Palmer Lake
Author : Marion Savage Sabin
Publisher :
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 15,90 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Palmer Lake (Colo.)
ISBN :
Palmer Lake
Author : Marion Savage Sabin
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Palmer Lake (Colo.)
ISBN :
Book Description
Informal history of Palmer Lake, Colo. to 1920. Later revised and published 1957 under the same title.
Palmer Lake
Author : Marion Savage Sabin
Publisher :
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 49,72 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Palmer Lake (Colo.)
ISBN :
Book Description
Railroads of the Pike's Peak Region, 1900-1930
Author : Allan C. Lewis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,73 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738531250
Book Description
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.
Flight Path
Author : David Hill
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,41 MB
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0143770535
Book Description
A gripping novel for young adults that captures both the daring and the everyday realities of serving in the Air Force during the Second World War. Pete and Paul yelled together. 'Bandit! Nine o'clock! Bandit!' Jack spun to stare. There was the Messerschmitt on their left, streaking straight at them. Eighteen-year-old Jack wanted to escape boring little New Zealand. But he soon finds that flying in a Lancaster bomber to attack Hitler’s forces brings terror as well as excitement. With every dangerous mission, he becomes more afraid that he’ll never get back alive. He wants to help win the war, but will he lose his own life? My Brother’s War: '... there are stories that need to be told over and over again, to introduce a new generation of readers to important ideas and to critical times in their country's history ... Hill's descriptions of trench warfare are unforgettable.' from the Judges' Report of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2013
Communities of the Palmer Divide
Author :
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738581903
Book Description
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.
General William Palmer
Author : Joyce Burke Lohse
Publisher : Filter Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,9 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9780865410923
Book Description
A profile of the Civil War hero and railroad owner who founded the city of Colorado Springs.
American Indians of the Pikes Peak Region
Author : Celinda Reynolds Kaelin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,42 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738548470
Book Description
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.
An Insider's View of Mormon Origins
Author : Grant H. Palmer
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 36,83 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Book Description
Quote: 'Why would God reveal to Joseph Smith a faulty [mistranslated] KJV text?' Chap 4: (Evangelical Protestantism in the Book of Mormon) concludes that numerous theological issues addressed in the Book of Mormon probably derived from Smith's Upstate New York religious environment than from the claimed ancient gold plates. Chap 5: (Moroni and the Golden Pot) examines a long list of parallels between a published story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, and Smith's account of the angel Moroni's visits. The chapter concludes, 'It would stretch credulity to believe that this [long list of parallels between Hoffmann's Golden Pot story and Smith's Moroni story] could be a coincidence, and I therefore think that a debt is owed to E.T.A. Hoffmann and the European traditions ... ' Chap.
After the War: From Auschwitz to Ambleside
Author : Tom Palmer
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 39,20 MB
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1781129746
Book Description
Master storyteller Tom Palmer returns with a deeply moving and beautifully told novel of friendship and belonging, inspired by the incredible true story of the Windermere Boys.
