Summit: A Gold Rush History of Summit County, Colorado

by Mary Ellen Gilliland

Book Overview

Saints and sinners (mostly sinners) lead the parade of prospectors, claimjumpers, shyster lawyers, shady ladies, miscreants and hard-working miners who scaled the high mountain passes to create the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0960362401
• ISBN13: 9780960362400
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Alpenrose Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 years and up

Customer Reviews

This is an excellent regional history, well researched.

This is one of the better regional histories covering a single Colorado county. A wide range of topics are covered, including how Summit County was founded, how the towns evolved and what is worth seeing. Mary Ellen Gilliland, the author, has been involved in researching the history of the region for many years and is an active member of the Summit Historical Society.