Colorado's Colorful Characters

by Gladys, R Bueler

Book Overview

Vignettes of colorful individuals who have had an impact on Colorado's history, including Zebulon Pike, Chief Ouray, Horace Tabor, Mollie Brown, Nicholas Creede, and cannibal Alferd Packer, whose judge said, There was seven Democrats in Hinsdale County and you ate five of them!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087108595X
• ISBN13: 9780871085955
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Westwinds Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Pioneers, miners, con artists, mountain men, & dreamers

Colorado's Colorful Characters by Gladys R. Bueler provides the reader with a truly fascinating picture of the lives of pioneers, miners, con artists, mountain men, dreamers, and more, all of whom contributed to making Colorado what it is today. Black-and-white photographs, a comprehensive chronology, and most of all, a wide range of amazing anecdotal tales makes Colorado's Colorful Characters an engaging read offering a dash of zesty flavor to a proud state's history.

Overview of many of Colorado's leading citizens

This is a good book to read if one is trying to learn about the people involved in the formation of the state of Colorado. Ms. Bueler's in-depth chapters about mining and the building of the railroads can help one understand what type of people came to Colorado and how they survived and thrived. A person with an interest in those two areas of history would not be disappointed in the book. Anyone looking for a wider variety of characters in Colorado's history, however, would be better off trying a different book.