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A photographic journey through the Grand Canyon.

Beginning with the discovery of gold near present-day Denver in 1858, Colorado's placers and mines promised vast riches of gold, silver, and other precious materials. That promise lured throngs of treasure seekers, including more than a few strong, savvy women. In Women of the Colorado Mines, author Linda Wommack digs deep into their tribulations and triumphs to reveal the true lives of women prospectors, mine owners, labor advocates, and a handful of mining heiresses who found fabulous wealth in "tham thar hills."

Pioneer men traveling the overland trails during the mid-nineteenth century found the adventure of their lives--and the most grueling, dangerous endeavor they had ever undertaken. The trip was so challenging that no part of it could be considered ordinary as they pushed toward the West, which glowed in their minds like the rising sun. These are the stories of ten men who made the journey west--each with their own struggles and dreams.

In 1858, prospectors discovered gold where Cherry Creek meets the South Platte River (today's downtown Denver), sparking a gold rush that drew more than 100,000 fortune seekers to the territory. Among them were enterprising women seeking their own motherlode--riches dug straight from the pockets of miners, merchants, railroad workers, and any other men with money to burn. Forget your stodgy high school American history class. The madams of early Colorado were more complex--and far more brazen--than conventional western lore might lead you to believe. In Colorado Madams, Meet Ada Lamont, a preacher's widow turned prostitute, perhaps the first woman to advertise her wares on Cherry Creek. And Verona Baldwin, scandalized by one of the wealthiest men in California, only to turn her shame into fame as the owner of the most exclusive parlor house in Denver. Here too is Laura Evens, who once attended a costume ball dressed as a nun, and Trinidad's savvy Mae Phelps, a leader in offering health care to working girls and a founder of a rest home for retired prostitutes. As told by author Michael Rutter, the stories of these women come alive with voluptuous detail, authentic photographs, and historical context. Make yourself comfortable and enter the seductive world of Colorado Madams.

In [this book, the author] chronicles not just the explosions, fires, floods, earthquakes, avalanches, train wrecks, airplane crashes, and other major tragedies spanning more than a century. Through careful, detailed research, in-person interviews, and more than 100 historical photographs, Larcombe brings to life the true stories ... of the victims, survivors, and rescuers.

A native Montanan and an acclaimed novelist, Rowland spent the better part of two years studying and traveling around his beloved home state, from the mines of Butte to the forests of the Northwest, from the stark wind-scrubbed badlands of the East to the tourist-driven economies of the Southwest. Along the way, he considered who we are, where we came from, and what we might be in the process of becoming.

A photographic chronicle of the return of the American bald eagle from the brink of extinction, a species that was not expected to survive into the 21st century.

Multiple generations of four families, the Wortman, Godsey, Gilmore, and Ness families, trace their migration from the Atlantic seaboard to Montana.