The Eagle River Valley - Couverture souple

Welch, Shirley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0738556351 ISBN 13 : 9780738556352

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2008

Synopsis

Starting as a trickle in the Rocky Mountains, the Eagle River emerges in a glacial valley, cuts through a spectacular gorge near Red Cliff, and then creates the broad flood plain of the Eagle River Valley. At Dotsero, the river joins the mighty Colorado River. As long as humans have settled along the river, they have depended on it for their livelihood, trapping beaver for hats, mining gold and silver, collecting water for locomotive engines and channeling it for crops and ranching, harvesting ice for food preservation, and, most recently, converting water into snow with modern machines. Today the Eagle River Valley is the backbone of two of the greatest ski areas in the world, Vail and Beaver Creek. Sparkling through the ancient riverbed, the Eagle River continues its course to this day, flowing through the same valley that drew pioneers here in the 19th century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Author Shirley Welch has collaborated with the Eagle County Historical Society to select some of the most notable images from its extensive photographic archives. These photographs date back to the 1800s and provide a colorful picture of the pioneer mountain community. A longtime resident of the valley, Welch also writes fiction and living histories for Mountain Hospice patients.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0738556351
• ISBN 13: 9780738556352
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible