Author : Nancy Godbout-Jurka
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 40,58 MB
Release : 2015-11-05
Category :
ISBN : 9780996903509
Bright Star of Palmer Lake an illustrated poetry picture book for all ages published r by Mountain Tapestry Press. The creative team of Nancy Godbout Jurka,author and Kay La Bella, illustrator, bring a limited edition of celebrating the Palmer Lake Star that has shined on the mountainside in the small town of Palmer Lake, Colorado for 80 years. An 80 year anniversary commemorative hardcover picture book is for all ages.
Author : Daniel Edwards
Publisher :
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 43,21 MB
Release : 2020
Category :
ISBN : 9780975598917
The original history of Palmer Lake, CO. Author: Marion S. Sabin. First published in 1957 by the Palmer Lake Historical Society. Currently the book has been revised with new photographs and maps. There is a revised person index and historical text newly covering the period from 1972 - 1989 plus.
Author :
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 29,31 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738581903
Native American tribes once traversed the east-west anomaly of the Rocky Mountains known as the Palmer Divide as a passage between the high ranges and the Great Plains. Lying between Denver and Colorado Springs, and named for William Jackson Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs, the offshoot range divides the great Platte and Arkansas River systems. Settlers homesteaded, farmed, and ranched the area. Railroad construction in the 1870s led to towns supporting commerce and tourism, particularly in the western section of the Palmer Divide, in what eventually became known as the Tri-Lakes Area. The area drew tourists who enjoyed hiking, wildflowers, and the outdoors, and facilitated such local industries as ice harvesting, lumber milling, ranching, and potato farming. A vast area north of Colorado Springs, the Palmer Divide retains a picturesque rural nature and cohesive small-town feeling--creating such social events as the Rocky Mountain Chautauqua and the Yule Log Festival, as well as the enduring Palmer Lake Star on Sundance Mountain.
Author : Diana Palmer
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 26,10 MB
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1426843674
Three years ago, spirited reporter Dana Meredith had ruined—and lost—the only man she'd ever loved. Now businessman Adrian Devereaux seemed bent on evening the score with the woman who'd cost him his empire—and his heart. Dana felt as though she was facing time in hell and her boss was the devil himself! And yet...there were those precious moments when Adrian swept Dana off her feet with his exquisite tenderness. Could Adrian have already attacked...with sweet intent?
Author : Allan C. Lewis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738531250
By 1900, the scenic beauty of the PikeA[a¬a[s Peak region had become well known, making it a popular destination with visitors from across the nation. This influx of tourism along with the apex of the Cripple Creek mining boom saw El Paso and Teller Counties become a hub of freight and passenger activity. Over the next 30 years and through challenging economic times, the area would be served by 11 different railroads and an interurban line. The Midland Terminal and the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railways relied heavily on the revenue gleaned from Cripple Creek ore production, but as the output of these mines declined, so too did the coffers of the railroads that supported them. Larger railroads like the Santa Fe and the Colorado & Southern increased their regional presence through joint agreements and the expansion of local facilities. Still other roads had a more local flair, including the Manitou & PikeA[a¬a[s Peak whose unique cog railway introduced A[a¬AAmericaA[a¬a[s MountainA[a¬A to thousands of tourists. Mass transit also came to the region as the Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway became part of a legacy left by millionaire Winfield Scott Stratton to the people of Colorado Springs.
Author : Joyce Burke Lohse
Publisher : Filter Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,78 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9780865410923
A profile of the Civil War hero and railroad owner who founded the city of Colorado Springs.
Author : Laurie Palmer
Publisher : Whitewalls
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 16,31 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
In 1988, the city of Chicago declared three acres of public land along Lake Michigan the future home of DuSable Park--a green refuge dedicated to Chicago's first settler, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable. The park has yet to emerge, however, and it is possible that these three lakefront acres could be sold to developers. In 2001, Chicago artist Laurie Palmer sent out an open request for proposals, and the resulting artwork became an innovative exhibit. This inspiring collaboration of Chicago's artists, architects, and activists to bring the plight of DuSable Park to the public has now been catalogued in 3 Acres on the Lake. This volume includes fascinating and thought-provoking renderings of the imagined DuSable Park, as well as commentary on the project and other public space issues from many of its contributors. 3 Acres on the Lake will be insightful reading for anyone interested in urban planning, landscape architecture, and the struggle to preserve public space in American cities.
Author : Rocky Shockley
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 36,6 MB
Release : 2020-11-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780578744605
Well-researched historic discoveries with easy trail hikes, each with an exploration of trailside historic clues. This Pikes Peak Edition visits Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, Cripple Creek, Canon City, Palmer Lake and more-urban trails to mountain hikes. Photos, trail maps and fun history trivia. Narration with personality.
Author : Celinda Reynolds Kaelin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738548470
Thousands of years before Zebulon Pike's name became attached to this famous mountain, Pikes Peak was home to indigenous people. These First Nations left no written record of their sojourn here, but what they did leave were stone circles, carefully crafted arrowheads and stone tools, enigmatic petroglyphs, and culturally scarred trees. In the 1500s, Spanish explorers documented their locations, language, and numbers. In the 1800s, mountain men and official explorers such as Pike, Fremont, and Long also wrote about these First Nations. Comanche, Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Lakota made incursions into the region. These nations contested Ute land possession, harvested the abundant wildlife, and paid homage to the powerful spirits at Garden of the Gods and Manitou Springs. Today Ute Indians return to Garden of the Gods and to Pikes Peak each year to perform their sacred Sundance Ceremony.
Author : Alejandro Varela
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 10,44 MB
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1662601042
A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 – Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in Publishing *Recommended by The New York Times* In this contemporary debut novel—an intimate portrait of queer, racial, and class identity —Andrés, a gay Latinx professor, returns to his suburban hometown in the wake of his husband’s infidelity. There he finds himself with no excuse not to attend his twenty-year high school reunion, and hesitantly begins to reconnect with people he used to call friends. Over the next few weeks, while caring for his aging parents and navigating the neighborhood where he grew up, Andrés falls into old habits with friends he thought he’d left behind. Before long, he unexpectedly becomes entangled with his first love and is forced to tend to past wounds. Captivating and poignant; a modern coming-of-age story about the essential nature of community, The Town of Babylon is a page-turning novel about young love and a close examination of our social systems and the toll they take when they fail us.
