) $19.95 Larry Borowsky The Ute Indian Museum: A Capsule History and Guide 2009 (paper) $8.95 Dianna Litvak Fort Vasquez Museum: A Capsule History and Guide 2009 (paper) $8.95 Colorado History 15 2008 (paper) $12.95 Alisa Zahller Italy in Colorado: Family Histories from Denver and Beyond With Donning Company Publishers, 2008 (2009 reprint) (paper) $29.95 Richard Gould The Life and Times of Richard Castro Colorado History 14, 2007 (paper) $26.95 Paul A. Malkoski, editor This Soldier Life: The Diaries of Romine H. Ostrander, 1863 and 1865, in Colorado Territory Colorado History 13, 2007 (paper) $21.95 William G. Buckles The Search for El Pueblo: An Archaeological Summary 2006 reprint (paper) $14.95 2 Colorado History 12 2006 (paper) $12.95 Dianna Litvak El Pueblo History Museum: A Capsule History and Guide 2006 (paper, wirebound) $8.95 Henry Miles Orpheus in the Wilderness: A History of Music in Denver, 1860–1925 2006 (paper) $19.95 Colorado History 11 2005 (paper) $12.95 Phil Carson Fort Garland Museum: A Capsule History and Guide 2005 (paper) $8.95 Colorado History 10 2004 (paper, wirebound) $12.95 Ben Fogelberg and Steve Grinstead, editors Western Voices: 125 Years of Colorado Writing With Fulcrum Publishing, 2004 (paper) $19.95 Elizabeth Young On Colfax Avenue: A Victorian Childhood Colorado History 9, 2004 (paper) $16.95 Stephen J. Leonard, Thomas J. Noel, and Donald L. Walker, Jr. Honest John Shafroth: A Colorado Reformer Colorado History 8, 2003 (hardcover, $24.95) $18.95 Elinor McGinn A Wide-Awake Woman: Josephine Roche in the Era of Reform Colorado History 7, 2002 (paper) $21.95 Harvey N. Gardiner Mining among the Clouds: The Mosquito Range and the Origins of Colorado’s Silver Boom Colorado History 6, 2002 (paper) $14.95 3 Steve Grinstead Trinidad History Museum: A Capsule History and Guide 2002 (paper, wirebound) $8.95 Colorado History 5 2001 (paper) $12.95 Farrington R. Carpenter Confessions of a Maverick: An Autobiography Second printing, 2000. Available from the Nature Conservancy at the Carpenter Ranch, Hayden, Colorado Lloyd Gundy, editor and compiler William Henry Jackson: An Intimate Portrait Colorado History 4, 2000 (hardcover, $24.95) $14.95 Twentieth-Century Colorado: A Decade-by-Decade History Boxed set of 10 special issues of Colorado Heritage, 2000 Complete set $24.95 Slipcase only $9.95 Index only $4.95 Rick J. Clyne Coal People: Life in Southern Colorado’s Company Towns, 1890–1930 Colorado History 3, 1999 (paper) $14.95 Vincent C. de Baca, editor La Gente: Hispano History and Life in Colorado Colorado History 2, 1998 (paper) $21.95 Jean Afton, David Fridtjof Halaas, and Andrew E. Masich Cheyenne Dog Soldiers: A Ledgerbook History of Coups and Combat With University Press of Colorado, 1997 (paper); Available from University Press of Colorado $37.50 Colorado History 1997 (paper) $12.95 Henry O. Whiteside Menace in the West: Colorado and the American Experience with Drugs, 1873–1963 1997 (paper) Out of print 4 Don L. Griswold and Jean Harvey Griswold History of Leadville and Lake County, Colorado: From Mountain Solitude to Metropolis 2 volumes, 1996 (hardcover) $49.95 The Real West Introduction by Patricia Nelson Limerick Exhibition catalog, 1996 (paper) $4.95 William Philpott The Lessons of Leadville, or, Why the Western Federation of Miners Turned Left Essays & Monographs Series, Monograph 10, 1994 (paper) $8.95 Christopher Gerboth The Tall Chief: The Autobiography of Edward Wynkoop Essays & Monographs Series, Monograph 9, 1994 (paper) $8.95 Ellen Kingman Fisher Junior League of Denver: Leaders in Community Service, 1919–1993 1993 (paper) Out of print Patricia Paton A Medical Gentleman: James J. Waring, M.D. 1993 (hardcover, $17.95) $8.95 Robert Autobee If You Stick with Barnum: A History of a Denver Neighborhood Essays & Monographs Series, Monograph 8, 1992 (paper) $8.95 William H. Hornby Voice of Empire: A Centennial Sketch of The Denver Post 1992 (paper) $7.95 Frank Harper, compiler and editor Just Outside of Manila: Letters from Members of the First Colorado Regiment in the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars Essays & Monographs Series, Monograph 7, 1991 (paper) $8.95 5 Jeanne Abrams Blazing the Tuberculosis Trail: The Religio-Ethnic Role of Four Sanatoria in Early Denver Essays & Monographs Series, Monograph 6, 1990 (paper) $8.95 Bent's Old Fort Second printing, 1990 Available from Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Douglas R. McKay Asylum of the Gilded Pill: The Story of Cragmor Sanatorium Second printing, 1990 Available from the University of Colorado–Colorado Springs Patricia Joy Richmond Trail to Disaster Second printing, 1990 Available from University Press of Colorado The Santa Fe Trail: New Perspectives Second printing, 1990 Available from University Press of Colorado Jewel Wolcott, compiler and editor My Dear Friend Chas. Essays & Monographs Series, Monograph 5, 1990 (paper) $8.95 Paul D. Friedman Valley of Lost Souls: A History of the Pinon Canyon Region of Southeastern Colorado Essays & Monographs Series, Monograph 3, 1988 Out of print Francine Haber, Kenneth R. Fuller, and David N. Wetzel Robert S. Roeschlaub: Architect of the Emerging West, 1843–1923 1988 (paper) Out of print Liston E. Leyendecker, editor Hiram Pitt Bennet: Pioneer, Frontier Lawyer, Politician Essays & Monographs Series, Monograph 2, 1988 (paper) $8.95 Colorado Historical Society The Georgetown Loop: A Capsule History and Guide (1986) $4.95 Liston E. Leyendecker The Pelican-Dives Feud: A Study in Frustration and Terror Essays & Monographs Series, Monograph 1, 1985 (paper) $8.95 6 W. Turrentine Jackson Wells Fargo in Colorado Territory 1982 (paper) Out of print Jay E. Niebur (with James E. Fell, Jr.) Arthur Redman Wilfley: Miner, Inventor, and Entrepreneur 1982 (paper) Out of print Bruce Estes Rippeteau, A Colorado Book of the Dead: The Prehistoric Era (1978) Out of print Booklets and Pamphlets David F. Halaas The House in the Heart of a City: The Byers and Evans Families of Denver (1989) Out of print Helen Karrer and David N. Wetzel, compilers and editors The Helen Karrer Guide to the Colorado Magazine: An Index by Subject, Category, and Author (1987) Out of print Richard D. Lamm The American West: A Poem (1986) $4.95 David F. Halaas The Story of a Valley: The Georgetown Loop Mining and Railroad Park (1984) Out of print David F. Halaas Worlds Apart: Indians and Whites in Nineteenth-Century Colorado (1984) Out of print H. Lee Scamehorn A. E. Humphreys and Sons: Entrepreneurs of Western Development (1984) $4.95 Georgianna Contiguglia Irene Jerome Hood: A Victorian Woman and Her Art (1982) $3.95 7 .
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