Enos Mills' Colorado

by James H. Pickering

Book Overview

For the first quarter of the twentieth century the names Enos Mills and Estes Park were virtually synonymous. Mills' base of operations was his rustic mountain inn at the foot of Longs Peak, where he wrote some sixteen books and scores of magazine and newspaper articles familiarizing the nation with the scenic wonders and animal life of the Rocky Mountain West.Rocky Mountain National Park owes its existence to the tenacity and vision of Enos Mills...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555663672
• ISBN13: 9781555663674
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Bower House
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Stories from the Early Days in the Colorado Rockies

Through some sixteen books and countless short stories Enos Mills did as much as anyone else to define the image we have of the Colorado Rockies. His efforts did as much as anyone else to have part of this magnificant country set aside as the Rocky Mountain National Park. Mr. Pickering has put together this collection of nineteen of his stories that serve to describe his life better than any formal biography could. Here is the story of his wintertime trip in the high country of the mid-winter Rockies as a snow observer. His instructions for the first trip were 'make notes on those things that are likely to be of interest or value to the Department of Agriculture or the Weather Bureau, and to be careful not to lose his life.' His article 'Why We Need National Parks,' is as important and as fresh as anything that could be written today. A selection of photographs from the early nineteen hundreds greatly increases the understanding of the man and how he lived in this beautiful country.