Main entry:

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Colorado, author.

Title & Author:

Colorado, a guide to the highest state / compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the state of Colorado ; sponsored by the Colorado State Planning Commission.

Publication:

New York : Hastings House, 1941.

Description:

xxxiii, 511 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Series:

American guide series

Notes:
Map on lining-papers.
The plates are arranged in eight groups, each preceded by half-title bearing a thematic caption not included in paging.
"First published in 1941."
Includes index.
"Selective reading list": pages 473-479.
Part I. Colorado adn Coloradoans -- The land -- bird's eye view -- making of mountains and plains -- plant and animal life -- natural resources -- The people -- men of the stone age -- indian nomads -- plainsmen and mountain men -- "pikes peak or bust!" -- territorial days -- statehood: the first years -- twentieth century -- The economic base -- mining -- ranching -- farming -- stagecoach to airliner -- manufacturing -- The arts -- buildings, old and new -- paint and stone -- "bells on their toes..." -- drama and melodrama -- books and writers -- Part II. The Urban Scene -- Boulder -- Colorado springs -- Denver -- Fort collins -- Grand junction -- Greeley -- Leadville -- Pueblo -- Trinidad -- Part III. Up and Down and All Abroad -- Tour 1. (mccook, nebr.)-holyoke-sterling-fort morgan-denver-georgetown-loveland pass-glenwood springs-grand junction-(thompsons, utah) [us 6] -- section a. nebraska line to denver -- section b. denver to utah line -- Tour 1A. (north platte, nebr.)-julesburg-sterling [us 138] -- Tour 2. sterling-fort collins-cameron pass-walden-muddy pass (junction with us 40) [state 14] -- Tour 3. (mccook, nebr.)-wray-brush-greeley-estes park village-rocky mountain national park-junction us 40 (granby) [us 34] -- Tour 4. junction us 87-boulder-lyons-estes park village [state 7] -- Tour 5. (goodland, kans.)-burlington-limon-colorado springs-buena vista-leadville-tennessee pass-mount of the holy cross-glenwood springs-rifle-grand junction [us 24] -- section a. kansas line to colorado springs -- section b. colorado springs to leadville -- section c. leadville to grand junction -- Tour 5A. junction us 24-summit of pikes peak [pikes peak highway] -- Tour 5B. divide (junction us 24)-cripple creek-victor-florence (junction us 50) [state 67] -- Tour 5C. junction us 24-twin lakes-independence pass-aspen-glenwood springs [state 67] -- Tour 5D. leadville-carleton tunnel-nast-meredith-basalt [state 104] -- Tour 5E. junction us 24-grand mesa-skyway-cedaredge-delta [state 65] -- Tour 6. idaho springs-central city-blackhawk-nederland-boulder [state 279 and state 119] -- Tour 7. (sharon springs, kans.)-cheyenne wells-limon-denver-idaho springs-st. marys glacier-berthoud pass-granby-hot sulphur springs-steamboat springs-craig-(vernal, utah)-{us 40] -- section a. kansas line to denver -- section b. denver to craig -- section c. craig to utah line -- Tour 7A. junction us 40-golden-lookout mountain-junction us 40 [state 68] -- Tour 7B. kremmling (junction us 40)-state bridge-wolcott (junction us 24) [state 11] -- Tour 7C. Junction us 40-sunbeam-greystone-lodore canyon camp [state 318] -- Tour 8. (tribune, kans.)-eads-ordway-pueblo-wescliffe [state 96] -- section a. kansas line to pueblo -- section b. pueblo to westcliffe -- Tour 8A. pueblo-goodpasture-junction state 96 [state 76] -- Tour 9. (garden city, kans.)-holly-lamar-la junta-pueblo-canon city-salida-monarch pass-gunnison-montrose-delta-grand junction-fruita-(thompson, utah) [us 50] -- section a. kansas line to pueblo -- section b. pueblo to montrose -- section c. montrose to utah line -- Tour 9A. junction us 50-site of bent's fort [unnumbered road] -- Tour 9B. gunnison-crested butte-kebler pass-paonia-hotchkiss [state 135] -- Tour 9C. sapinero-black canyon of the gunnison-hotchkiss-delta [state 92] -- Tour 9D. grand junction-colorado national monument-fruita [unnumbered road] -- Tour 10. la junta-thatcher-trinidad [us 350] -- Tour 11. (johnson, kans.)-springfield-trinidad-walsenburg-la veta pass-alamosa-pagosa springs-durango-cortez-(monticello, utah) [us 160] -- section a. kansas line to walsenburg -- section b. walsenburg to alamosa -- section c. alamosa to utah line -- Tour 11A. trinidad-stonewall-junction us 160 [state 12 and state 111] -- Tour 11B. walsenburg-westcliffe-texas creek (junction us 50) [state 69] -- Tour 11C. alamosa-mosca-great sand dunes national monument [state 17 and state 150] -- Tour 11D. junction us 160-consolidated ute agency-ignacio [state 284 and state 172] -- Tour 11E. cortez-hovenweep national monument-yucca house national monument-(shiprock, n.m.) [us 84] -- Tour 12. (cheyenne, wyo.)-greeley-brighton-denver-littleton-castle rock-palmer lake-colorado springs-pueblo-walsenburg-trinidad-raton pass-(raton, n.m.) [us 85] -- section a. wyoming line to denver -- section b. denver to pueblo -- section c. pueblo to new mexico line -- Tour 13. (cheyenne, wyo.)-fort collins-loveland-longmont-lafayette-denver [us 87] -- Tour 13A. (laramie, wyo.)-virginia dale-fort collins [us 287] -- Tour 14. (laramie, wyo.)-walden-rand-junction us 40 (granby) [state 127 and state 125] -- Tour 15. denver-morrison-platte canyon-kenosha pass-south park-junction us 24 (buena vista)-salida-poncha pass-saguache-monte vista-alamosa-antonito-cumbres pass-(chama, n.m.) [us 285] -- section a. denver to junction us 24 -- section b. junction us 24 to alamosa -- section c. alamosa to new mexico line -- Tour 15A. morrison-park of the red rocks-evergreen-echo lake-summit of mount evans-idaho springs [state 74 and state 103] -- Tour 16. junction state 11 (kremmling)-breckenridge-hoosier pass-alma-fairplay-junction us 24 (harrisel) [state 9] -- Tour 17. (green river, wyo.)-craig-meeker-rifle [state 13] -- Tour 18. montrose-ouray-red mountain pass-silverton-durango-(aztec, n.m.) [us 550] -- Tour 19. montrose-nucla-uravan-paradox-(moab, utah) [state 90] -- Tour 20. junction us 550-ridgway-placerville-telluride-lizard head pass-rico-dolores-junction us 160 (cortez) [state 62 and state 145] -- Tour 21. iola (junction us 50)-lake city-slumgullion pass-spring creek pass-creede-wheeler national monument-junction us 160 (south fork) [state 149] -- Rocky Mountain National Park -- park tour 1 estes park village-horseshoe park-hidden valley-milner pass-(grand lake) [us 34 and trail ridge road] -- Park tour 2 junction trail ridge road-horseshoe falls-fall river pass-junction trail ridge road [fall river road] -- Park tour 3 estes park village-moraine park-glacier park campground-bierstadt lake-bear lake [bear lake road] -- Trail tour 1 longs peak campground-chasm lake-mills moraine-keyhole-summit of longs peak [long's peak trail] -- Trail tour 2 bear lake-lake mills-glacier gorge-loch vale [loch vale trail] -- Trail tour 3 bear lake ranger station-bierstadt moraine-odessa lake-fern lake [fern lake trail] -- Trail tour 4 bear lake-flattop mountain-tyndall glacier-north inlet-grand lake [flattop trail] -- Mesa Verde National Park -- Park tour 1 junction us 160-knife edge-park point-far view ruins-park contact station-park headquarters-spruce tree house [park road] -- Park tour 2 (park headquarters)-park contact station-square tower house-sun point-fire temple-sun temple-park contact station [park road] -- Park tour 3 (park headquarters)-junction with park tour 2-cliff palace-balcony house-junction with park tour 2 [park road] -- Part IV. Appendices
Library copy: bookplate of Marilyn A. Lavin, designed by Michael Graves.

Subject:

Travel
Colorado Guidebooks.
Colorado Description and travel.
Colorado.
Colorado Guides.
Colorado Descriptions et voyages.

Form/genre:

Guidebook
travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Lavin, Marilyn Aronberg, donor.
Colorado. State Planning Commission, sponsoring body.
American guide series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318052
Call No.: 318052
Copy: 1
Status: Available