A Compendium of Curious Colorado Place Names - Couverture souple

Flynn, Jim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1467137324 ISBN 13 : 9781467137324

Editeur : History Press, 2016

Synopsis

The origins of Colorado place names offer insightful glimpses into the state's formative years. Emanuel Saltiel named his new community along the Arkansas River Cotopaxi, after a volcano in Ecuador. Rifle Creek and the town of Rifle earned their names thanks to a rifle left behind along the banks of the creek. Optimistic miners mistakenly believed Tarryall had an abundance of gold and thus named it as a place where prospectors could mine and tarry. And despite attempts by government officials to rename a small community along the I-70 corridor in western Colorado, locals refused to call it anything other than No Name. Learn these stories and more as author Jim Flynn unravels the intriguing origins of Centennial State place names.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jim Flynn grew up in Omaha, attended Dartmouth College on a National Merit Scholarship and earned a law degree from Stanford. He also served as an officer in the U.S. Navy between the start and finish of law school. Jim lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Anne Marie, and dogs, Winston and Abby, and he has practiced law there since 1974. Jim is the author of three lawyer-related novels and has, for many years, written a weekly column for the Colorado Springs Gazette called Money & the Law.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: History Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1467137324
• ISBN 13: 9781467137324
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible