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Book Synopsis Disaster At The Colorado by : Charles Baley
Download or read book Disaster At The Colorado written by Charles Baley and published by Utah State University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across north-central New Mexico and Arizona, along the line of Route 66, now Interstate 40, there first ran a little-known wagon trail called Beale's Wagon Road, after Edward F. Beale, who surveyed it for the War Department in 1857. This survey became famous for employing camels. Not so well known is the fate of the first emigrants who the next year attempted to follow its tracks. The government considered the 1857 exploration a success and the road it opened a promising alternative route to California but expected such things as military posts and developed water supplies to be needed before it was ready for regular travel. Army representatives in New Mexico were more enthusiastic. In 1858 there was a need for an alternative. Emigrants avoided the main California Trail because of a U.S. Army expedition to subdue Mormons in Utah. The Southern Route ran through Apache territory, was difficult for the army to guard, and was long. When a party of Missouri and Iowa emigrants known as the Rose-Baley wagon train arrived in Albuquerque, they were encouraged to be the first to try the new Beale road. Their journey became a rolling disaster. Beale's trail was more difficult to follow than expected; water sources and feed for livestock harder to find. Indians along the way had been described as peaceful, but the Hualapais persistently harassed the emigrants and shot their stock, and when the wagon train finally reached the Colorado River, a large party of Mojaves attacked them. Several of the emigrants were killed, and the remainder began a difficult retreat to Albuquerque. Their flight, with wounded companions and reduced supplies, became ever more arduous. Along the way they met other emigrant parties and convinced them to join the increasingly disorderly and distressed return journey. Charles Baley tells this dramatic story and discusses its aftermath, for the emigrants, for Beale's Wagon Road, and for the Mojaves, against whom some of the emigrants pressed legal claims with the federal government.
Book Synopsis Disaster At The Colorado by : Charles Baley
Download or read book Disaster At The Colorado written by Charles Baley and published by . This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army representatives in New Mexico were more enthusiastic about the road's readiness."
Book Synopsis Colorado Disasters: True Stories of Centennial State Tragedies and Triumphs by : Phyllis J. Perry
Download or read book Colorado Disasters: True Stories of Centennial State Tragedies and Triumphs written by Phyllis J. Perry and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN COLORADO DISASTERS, Boulder historian and educator Phyllis J. Perry chronicles the Centennial State's gamut of natural and human-caused disasters, from foods, mudslides and avalanches, to massive wildfires, deadly explosions, train wrecks, airplane crashes, monster tornadoes, and more. Covering more than two centuries of tragedies, Perry's careful research and lively writing brings to life the true stories--at turns heart-stopping and heroic--of the victims, survivors, and rescuers who were there.
Book Synopsis Colorado’s Deadliest Floods by : Darla Sue Dollman
Download or read book Colorado’s Deadliest Floods written by Darla Sue Dollman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranked among the top ten states for both disasters and dry climate, Colorado has a long history of extreme weather. On May 19, 1864, residents of the fledgling gold rush town of Denver awoke to a wall of water slamming into the city with enough force to flatten buildings and rip clothing from its victims. The infamous Big Thompson Canyon flood of 1976 killed 144 residents, tourists and campers. Per the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Coloradoans experienced twenty-two floods with contemporary monetary losses of $2 million or more since the flood of 1864. And as the population continues to grow, the loss of lives, property, crops and livestock may increase. Local author Darla Sue Dollman, who witnessed and survived many of the contemporary disasters, examines the state's most catastrophic flash floods from 1864 to 2013.
Book Synopsis Colorado 14er Disasters by : Mark Scott-Nash
Download or read book Colorado 14er Disasters written by Mark Scott-Nash and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteener mania, the phenomena characterized by a seemingly obsessive drive to summit The List of all fifty-four of Colorado¿s 14,000-foot peaks, is an older tradition than many may realize. Along with intensely positive experiences in climbing is the possibility of the opposite extreme¿to become stranded, severely injured, or even killed, in disturbingly easy ways. This book explores this dark side of climbing. When an accident happens on a 14er, the victim is far from help and in an environment where rescue is difficult at best. The book is full of hair-raising stories of these disasters and resue attempts and also aids in avoiding such disasters.
Book Synopsis Catastrophic Colorado! by : Lisa Gardiner
Download or read book Catastrophic Colorado! written by Lisa Gardiner and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorado's serene natural scenery is legendary---however, all is not calm in Colorado. Floods, wildfires, avalanches, and even earthquakes make living in the state an adventure! In this informative and engaing book written for young readers, Lisa Gardiner explains the history and science of Colorad's natural disasters with amazing photos and fun illustrations.
Book Synopsis Colorado 14er Disasters by : Mark Scott-Nash
Download or read book Colorado 14er Disasters written by Mark Scott-Nash and published by Colorado Mountain Club. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Colorado 14er Disasters, Second Edition explores the disturbingly easy ways that hikers become stranded, severely injured, or killed on the state's high alpine peaks. When those accidents happen, the victim is far from help and in an environment where rescue is difficult at best."--Back of book
Book Synopsis Colorado and the Silver Crash by : John F. Steinle
Download or read book Colorado and the Silver Crash written by John F. Steinle and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898, the country had begun to recover, but silver mining was never the same. Using firsthand commentary and more than one hundred historic photographs, John Steinle skillfully commemorates the story of Coloradans trapped in the unprecedented social, economic and political conflict of America's first great depression.
Author :Colorado. General Assembly. Legislative Council. Committee on Disasters Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :84 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis 1965 Flood Disasters in Colorado by : Colorado. General Assembly. Legislative Council. Committee on Disasters
Download or read book 1965 Flood Disasters in Colorado written by Colorado. General Assembly. Legislative Council. Committee on Disasters and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Colorado Natural Disaster Emergency Operations Plan by : Colorado. Division of Disaster Emergency Services
Download or read book Colorado Natural Disaster Emergency Operations Plan written by Colorado. Division of Disaster Emergency Services and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Legacies of Dust: Land Use and Labor on the Colorado Plains by : Douglas Sheflin
Download or read book Legacies of Dust: Land Use and Labor on the Colorado Plains written by Douglas Sheflin and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was the worst ecological disaster in American history. When the rains stopped and the land dried up, farmers and agricultural laborers on the southeastern Colorado plains were forced to adapt to new realities. The severity of the drought coupled with the economic devastation of the Great Depression compelled farmers and government officials to combine their efforts to achieve one primary goal: keep farmers farming on the Colorado plains. In The Legacies of Dust Douglas Sheflin offers an innovative and provocative look at how a natural disaster can dramatically influence every facet of human life. Focusing on the period from 1929 to 1962, Sheflin presents the disaster in a new light by evaluating its impact on both agricultural production and the people who fueled it, demonstrating how the Dust Bowl fractured Colorado’s established system of agricultural labor. Federal support, combined with local initiative, instituted a broad conservation regime that facilitated production and helped thousands of farmers sustain themselves during the difficult 1930s and again during the drought of the 1950s. Drawing from western, environmental, transnational, and labor history, Sheflin investigates how the catastrophe of the Dust Bowl and its complex consequences transformed the southeastern Colorado agricultural economy.
Book Synopsis River of Lost Souls by : Jonathan P. Thompson
Download or read book River of Lost Souls written by Jonathan P. Thompson and published by Torrey House Press. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A vivid historical account…Thompson shines in giving a sense of what it means to love a place that's been designated a 'sacrifice zone.'" —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Award–winning investigative environmental journalist Jonathan P. Thompson digs into the science, politics, and greed behind the 2015 Gold King Mine disaster, and unearths a litany of impacts wrought by a century and a half of mining, energy development, and fracking in southwestern Colorado. Amid these harsh realities, Thompson explores how a new generation is setting out to make amends. JONATHAN THOMPSON is a native Westerner with deep roots in southwestern Colorado. He has been an environmental journalist focusing on the American West since he signed on as reporter and photographer at the Silverton Standard & the Miner newspaper in 1996. He has worked and written for High Country News for over a decade, serving as editor–in–chief from 2007 to 2010. He was a Ted Scripps fellow in environmental journalism at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and in 2016 he was awarded the Society of Environmental Journalists' Outstanding Beat Reporting, Small Market. He currently lives in Bulgaria with his wife Wendy and daughters Lydia and Elena.
Book Synopsis Lessong from Colorado Fires and Floods by : Julia L. Wright
Download or read book Lessong from Colorado Fires and Floods written by Julia L. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America has been experiencing more extreme and intense fires and flooding in many places over the last decade.In 2012 and 2013, the Pikes Peak region in Colorado experienced a series of natural disasters that would forever change the landscape and threatened the economic survival of residents and businesses in many ways. First came a wildfire that was challenging to contain and destroyed not just the wilderness area it started in, but roared through a nearby subdivision, destroying homes.The next year a series of floods challenged this area time and time again. For two years, summer tourism and every day life in this beautiful area was interrupted, first by fire, then by floods.After each natural disaster, members of the community and many government agencies came together to quickly clean up the spaces covered in mud or destroyed by the fire. Everyone worked together towards creating solutions to help protect this region from undergoing future devastation similar to what they experienced over those two years.The stories are illustrated in ways to show the power of Nature and the determination of people to restore areas touched by these challenging situations to a semblance of the past normal.The best way to face a natural disaster comes from a place of knowledge, not fear when faced with its destructive forces. This book aims to share information to help others prepare themselves and survive when faced with any natural disaster they might experience.
Book Synopsis Colorado Avalanche Disasters by : John W. Jenkins
Download or read book Colorado Avalanche Disasters written by John W. Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout Colorado's history its mountains have been the focus of its economic development but along with the attraction there has been an attendant danger. Avalanches have taken their toll on travelers, miners, and skiers. Avalanches cause more property damage, deaths, and injuries in Colorado than any other state in the Union, including Alaska.In Colorado Avalanche Disasters you will relive the sacrifices, despair, and elation of men, women, and children who faced Colorado's greatest avalanche disasters. These true tales carry the reader throughout the mountains of Colorado -- from the northern ranges to the southern San Juans.John Jenkins graduated from Western State College with a degree in history. He is descended from a pioneering Colorado family -- his being the fourth generation. He has written articles on Colorado history for the Colorado Mountain Club, worked seasonally as a park ranger in Alaska and helped place the American Mountaineering Center in Golden on the National Register of Historic Places. For recreation he enjoys telemark skiing and climbing Colorado's high peaks. This is his first book.
Book Synopsis Colorado's Vulnerability to Very High Risk Natural Hazards by :
Download or read book Colorado's Vulnerability to Very High Risk Natural Hazards written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Colorado's Deadliest Floods by : Darla Sue Dollman
Download or read book Colorado's Deadliest Floods written by Darla Sue Dollman and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranked among the top ten states for both disasters and dry climate, Colorado has a long history of extreme weather. On May 19, 1864, residents of the fledgling gold rush town of Denver awoke to a wall of water slamming into the city with enough force to flatten buildings and rip clothing from its victims. The infamous Big Thompson Canyon flood of 1976 killed 144 residents, tourists and campers. Per the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Coloradoans experienced twenty-two floods with contemporary monetary losses of $2 million or more since the flood of 1864. And as the population continues to grow, the loss of lives, property, crops and livestock may increase. Local author Darla Sue Dollman, who witnessed and survived many of the contemporary disasters, examines the state's most catastrophic flash floods from 1864 to 2013.
Book Synopsis 1965 Flood Disasters in Colorado by : Colorado. General Assembly. Legislative Council
Download or read book 1965 Flood Disasters in Colorado written by Colorado. General Assembly. Legislative Council and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
