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Denver inside & out [electronic resource]

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Denver turned 150 just a few years ago--not too shabby for a city so down on its luck in 1868 that Cheyenne boosters deemed it ""too dead to bury."" Still, most of the city's history is a recent memory: Denver's entire story spans just two human lifetimes. In Denver Inside and Out, eleven authors illustrate how pioneers built enduring educational, medical, and transportation systems; how Denver's social and political climate contributed to the elevation of women; how Denver residents wrestled with-and exploited-the city's natural features; and how diverse cultural groups became an essential

Title Denver inside & out [electronic resource].
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Denver : History Colorado, the Colorado Historical Society
Creation Date 2011
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
English
Content Forward!
Contents
Building Denver
Rails to the Rockies
Denver's Pioneer Medical Community: 1858-1900
"A Premonition of Our Future Grandeur"
Women's Space
Assembling a More Perfect Machine
Denver's Disorderly Women
The Colorado Women of the Ku Klux Klan
Cultural Identity
In Search of Wealth and Health
"I Am a Denver Indian!"
Urban Nature
A Gateway Into the Mountains
Modern Mountain Views
Inventing Cherry Creek
Contributors
Series Colorado history, 1091-7438
no. 16
Extent 1 online resource (145 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010706065305171
MARC RECORDS
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