Communities of the Palmer Divide

by Palmer Lake Historical Society and Lucretia Vaile Museum

Book Overview

Native American tribes once traversed the east-west anomaly of the Rocky Mountains known as the Palmer Divide as a passage between the high ranges and the Great Plains. Lying between Denver and Colorado Springs, and named for William Jackson Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs, the offshoot range divides the great Platte and Arkansas River systems. Settlers homesteaded, farmed, and ranched the area. Railroad construction in the 1870s led to towns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738581909
• ISBN13: 9780738581903
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.2"