Linda Bjorklund: 2 books
Richard Sopris in Early Denver
Captain, Mayor & Colorado Fifty-Niner
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
From Gregory's Diggings prospector to Denver mayor, Richard Sopris left an indelible mark on the Mile High City and Centennial State. During an 1860 prospecting expedition, Sopris discovered Glenwood Springs and the nearly thirteen-thousand-foot summit later named for him. Following life as a steamboat...
by Linda Bjorklund
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Explore Fairplay from the beginning with local historian Linda Bjorklund as she traces the town's story through Spanish settlers, early American government, Union-Confederate tensions and modern development. Even though Fairplay's remarkable gold and silver boom was reduced to ash overnight in 1873,...