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Denver's Lakeside Amusement Park

Author : David Forsyth
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607324318
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Denver's Lakeside Amusement Park written by David Forsyth and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Denver's Lakeside Amusement Park details the history of Lakeside, exploring how it has managed to remain in business for more than a century (something fewer than thirty amusement parks have accomplished) and offers a unique view on larger changes in society and the amusement park industry itself. Once nicknamed White City in part for its glittering display of more than 100,000 lights, the park opened in 1908 in conjunction with Denver's participation in the national City Beautiful movement. It was a park for Denver elites, with fifty different forms of amusement, including the Lakeshore Railway and the Velvet Coaster, a casino, a ballroom, a theater, a skating rink, and avenues decorated with Greek statues. But after metropolitan growth, technological innovation, and cultural shifts in Denver, it began to cater to a working-class demographic as well. Additions of neon and fluorescent lighting, roller coasters like the Wild Chipmunk, attractions like the Fun House and Lakeside Speedway, and rides like the Scrambler, the Spider, and most recently the drop tower Zoom changed the face and feel of Lakeside between 1908 and 2008. The park also has weathered numerous financial and structural difficulties but continues to provide Denverites with affordable, family-friendly amusement today. To tell Lakeside's story, Forsyth makes use of various primary and secondary sources, including Denver newspapers, Denver's official City Beautiful publication Municipal Facts, Billboard magazine, and interviews with people connected to the park throughout its history. Denver's Lakeside Amusement Park is an important addition to Denver history that will appeal to anyone interested in Colorado history, urban history, entertainment history, and popular culture, as well as to amusement park aficionados.

The Amusement Park at Sloan's Lake

Author : David Forsyth
Publisher : TwoDot
ISBN 13 : 9781493076970
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (769 download)

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Download or read book The Amusement Park at Sloan's Lake written by David Forsyth and published by TwoDot. This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operating from 1890 to 1914, Manhattan Beach Amusement Park was the first true amusement park in Denver and was enjoyed by residents and visitors for nearly twenty-five years as Denver tried to shake off its image as a dusty cow town from gold mining days and fought to be seen as a sophisticated and well-developed city. Manhattan Beach played an important role in amusement park history in the United States, but its full story has never before been told. The park has also inspired many legends. Much of what has been told about Manhattan Beach in the years since it closed is more myth than fact, as this book demonstrates.

The Colorado Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 992 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Colorado Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Betty Ford

Author : Lisa McCubbin
Publisher : Gallery Books
ISBN 13 : 1501164759
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Betty Ford written by Lisa McCubbin and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Presidents and The Kennedy Detail comes an “insightful and beautifully told look into the life of one of the most public and admired first ladies” (Publishers Weekly)—Betty Ford. Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer is the inspiring story of an ordinary Midwestern girl thrust onto the world stage and into the White House under extraordinary circumstances. Setting a precedent as First Lady, Betty Ford refused to be silenced by her critics as she publicly championed equal rights for women, and spoke out about issues that had previously been taboo—breast cancer, depression, abortion, and sexuality. Privately, there were signs something was wrong. After a painful intervention by her family, she admitted to an addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs. Her courageous decision to speak out publicly sparked a national dialogue, and in 1982, she co-founded the Betty Ford Center, which revolutionized treatment for alcoholism and inspired the modern concept of recovery. Lisa McCubbin also brings to light Gerald and Betty Ford’s sweeping love story: from Michigan to the White House, until their dying days, their relationship was that of a man and woman utterly devoted to one another other—a relationship built on trust, respect, and an unquantifiable chemistry. Based on intimate interviews with her children, Susan Ford Bales and Steven Ford, as well as family, friends, and colleagues, Betty Ford is “a vivid picture of a singularly influential woman” (Bookpage).

Frommer's City Guide to Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs

Author : George McDonald
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780671799502
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Frommer's City Guide to Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs written by George McDonald and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1993-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frommer's city guides cover exciting destinations, from America's most vibrant urban centers to exotic and far-flung ports-of-call. This guide offers comprehensive coverage of Colorado's major cities, plus Rocky Mountain hiking and horseback riding, ghosts towns, and other remnants of the Wild West. Maps. Index.

Denver's Elitch Gardens

Author : Betty Lynne Hull
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781555662851
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Denver's Elitch Gardens written by Betty Lynne Hull and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanting picture-filled tribute to Denver's beloved amusement park, theatre, and dance hall.

The Race Track

Author : Just Right Reader
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781955903561
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Race Track written by Just Right Reader and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Municipal Facts

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Municipal Facts written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lost Denver

Author : Amy Zimmer
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1910496596
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Lost Denver written by Amy Zimmer and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astonishing images of vanished Denver, from old hotels and movie houses to streetcars to sports stadiumsThere has been much change in Denver since the first settlers built a small town on the south side of Cherry Creek and named it Auraria. Streetcar suburbs emerged and were annexed into the city of Denver; skyscrapers rose and were replaced by even bigger skyscrapers. The streetcars disappeared. Denver's baseball team, the Bears, played out of Broadway Park, then Bears Stadium, which became Mile High Stadium and then a parking lot for Sports Authority Field. The city has lost many of its grand Victorian buildings. The grand Richardsonian Romanesque Denver Club is gone, along with the Tabor Block and Tabor Opera House. The theater district on Curtis Street has been transformed, while the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) has targeted whole districts for wholesale change. Lost Denver looks at the many aspects of the city that have disappeared over the last 150 years—the old hotels and movie houses, the civic buildings no longer fit for purpose, the old bridges, cemeteries, and parks that have been changed out of all recognition, and the city districts that didn't fit in with the Skyline Renewal Project.

Salvador Dali at Home

Author : Jackie De Burca
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0711239436
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Salvador Dali at Home written by Jackie De Burca and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salvador Dalí at Home explores the influence of Catalan culture and tradition, Dalí's home life and the places he lived, on his life and work. Fully illustrated with over 130 illustrations of his famous work, as well as lesser known pieces, archive imagery, contemporary landscapes and personal photographs, the book provides uniquely accessible insight into the people and places that shaped this iconic artist and how the homes and landscapes of his life relate to his work.

The Magnificent Madness of Tessa Wiggins

Author : Kim Krisco
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1787058492
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book The Magnificent Madness of Tessa Wiggins written by Kim Krisco and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1920 - Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales: Tessa Wiggins’s “madness” is provoked by the adopted spirit of a two-thousand-year-old Druid priestess mentoring her to be the servant of The Earth Mother. When Tessa defies treatment, her lover asks a childhood friend, Sherlock Holmes, to intervene. But despite everyone’s best intentions, Tessa finds herself in Hellingford Asylum, where she is driven toward her final breaking point on All-Halloween.

Hooded Empire

Author : Robert Alan Goldberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hooded Empire written by Robert Alan Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Off the Road

Author : Carolyn Cassady
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468305719
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book Off the Road written by Carolyn Cassady and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir by the woman at the center of the Beat movement is “a great book as well as a wonderful autobiography” (The Washington Post Book World). Written by the woman who loved them all—as wife of Cassady, lover of Kerouac, and friend of Ginsberg—this riveting and intimate memoir spans one of the most vital eras in twentieth-century literature and culture, including the explosive successes of Kerouac’s On the Road and Ginsberg’s Howl, the flowering of the Beat movement, and the social revolution of the 1960s. Artist, writer, and designer Carolyn Cassady reveals a side of Neal Cassady rarely seen—that of husband and father, a man who craved respectability, yet could not resist the thrills of a wilder, and ultimately more destructive, lifestyle. “To the familiar history of the Beat generation, Carolyn Cassady adds a proprietary chapter marked with newness, self-exposure, love and poignancy.” —Publishers Weekly “Rich with gossip, historically significant photographs, intimate memories, [and] unpublished letters.” —The New York Times “A poignant recollection—truthful, coarse, and inviting—teeming with the spirit of the men who inspired and symbolized the dreams of a generation.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Colorado Day by Day

Author : Derek Everett
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1646420071
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Colorado Day by Day written by Derek Everett and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copublished with History Colorado Colorado Day by Day is an engaging, this-day-in-history approach to the key figures and forces that have shaped Colorado from ancient times to the present. Historian Derek R. Everett presents a vignette for each day of the calendar year, exploring Colorado’s many facets through distilled tales of people, places, events, and trends. Entries incorporate tales from each of the state’s sixty-four counties and feature both well-known and obscure cultural moments, including events in Native American, African American, Asian American, Hispano, and women’s history. Allowing the reader to explore the state’s heritage as individual threads or as part of the greater tapestry, Colorado Day by Day recovers much lost history and will be an entertaining and useful source of lore for anyone who enjoys or is curious about Colorado history.

Allen Tupper True

Author : Jere True
Publisher : Museum of the Rockies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Allen Tupper True written by Jere True and published by Museum of the Rockies. This book was released on 2009 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first difinitive biography of the Colorado artist is lavishly illustrated with images of his murals (both extant and destroyed), along with his major easel paintings, sketches, and cartoons. "His groundbreaking murals of Western Vistas...served as giant documentaries about a disappearing way of life."--Ray Rinaldi, Denver Post

Denver's Street Railways: 1901-1950: reign of the Denver tramway

Author : Don Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780913582756
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book Denver's Street Railways: 1901-1950: reign of the Denver tramway written by Don Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two volumes discussing the history street railways of Denver, including the cable cars. Illustrated with phogoraphs, drawings, reproductions of advertisements, and maps in rear pockets. Historic period for these railways is 1871-1950. (jvl).

Black Hawk and Central City

Author : David Forsyth
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531674892
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Black Hawk and Central City written by David Forsyth and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The neighboring towns of Central City and Black Hawk in Gilpin County played very prominent roles in the formation of Colorado. The two mining camps supplied millions of dollars in gold, giving them great economic and political power in the 1800s, and Colorado's first two US senators and representative came from Central City. The two towns were home to popular theaters, schools, churches, baseball teams, and thriving businesses, all designed to prove they were permanent, law-abiding settlements. As mining began to die out in the late 1890s and early 1900s, the two towns entered a period of steep economic decline, but a new mining operation and the reopening of the Central City Opera House in the 1930s led to a revival, making the former mining camps major tourist attractions. The introduction of legalized gambling in 1991 added yet another chapter to the colorful history of Black Hawk and Central City.