Rocky Mountain Boom Town : A History of

"This Durango book is a model of local history....Non-Durangoan readers and those wanting a nice case study of a middle-sized town should find this handsome, generously illustrated book rewarding." Tom Noel, Rocky Mountain News "Smith has a good historical style, for one thing. He s obviously done a tremendous amount of research and he works in countless details-but smoothly and entertainingly. His is a dry understated humor. He makes Durango exciting without sensationalizing it." The Sunday Oklahoman.

Preface
Preface to the First Edition
Prologue	p. 1
Land of Milk and Honey, 1870-1982	p. 3
Planters of Empire	p. 5
"One More River to Cross"	p. 12
"Until Durango Has a Population of 100,000"	p. 26
Manifesting Its Destiny	p. 38
Durango in the Nineteenth Century: A Pictorial Review	p. 49
Refiner's Fire, 1893-1916	p. 65
"Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot"	p. 67
King of the San Juan Basin	p. 74
Days of Heartache and Ragtime	p. 86
Be of Good Courage, 1917-1941	p. 99
Over There and Back Here	p. 101
Durango, We Love You!	p. 108
The Only Bonded Whorehouse in America	p. 120
Durango in the Twentieth Century: A Pictorial Review	p. 129
Rise Up, the Winter Is Past, 1942-1969	p. 153
Catalyst of a New Durango	p. 155
This Is the Place	p. 161
A Hell of a Place to Make a Movie	p. 171
Where There Is No Vision, 1970-1979	p. 183
Crossroads of Dissent	p. 185
Durango--Yesterday and Tomorrow: A Personal View	p. 196
Epilogue	p. 203
Into the Second Century	p. 205
On Searching for Durango's Past: A Bibliographical Essay	p. 209
Index	p. 214
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Rocky Mountain Boom Town : A History of Durango, Colorado

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