Bøger af John Wesley Anderson

"Would you be curious to know why there is a stained glass window in the Colorado State Capitol Building honoring a 1776 Spanish map maker located next to two Ute Chiefs? Would you like to explore a Civil War Battlefield within a five-hour car ride from Denver where more than fifty Union soldiers from Colorado fought and died to stop a Confederate army from Texas from invading the Colorado goldfields? Would you like to know the difference between a Buffalo Soldier and a Dog Soldier? Would you be surprised to know the Southern Ute Tribe believe a Ute warrior named Yellow Nose, killed General Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn? If so, then these and many other fascinating short stories about the people, places, and events that lay the foundation for Colorado's rich history, await you in A to Z Colorado's Nearly Forgotten History 1776-1876"--

"This book, written by the 26th Sheriff of El Paso County, John Wesley Anderson (1995-2003), is an historical account about Rankin Scott Kelly, who was the 1st Sheriff of El Paso County, Colorado Territory. Sheriff Kelly survived four shoot-outs with outlaw gangs and had his horse shot out from under him twice. Kelly, respected for his honesty and fearlessness, served from 1861-1867 when El Paso County was first established in the newly formed Colorado Territory in the heart of the American West."--Provided by publisher.