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The once and future Silver Queen of the Rockies : Georgetown, Colorado, and the fight for survival into the twentieth century
- Title
- The once and future Silver Queen of the Rockies : Georgetown, Colorado, and the fight for survival into the twentieth century / Christine A. Bradley and Duane A. Smith.
- Author
- Bradley, Christine A. (Christine Ann), 1952-
- Publication
- Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Smith, Duane A.
- Description
- viii, 315 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The life of Georgetown, Colorado, after the turn of the twentieth century as mining in Clear Creek County steadily declined and ultimately collapsed. Tourism, skiing, and historic preservation replaced mineral extraction and contributed to Georgetown's survival, and ultimate flourishing, after the loss of its principal industry"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Mining the American West
- Uniform Title
- Mining the American West.
- Alternative Title
- Georgetown, Colorado, and the fight for survival into the 20th century
- Subjects
- Gold mines and mining
- Silver mines and mining
- Tourism
- Historic preservation
- History
- Georgetown (Colo.) > History > 19th century
- Tourism > Colorado > Georgetown
- 1800-1999
- Historic preservation > Colorado > Georgetown
- Pictorial works
- Georgetown (Colo.) > History > 20th century
- Gold mines and mining > Colorado > Georgetown > History > Pictorial works
- Colorado > Georgetown
- Silver mines and mining > Colorado > Georgetown > History > Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-305) and index.
- Contents
- Days of hope, years of despair : photo essay 1 : Georgetown at the turn of the century -- All dressed up with no place to go : photo essay 2 : the photography of Lewis Clark Coggshall -- The dowager Silver Queen : photo essay 3 : the years leading up to the First World War -- Mining what the mountain has to offer : photo essay 4 : mining in and around Georgetown and Silver Plume -- Long evening into night : photo essay 5 : trains, trams, and tourists -- 1917 : photo essay 6 : Georgetown, 1917-1929 -- They roared and they sputtered : Georgetown moves into the 1920s : photo essay 7 : the 1930s and 1940s -- "Times are getting' hard boys : money's getting' scarce" : photo essay 8 : the Office of War Information documents the town -- Georgetown goes to war : photo essay 9 : life returns to normal after the war -- Into a new era : photo essay 10 : modern times and new adventures -- A turn toward growth : photo essay 11 : tourists return to the valley -- Epilogue : the once and future Silver Queen.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-6155
- ISBN
- 9781607326076
- 1607326078
- LCCN
- 2017033392
- OCLC
- 994206123
- Author
- Bradley, Christine A. (Christine Ann), 1952- author.
- Title
- The once and future Silver Queen of the Rockies : Georgetown, Colorado, and the fight for survival into the twentieth century / Christine A. Bradley and Duane A. Smith.
- Publisher
- Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Mining the American WestMining the American West.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-305) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Added Author
- Smith, Duane A., author.
- Sudoc No.
- HED13.2/QU8/2019 codocs
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-6155