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Two Colorado Odysseys: Chief Ouray Porter Nelson - Couverture souple

Houston Jr., Robert

 
9780595358601: Two Colorado Odysseys: Chief Ouray Porter Nelson
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595358608 ISBN 13 : 9780595358601
Editeur : iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

Ute Chief Ouray was important in early Colorado history, working to moderate the inevitable conflicts between the Utes, original "owners" of much of Colorado, and the flood of incoming white miners, ranchers and settlers. The Colorado Historical Society appropriately has a museum honoring Ouray; the county, city and mountain in Colorado named for Ouray further demonstrate his importance. This book depicts the Chief as seen by the Indian agents, Territorial Governors, and others who actually knew and wrote about him. The activities of Porter Nelson in Colorado, particularly of a business nature, are spelled out here more fully than in Houston's bare-bones chronology, The Battle Over Silver: Porter Nelson in Aspen, published by the Professional Press in 1997.Porter Nelson came to Colorado only after Ouray's death, but Nelson's activities were constrained by what had happened to Ouray and his Utes. Linking, as this book does, the story of a Colorado Indian leader with that of a not atypical white settler arguably results in a broader, double-barreled portrayal of Colorado in the late 1800's and early 1900's.This book is the result of years of Houston research into primary sources, at the National Archives in Washington and at local courthouses.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Ute Chief Ouray was important in early Colorado history, working to moderate the inevitable conflicts between the Utes, original "owners" of much of Colorado, and the flood of incoming white miners, ranchers and settlers. The Colorado Historical Society appropriately has a museum honoring Ouray; the county, city and mountain in Colorado named for Ouray further demonstrate his importance. This book depicts the Chief as seen by the Indian agents, Territorial Governors, and others who actually knew and wrote about him. The activities of Porter Nelson in Colorado, particularly of a business nature, are spelled out here more fully than in Houston's bare-bones chronology, The Battle Over Silver: Porter Nelson in Aspen, published by the Professional Press in 1997.Porter Nelson came to Colorado only after Ouray's death, but Nelson's activities were constrained by what had happened to Ouray and his Utes. Linking, as this book does, the story of a Colorado Indian leader with that of a not atypical white settler arguably results in a broader, double-barreled portrayal of Colorado in the late 1800's and early 1900's.This book is the result of years of Houston research into primary sources, at the National Archives in Washington and at local courthouses.

Biographie de l'auteur

Retiring from a long Foreign Service career in Europe, Arlingtonian Robert Houston began researching Colorado history, his grandparents having gone there during the mining boom. He published a book on his grandfather in 1997, the centenary of the grandfather?s election as Aspen Mayor. Houston holds degrees from Harvard and Indiana.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595358608
ISBN 13 
9780595358601
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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