The once and future Silver Queen of the Rockies: Georgetown, Colorado and the fight for survival into the 20th century
| dc.contributor.author | Bradley, Christine A., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Smith, Duane A., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | University Press of Colorado, publisher | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-26T19:21:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-03-26T19:21:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 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: 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. | |
| dc.format.medium | born digital | |
| dc.format.medium | books | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10217/194395 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | University Press of Colorado | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Mining the American West | |
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| dc.rights.access | Access is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only. | |
| dc.subject | Georgetown (Colo.) -- History -- 19th century | |
| dc.subject | Georgetown (Colo.) -- History -- 20th century | |
| dc.subject | Silver mines and mining -- Colorado -- Georgetown -- History -- Pictorial works | |
| dc.subject | Gold mines and mining -- Colorado -- Georgetown -- History -- Pictorial works | |
| dc.subject | Tourism -- Colorado -- Georgetown | |
| dc.subject | Historic preservation -- Colorado -- Georgetown | |
| dc.title | The once and future Silver Queen of the Rockies: Georgetown, Colorado and the fight for survival into the 20th century | |
| dc.type | Text |
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