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Great American Bars and Saloons, By Kathy Weiser

Kathy Weiser's first venture into the publishing world takes you into the many watering holes of America's past, particularly the numerous saloons that sprouted up during our nation's Wild West days. This great photographic review displays hundreds of vintage photographs from California to Arizona, the mining camps of Colorado, all the way to New York and its turbulent days of Prohibition.
Hardcover, 2006, 224 Pages. Signed by the author!!

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The Real Wild West, by Michael Wallis

Although not as renowned as Buffalo Bill Cody, Joseph Miller and his brothers were in many ways as impressive as impresarios. Their Wild West shows, which competed with Cody's show and the Ringling Brothers' circuses, featured talent like Will Rogers and Tom Mix and significantly influenced American mass entertainment. In The Real Wild West, Michael Wallis makes a case that the Millers didn't just invent the romantic West but lived it as well. Like Cody before them, the Millers took their cues from the frontier, largely because they played a significant part in its conquest. The family's rambunctious Kentuckian patriarch, George Washington Miller, abandoned the bluegrass of his home state to raise cattle on the greener pastures of the plains. His sons followed suit, but in 1905, a rodeo at the 101, their 100,000-acre-plus Oklahoma ranch, for the National Editorial Association led to a new career in popular entertainment. Within a decade, film producer Thomas Ince had set up shop nearby, utilizing talent from the 101 for his westerns. (It was Ince's mysterious death, combined with revelations of financial chicanery, that ultimately destroyed the enterprise in the 1920s.) New - softback.

Adventures in the Santa Fe Trade - 1844-1877 , by James Josiah Webb

James Josiah Webb left Independence, Missouri, in the summer of 1844 and headed down the Santa Fe Trail with goods bought in Saint Louis. Although his first venture as a trader was a failure, he eventually made a fortune as a merchant in Santa Fe. Webb recorded his youthful experiences in 1888, and Ralph P. Bieber, a respected scholar and researcher on western expansion, edited and annotated his journal for publication more than forty years later. Long out of print, Adventures in the Santa Fe Trade is an entertaining and important source of first-hand information about the Santa Fe Trail and trade; trappers, Mexicans, and Indian tribes of the Old Southwest; and the impact of the Mexican War on southwestern trade. Originally published in 1931 and again in 1995. New - softback.

Central City and Gilpin County, by Robert L. Brown

Gold brought people to Colorado in the mid-1800s and Central City and its environs became known as "The Richest Square Mile on Earth." Gilpin County soon evolved, with a population that sometimes approached 40,000, and Central City became the second largest community in Colorado. This book, with scores of "then and now" photographs, tells the story of this remarkable area, its towns, its mines, and its people. New - softback.

Preserving the Great Plains & Rocky Mountains by Elaine Freed

We are all too familiar with the look of modern America: the suburbs, the strip malls, the glass office towers, and - especially in the West -- the prevalence of urban sprawl. The area covered by this book includes New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, North and South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming, a vast and varied section of the country with remarkably diverse geography. Elaine Freed has cover3ed huge amounts of territory to present this lively and well-illustrated study of the architecture and the preservation history of the great Plains and Rocky Mountain West. Large paperback, over 400 pages.

Rocky Mountain Adventures Rocky Mountain Adventures -- by Fraser Bridges

Travelers know they can trust the Road Trip Adventures guides when they get off the beaten track. These are great for anyone traveling by car or motorhome who's ready to explore beautiful North America. These guides contain maps, directions, walks no one should miss, swimming, fishing, picnic spots, and recommended lodging, restaurants, and pubs. New - softback.

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