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Richard Sopris in early Denver : captain, mayor & Colorado fifty-niner
- Title
- Richard Sopris in early Denver : captain, mayor & Colorado fifty-niner / LInda Bjorklund ; foreword by Dr. Thomas Noel.
- Author
- Bjorklund, Linda
- Publication
- Charleston, S.C. : The History Press, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
- Description
- 138 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- "From Gregory's Diggings prospector to Denver mayor, Richard Sopris left an indelible mark on the Mile High City and Centennial State. During an 1860 flood prospecting expedition, Sopris discovered Glenwood Springs and the nearly thirteen-thousand-foot summit later named for him. Following life as a steamboat captain, he was appointed captain of Company C, First Colorado Cavalry, in 1861 and commanded volunteer troops at Glorieta Pass. After serving as a delegate to the first constitutional convention of Colorado and as Arapaho County sheriff, he helped quell the Hop Alley Chinese Riot of 1880 and enacted public works projects to rid Denver of a deadly tyhpoid outbreak. After his mayoral term ended in 1881, Sopris became the first commissioner of his beloved City Park."--Back cover.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-134) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword/Dr. Thomas Noel -- Preface -- 1. From Yardley to Michigan City -- 2. Hunt for gold -- 3. Kansas legislature and porvisional territorial government -- 4. Mount Sopris -- 5. Bummers -- 6. Glorieta Pass -- 7. Agriculture, floods, and locusts -- 8. Sheriff Sopris -- 9. Railroad contractor -- 10. Warden Sopris; Colorado is a state -- 11. Mayor Sopris -- 12. Denver's City Park -- 13. The rest of the family -- 14. Sopris the town -- 15. State historical society -- 16. And the family tree grows.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-11014
- ISBN
- 1467135933
- 9781467135931
- LCCN
- 2016931934
- OCLC
- 941441655
- Author
- Bjorklund, Linda, author.
- Title
- Richard Sopris in early Denver : captain, mayor & Colorado fifty-niner / LInda Bjorklund ; foreword by Dr. Thomas Noel.
- Publisher
- Charleston, S.C. : The History Press, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-134) and index.
- Added Author
- Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob), writer of added commentary.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-11014