First edition of this pictorial guide to the Gilpin Tramway, a 2 foot narrow gauge railroad which once connected the gold mines near Central City with the smelters at Black Hawk, Colorado. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos & three maps. With locomotive & equipment rosters, schematic diagrams of the Gilpin's Shay locomotives and its ore cars, list of employees, list of mines served, and bibliography. Cover painting by Howard Fogg. 112 pages with index.

The Gilpin Gold Tram: Colorado's Unique Narrow-Gauge

Engineering & Transportation

Ferrell, Mallory Hope

Transportation

Pruett

Revised second edition of this fascinating book about the trolley era in Denver. In Mile-High Trolleys eighty years of Denver history come alive and the years are rolled back to the days when all Denver rode the big yellow trolleys of the Denver Tramway Co. More than 200 photos, most never before published, show the famous Seeing Denver Cars, the trolley funeral trains, the 1913 blizzard which paralyzed the city, the 1920 strike and the interurbans to Lakewood, Golden and Arvada. Includes corporate genealogy. With foldout detailed route map and employee time table in rear pocket.

Mile-high trolleys: A nostalgic look at Denver in the era of the streetcars

Jones, William C., Gene McKeever, F.Hol Wagner, Denton Forrest

1974. Stated First Edition. Pruett., 141 pages. 1 lb. ( 8.75 x 5.75 x .5 inches Pictorial Hardcover). Title: The Enchanted Mesa: An Introduction to Its Natural History ( Boulder's Greenbelt) by Url Lanham, Margy Lanham (Illustrator) . ISBN# 0871080834. Contents: The Enchanted Mesa; Geology; Vegetation; Trees; Shrubs; Woody Vines; Sagebrush; Cactus; Grasses; Wildflowers; Insects; Amphibians; Reptiles; Birds; Mammals. Travel\Boulder Colorado.

The Enchanted Mesa: An introduction to its natural history

Lanham, Urless Norton

Travel

It's hoped that what is contained in the book will give something of the flavor, fervor, fever, feistiness, and fickleness of Idaho's aery mining days.

Ghost Towns Of Idaho

MILLER, Donald C.

Discover Colorado It's People, Plces, and Times

Matthew Downey and Ty Bliss

Wyoming, rugged but right

Wyoming, Rugged But Right

William F. Bragg Jr

Fascinating and detailed history of the last generation of steam and first generation of diesel on the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. The book is divided into sections describing the motive power on each Division of the railroad. With detailed rosters including photos of each type of locomotive plus schematic diagrams. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With timetables and bibliography. 444 pages with index

Evening Before the Diesel: A Pictorial History of Steam and First Generation Diesel Motive Power on the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, 1938-1961

FOSS, Charles R.

Garden of Hope is the inspiring story of one special couple and one special school that made a significant difference in the lives of thousands of mentally retarded youngsters. Joe and Elisabeth Calabrese set out to do what public educators said was impossible - to train the mentally handicapped to make their way in the outside world.

Garden of Hope, Laradon Hall

Farrar, Harry

Kelly, George V.

A photographic panorama of Denver - Queen City of the Plains - from the earliest settlements along Cherry Creek and the Platte River to the building boom of our time which sees the skyline reaching for the clouds.

Denver: A pictorial history : from frontier camp to Queen City of the Plains

Jones, William C.

Cobwebs &amp; Crystal contains written descriptions and photos or artist renderings of Colorado hotels: 1870's; 1880's; 1890's and Turn of the Century hotels. Some of the hotels described are the Teller House of Central City; the Tabor Grand of Leadville; the Brown Palace of Denver; and the Boulderado of Boulder.

Cobwebs & crystal: Colorado's grand old hotels

Betty Lynne Hull

Food, Lodging & Transportation

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