Antero Aquamarines, Minerals from the Mount Antero - White Mountain region, Chaffee County, Colorado
by Mark I. Jacobson

Mount Antero has long been known to collectors as the best American locality for gemstone aquamarine, phenakite and bertrandite. Some of the finest smoky quartz crystals in Colorado have been found in this area. The aquamarines are found above treeline in the alpine tundra of Colorado's famed Collegiate Range. These mountains have attracted mineral collectors, gem cutters, backpackers, mountain climbers and adventurers for years. The lure of brilliant blue beryls from Mount Antero eventually led to Colorado naming aquamarine as the official state gemstone. Relatively few collectors outside of Colorado are aware of the mineral discoveries that have been made on Mount Antero or have ever seen specimens or photographs of the incredible mineral richness of this region. Mark Jacobson presents a vivid account of the discoveries of these gems and the exploits of many dedicated individuals spanning a 100 year history.

ISBN: 0928693074

Ghosts of Chaffee County: A Guide to the Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Chaffee County & Eastern Gunnison County, Colorado
by John K. Aldrich

ISBN: 1883425085

Colorado Rockhounding : A Guide to Minerals, Gemstones, and Fossils
by Stephen M. Voynick

Covering more than 350 of Colorado's mineral, gemstone, and fossil collecting sites, this guide provides rock hunters with an overview of the state's geologic origins and mining history, along with guidelines for safe, legal, and responsible rockhounding. Illustrated, county-by-county descriptions reveal geologic and historic treasures in every corner of the state. Tips for field identification of 76 Colorado minerals ensure successful outings even for neophyte collectors. Whether you yearn to follow dinosaur tracks on hogback ridges, pan gold in mountain streams, hunt gemstones on towering peaks, or prospect in historic mining districts-let Colorado Rockhounding be your guide.

ISBN: 0878422927

Rockhounding Colorado (FalconGuide)
by William A. Kappele

From agate and fossils in the land of the dinosaurs to the 14,000-foot peak of Mount Antero, Rockhounding Colorado takes you to 78 of the best rockhounding sites in the state. Lively text, accurate maps, and clear route descriptions enable you to find rhodonite, agate, pyrite, quartz, and much more. Visit hundred-year-old mines in the San Juan Mountains. Gather beautiful green, white, and purple fluorite at Saint Peter's Dome. Rockhounding adventures abound in Colorado for beginners and experts alike, and this guide has the information you'll need on where to go, what to look for, and how to find it

ISBN: 1560446552

Deep in the Heart of the Rockies; Selected Columns from the Denver Post,1986-1997
by Mary J. Porter (Editor), Ed Quillen (Editor)

A collection of essays from Ed Quillen' s Denver Post column. Humorous and informative.

ISBN: 0965612678

Salida, Colorado (Images of America)

by Kay Marnon Danielson ,Lisa Coleman

Salida, Colorado. Salida is located just southwest of Colorado Springs, and is a popular vacation town for the state. It was incorporated in 1880, and is known for its abundant outdoor recreation, historic downtown region (it is the only downtown in the state to be listed on the Natl Register of Historic Places), and burgeoning arts scene. It is located at the headwaters of the Arkansas River, bringing hundreds of thousands of people down the river every summer. Salida's history is typical of the state, including the miners, railroad men, farmers, families and businesses that deveped this portion of central Colorado. With time, the mines petered out, most of the railroads disappeared, and businesses came and went. But the town survived and developed the long standing outdoor activities that it now enjoys and reeps the financial windfall of tens of thousands of tourists and visitors a year that come for the hiking, biking, rafting, snowmobiling, and skiing.

ISBN: 0738520675

Explore Colorado: From Plains to Peaks
by Frances Alley Kruger, John Fielder, Carron A. Meaney, Denver museum .

Almost anywhere you go in Colorado, you can find breathtakingly beautiful landscapes. Here's your guide to understanding what you'll see throughout the state. Explore Colorado: A Naturalist's Notebook gives you a practical and readable introduction to Colorado's ecosystems-from grasslands to woodlands to tundra. Log your own observations in the illustrated checklist of plants and animals as you learn what's what. You can even view the state's beautiful scenery without leaving home through John Fielder's superb photography. But we recommend that you grab the book, hit the road, and get out and explore Colorado!

ISBN: 156579124X

Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 2, the Southern Peaks

by Louis W., II Dawson (Preface), Michael Kennedy

A year-round guide to Colorado's fourteen-thousand foot peaks south of Pikes Peak, including snow climbs, technical routes, ski descents, and classic hikes. Routes are described in detail, shown on photos, and detailed on maps that are the most usable maps in any guidebook.

ISBN: 0962886726

Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners Vol. 1: The Northern Peaks

by Louis W., II Dawson (Preface), Johathan Waterman

A year-round guide to Colorado's fourteen-thousand foot peaks south of Pikes Peak, including snow climbs, technical routes, ski descents, and classic hikes. Routes are described in detail, shown on photos, and detailed on maps that are the most usable maps in any guidebook.

ISBN: 0962886718

A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners

Walter R. Borneman, Lyndon J. Lampert

A useful, interesting guide to Colorado's Fourteeners I used this book as my guide for climbing most of Colorado's 14,000 foot peaks. It includes good route descriptions, photographs of each of the peaks, and interesting historical information about the mountains, and people who have climbed them. The guide also provides excellent maps for the hiking and climbing routes it describes.

ASIN: 0871087510

Hiking Trails in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area
by Lora Davis

The Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area, containing 8 of Colorado's highest peaks, is a mountain paradise for all who treasure the experience of unspoiled wilderness. Stretching across the Continental Divide and extending from Aspen to Buena Vista, the area offers hiking and backpacking opportunities for every level, from climbers to families with young children. This guide is an introduction to the wealth of trails that thread and interconnect throughout this incomparable region.

ASIN: 0871088479

Canine Colorado: Where to Go and What to Do With Your Dog
by Cindy Hirschfeld

Get the "big scoop" on the multitude of dog-friendly trails, outdoor excursions, and accommodations located throughout the Centennial State. From Denver and Durango to Mesa Verde and Rocky Mountain National Park, readers will discover the many perks of traveling with their dogs. Photos & maps.

ISBN: 1555912397

Roadside Geology of Colorado (Roadside Geology Series)
by Halka Chronic

This book is designed to give to Coloradans and Colorado visitors - especially those with little or no geologic training but with an abiding interest and sense of excitement in their surroundings - a feeling for the long prehistory of Colorado. Colorado's story, which begins not millions but billions of years ago, involves tremendous forces working deep within our earth. It involves rain and snow and desert wind, washing seas, and creeping tongues of ice. It involves the birth and the evolution of life, first in the sea, later on land, and still later in the air. It involves earthquakes and floods, landslides and volcanoes, and the coming of man himself.

ISBN: 0878424474

In the Heart of the Rockies; A Story of Adventure in Colorado
by G. A. Henty, G. A. Hindley (Illustrator), G. C. Hindley

An English lad is orphaned and goes out to the American West to find his uncle and his fortune. Set in the1860s in the unexplored Rocky Mountains, this book includes the lad's adventures fighting Indians, mining for gold, surviving a mountain winter, and a hair raising escape down the Colorado River by canoe through the Grand Canyon.

ISBN: 1590870735

Colorado's Hot Springs
by Deborah Frazier

Warm-up in Colorado's natural baths! Deborah Frazier's well-received guide profiles both commercial and undeveloped hot springs across the state. Entertaining and fun to read, Frazier explains how best to enjoy the springs, advising on everything from health concerns to minizing visitor impact on the fragile environment of Colorado's incredible, scenic, and pristine hot springs.

ASIN: 0871088754

Gem Trails of Colorado
by James R. Mitchell, Robin Nordhues (Editor)

ASIN: 0935182578

Colorado Scenic Guide : Southern Region
by Lee Gregory

Can't see Colorado without it... buy it, read it, live it Gregory knows Colorado and has written the best travel companion for Southern Colorado. Like Scenic Colorado - Northern Region, this volume is tighly constructed to offer the traveler the best, in-depth information for enjoying the region. Included are very detailed directions to breathtaking sights that most would miss without Gregory's assistance. Also included are very accurate suggestion on how long you'll want to plan to visit a site, best times of day to take photos at the site and many other helpful tips. Knowing Colorado as he does, Gregory shares both his knowledge, and passion, for the region with his readers in a well prepared text that allows the traveler to discover and enjoy the state in a way usually reserved for the natives.

ISBN: 1555661459

Colorado Byways : A Guide Through Scenic and Historic Landscapes
by Thomas Patrick Huber

Landscapes of Colorado rank as some of the most spectacular, varied, and expansive of any of the fifty states. The official Scenic and Historic Byways, so designated by the Colorado Department of Transportation, are linear slices through these landscapes that offer travelers and residents alike the opportunity to experience the real Colorado. Colorado Byways:~] Guide Through Scenic and Historic Landscapes brings the natural and human stories of these twenty-one designated byways into focus-to provide a deeper appreciation of them. Each route is described in the context of its physical and human geographical setting, highlighting the essence of place. The book offers a unique look at the out-of-the-way landscapes that make Colorado special.

ISBN: 0870814419

Salida: The Early Years
by Eleanor Fry

At 121, Salida Outlives The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Yes, Salida was born of the D&RG. It was nurtured by the company that employed more than 500 people and brought as many as 100 trains per day thrrough the yards... For 75 years the economy, society and politics of the town and its people were dependent upon continued presesnce of steel rails that branched in four directions from the foot of Tenderfoot Mountain. The olde Rocky Mountain West comes alive in this intriguing, historical tale of past and present day Salida!