Ghosts of Colorado Plains (Paperback)

From the Publisher: Since the second quarter of the nineteenth century, changing conditions have built and emptied small and large towns across the Colorado plains. At the time when Denver was little more than an overpopulated campsite along Cherry Creek there were numerous other settlements to the east and south, each with its own dreams of growth, gold or silver strikes, railroad connections, and rising influence over the surrounding territory. In Ghosts of the Colorado Plains, Eberhart traces some 150 of these ill-fated settlements, providing accounts of their birth, peak activity, and ultimate demise.The author traces some 150 of the ill-fated settlements across the Colorado plains, providing accounts of their birth, peak activity, and ultimate demise, along with b&w historical and present-day photographs and hand-drawn maps. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.