Contents

Invitation to the Reader

1   Emerging Empire

2   Boom Days

3   Marking Time

4   And Statehood—at Last

5   “The Utes Must Go . . .”

6    The County Makers—and Cripple Creek

7    Colorado Goes Federal

8    Tourists and the Twenties

9    Breadlines and the Big T

10    War and Peace

11    Crossroad

Suggestions for Further Reading

Index

Illustrations

A Photographer’s Essay by Bob Peterson

Original maps by Harold Faye

Colorado, Contemporary

Colorado Rockies: Peaks and Passes