Research Catalog

Title

Spanish Peaks : land and legends / by Conger Beasley, Jr. ; photography by Barbara Sparks ; foreword by Ann H. Zwinger.

Author

Beasley, Conger, Jr.

Publication

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, c2001.

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Additional Authors

• Sparks, Barbara
• Zwinger, Ann

Description

xii, 182 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.

Summary

The Spanish Peaks stand alone some distance from the main cordillera of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, south of Pueblo, Colorado. The towering twin mountains have served as beacons for Native Americans, Spaniards, trappers, traders, travelers on the Santa Fe trail, miners, and homesteaders. Spanish Peaks shares the legends the mountains have inspired and tells of the peoples drawn to the peaks' shelter. Author Conger Beasley Jr. and photographer Barbara Sparks portray the people who struggle to sustain their lives here and document traditional events such as the Ute Bear Dance and Holy Week among the penitentes of Huerfano Church. Beasley's vivid writing and Sparks's photographs offer tribute to a rugged, mysterious place.

Subject

• Legends > Spanish Peaks Wilderness
• Spanish Peaks Wilderness (Colo.) > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

First view -- West Spanish Peak -- From the air -- La Veta -- Bear Dance -- More about bears -- La Veta 2 -- The dividing line -- Bent's Fort -- Apishapa stage house -- Bullseye Mine -- La Veta 3 -- Will Prator -- Riding with Anne Lucero along Trujillo Creek -- Among the Penitentes -- John Ritter -- Down in Picketwire Canyon -- King Coal -- The forest of St. Ignatius -- The power of twice.

ISBN

0870816047 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001000750

OCLC

45917002

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library