Arts & Culture

Arts Directory Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Springs Arts Council, 2001.

• Directory to the visual and performing artists who reside in the Steamboat Springs area.

The Cabin at Medicine Springs story by Lulita Pritchett ; dramatization by Charlotte Perry. Steamboat Springs, Colo. s.n.

• A three-act play depicting the life of the Crawfords, the first settlers of Steamboat Springs.

Dancers on Horseback: The Perry Mansfield Story by Lucile Bogue. San Francisco, Calif.: Strawberry Hill Press, 1984.

• The story of two women, Portia Mansfield and Charlotte Perry, who founded the Perry-Mansfield Camp for theater and dance.

Dancers on Horseback: The Perry Mansfield Story by Lucile Bogue. [manuscript] 1979

Miracle on a Mountain: The Story of a College by Lucille Bogue. San Francisco, Calif.: Strawberry Hill press, 1987.

• Describes the early history of Yampa Valley College, now Colorado Mountain College Alpine Campus, written by the founder and first president.

Biography, Genealogy and Memoirs

Along the Yampa River : Stories of a Boy's Adventures During the 1930s and '40s by Jerry (Roy) Neish. Steamboat Springs, CO, c2009.

• Collection of biographical anecdotes about what life was like in Steamboat Springs, CO, during the 1930s and 1940s.

The Amazing Adventures of Lord Gore: A True Saga from the Old West by Jack Roberts. Silverton, Colo. : Sundance Books, 1977. Title on spine: Lord Gore

• The man for which Gore Pass was named, Sir St. George Gore was an Irish Baron who scoured Colorado, Montanta and Wyoming in the relentless pursuit of big game animals.

America's First Grazier: The Biography of Farrington R. Carpenter Cattleman, Lawyer, Administrator, Politician, Educator by Edward F. Carpenter. Fort Collins, Colo. : Vestige Press, 2004.

Arthur E. Gumprecht : Master Builder of Routt County, Colorado a research paper by Arianthe C. Stettner. Steamboat Springs, CO, 2007.

• Overview of the life of master builder Arthur E. Gumprecht and the structures he helped to construct during his 50 year career in Steamboat Springs and Routt County, Colorado.

Back Trail by V.S. FitzPatrick.

• A multi-volume collection of short stories on the life of V.S. FitzPatrick (1886-1988) a civil engineer, newspaper man, piano tuner, author, and music teacher who lived for a period of time in Craig and Oak Creek and married a woman from Steamboat Springs

  Growing Pains Adams Press, 1983.
  Volume II, Adams Press, 1983.
  The Chrysalis, Adams Press, 1984.
  Seeing is Believing, Adams Press, 1984.
  The Power of Pulling Together Chicago, Ill. : Adams Press, 1985.
  Love's Young Dream, Vol. 7 Chicago, Ill. : Adams Press, 1985.
  Volume 8 Chicago, Ill. : Adams Press, 1985.
  Disaster, Vol. 9 Chicago, Ill. : Adams Press, 1986.
  The First Hundred Years, Vol. 10 Chicago, Ill. : Adams Press, 1987.
  My Life, Condensed For You, Vol. 11 Colorado Springs, Colo.: Earth Design Systems, 1991.

The Bassett Women by Grace McClure. Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, 1985.

• Biography of the famed Bassett women who homesteaded in Brown's Park in 1878. Elizabeth Bassett, the matriarch, was branded as a "rustler and cohort of outlaws." Her daughter Ann became known as the "queen of cattle rustlers" and her other daughter, Josie, married and discarded five husbands and homesteaded in the now Dinosaur National Park.

The Cabin at Medicine Springs by Lulita Crawford Pritchett. New York: F. Watts, 1958.

• Story of the adventures, hardships, and joys of the Crawfords, the first settlers of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, as told by Lulita Crawford Pritchett, granddaughter of James Crawford, who relived these experiences through the stories she heard as a young girl.

The Cabin at Medicine Springs by Lulita Crawford Pritchett. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Tread of Pioneers Historical Commission, 2000.

• Reprint with new illustrations by Susan Gill Jackson and Laura Varsafsky.

A Colorado Girl : a Memoir of Frances Colt Wither as told to Mary O'Brien Tyrrell. St. Paul, MN : Memoirs, Inc., c2007.

Confessions of a Maverick : An Autobiography by Farrington R. Carpenter. Denver, Colo. : State Historical Society of Colorado, 1984.

• The autobiography of Farrington R. Carpenter (1886-1980) who ranched cattle near Hayden and was one of Routt County's most famous attorneys.

Diary of Lulie Margie Crawford : A Little Girl's View of Life in the Old West, 1880-1881 by Lulie Margie Crawford. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : L.C. Pritchett, 1985.

• Compiled from the faithfully kept diary of Lulie Crawford, the 12-year-old daughter of James H. Crawford.

Doak Walker: More Than a Hero by Whit Canning. Indianapolis, Ind. : Masters Press, in association with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1997.

• Born in 1927 Doak Walker, winner of the Heisman Trophy, had a successful career with many NFL championship teams before retiring from football and marrying Skeeter Werner.

Doc and Dorth…Our Story Together by Mrs. W. H. Bashor (Mrs. William H.) as told to her grandson. 1980.

• Anecdotal story of the married life and childhood of William H. Bashor (? - 1967) and Dorth Bashor (1897- ?), residents of Hayden.

Crawford Pioneer Tales by Lulita Crawford Pritchett. Steamboat Springs, CO : Tread of Pioneers Museum, 2005.

• Collection of Crawford family stories given to family members as a Christmas present in 1977.

F.M. Light & Sons [videorecording]:One Vision. One Store. 100 Years. written and produced by Debbie Curd and LD Shoffner. Steamboat Springs, CO : F.M. Light & Sons, 2005.

F.M. Light & Sons :One Vision, One Store, 100 Years, 1905-2005 by Annabeth Light Lockhart. Steamboat Springs, CO : Northwest Graphics, 2005.

• Tells the story of Francis Marian Light and the clothing store, F.M. Light & Sons, he began in 1905 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

A Family Remembered by Frank McKnight. Salt Lake City, Utah : Ponderosa Print, 1996.

• A patchwork of memories and impressions written by many family members on the history of the Bassett and MacKnight clans who settled in Brown's Park in 1851.

First Governor First Lady: John & Eliza Routt of Colorado by Joyce B. Lohse. Palmer Lake, Colo. : Filter Press, 2002.

• John Routt served as the governor of Colorado for three terms and as Denver's mayor for one term. Eliza Routt was the first woman registered to vote in Colorado and the first woman to serve on the State Board of Agriculture.

From Slavery to Affluence; Memoirs of Robert Anderson, Ex-slave by Daisy Anderson Leonard. Steamboat Springs, Colo.: Steamboat Pilot, 1967.

• Contains the slave narrative of Robert Anderson and a candid, autobiographical account of how life was for his wife, Daisy, an African-American living in Strawberry Park, Colo.

God's Mountain: The Last of the Hahn's Peak Homesteaders by Rose M. Wheeler. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, 1973.

• A biography of the James Wheeler family who homesteaded in Hahn's Peak in 1920.

Going for Broke by John T. Stone. Chicago : H. Regnery Co., 1976.

• An autobiography of a professional developer's quest for financial success in Steamboat Springs between the late 1960's and early 1970's when the skiing industry was experiencing a boom.

Headfirst in the Pickle Barrel by John Rolfe Burroughs. New York, Morrow, 1963.

• Informal stories about the author's early life in Steamboat Springs in the early 1900's.

The History of Pearl Lake, Colorado by Cathy Hartt. [photocopied website] Denver, Colo., 2001. http://www.pearllakehist.com

• Website featuring the history of Pearl Lake State Park, Colorado, as well as the family album and genealogy of the Hartt family.

If the Creek Don't Rise : My Life Out West With the Last Black Widow of the Civil War by Rita Williams. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2006.

• When Rita Williams was four, her mother died in a Denver boarding house. This death delivered Rita into the care of her aunt Daisy, the last surviving African American widow of a Union soldier and a maverick who had spirited her sharecropping family out of the lynching South and reinvented them as ranch hands and hunting guides out West in Steamboat Springs.

"I Never Look Back": The Story of Buddy Werner by John Rolfe Burroughs. Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Pub. Co., 1967.

• Biography of Buddy Werner, an Olympic skier born in Steamboat Springs.

Jim Norvell: Colorful Pioneer of Northwestern Colorado by Dorothy Norvell Snyder. Boulder, Colo. : D.N. Snyder, 1983.

• Born in Tennessee, Jim Norvell (1861- 1936) started life as a hard-drinking, hard-gambling, frontier cowboy and evolved into a fire and brimstone preacher who became a successful businessman in Hayden and Steamboat Springs.

John Daniel Crawford in the Great Good Old Days by Lulita Crawford Pritchett. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Tread of Pioneers Historical Commission, 1984.

The Life and Times of Sophia Elizabeth Norman Smith-- a Clark, Colorado, Pioneer Woman by Claude A. Smith, Jr. & Kathy D. Winograsky-Main. Clark, Colo.: Clark Cemetery Assoc., 1998.

Lilies of our Valley : Stories of Routt County Women by Marles Humphrey. Steamboat Springs, CO : Michael James Publishing, 2006.

Love In An Envelope : A Courtship in the American West edited by Daniel Tyler ; with Betty Henshaw. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008.

• Compilation of 54 letters exchanged between Leroy Carpenter and Martha (Bennett) Carpenter.

Lulita Crawford Pritchett : Author, Poet, Historian by James Logan Crawford, 2006.

Maggie by My Side by Lulita Crawford Pritchett. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, 1976.

• A collection of family memories by the granddaughter of James H. Crawford who founded the town of Steamboat Springs.

Making Footprints : The Story of Routt County's Women. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Legacy Books and Resources, 1998.

• Collection of brief biographies of some of the women who have been recognized county-wide by civic organizations.

Memories of a Beloved Little Girl: Margarita Mexican by Lulita Crawford Pritchett. Steamboat Springs, Colo.

• A well illustrated scrapbook of Margaret Elizabeth Pritchett (1893-?) accomplished violinist and daughter of Carr Pritchett and Lulie Crawford of Steamboat Springs.

Memories of a Boy by Marcellus Merrill. Steamboat Springs, Colo., 1978.

• Marcellus Merrill recalls the Merrill family history which richly illustrates the early days in Steamboat Springs starting in 1901.

Mother Remembers by Mary Adella King-Wilson. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, 1973

• Describes the Pioneer childhood of Preston King's daughter who in the late 1800's lived at the site which is now the town of Phippsburg.

My First Eighty-one Years by R. Wayne Light. Fountain Valley, Calif. : Insta Print, 1984.

• The story of the Light family who arrived in Steamboat Springs on April 2, 1905 and founded the famous F.M. Light and Sons store.

My Own Dear Emmie : James Harvey Crawford's Civil War Letters to Margaret Emerine Bourn edited by James Logan Crawford. Steamboat Springs, CO : Tread of Pioneers Museum, 2005.

• Collection of 20 letters written to Margaret "Emmie" Bourn by James Harvey Crawford during the Civil War. The letters date from May 18, 1863 to March 24, 1865.

My Steamboat : A Ski Town Childhood by Dori DeCamillis. Double You Zee Press, c2009.

• Dori Duckels DeCamillis revels in the uncommon cold of her Rocky Mountain girlhood - complete with fierce, funny parents, wily siblings, improbably named classmates, and the feisty menagerie who just happened by. Set in the shadow of Colorado's postcard-perfect Storm Mountain, her book recounts how the people and the place irrevocably shaped her at the very time moment her sleepy little hometown was becoming a big time resort.

The Ozark Clan of Elkhead Creek: Memories of Early Life in Northwest Colorado by Irby H. Miller. Yellow Cat Flats, Utah : Yellow Cat Pub., 1997.

• Story of the Ozark Clan who moved to an abandoned homestead in northwest Colorado in 1928 and eventually gave up dry-land farming to settle in Craig.

Perry Ault's From Oxen to Jet Planes by Perry Ault. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, 1971.

• The memoirs of Perry Ault (1867-?) a pioneer rancher and fruit farmer who lived in Dillion, McCoy, and Kremmling.

Progressive Men of Western Colorado. Chicago, A. W. Bowen & Co., 1905.

Put a Head On It by Maurice W. Leckenby. Denver, Sage Books, 1960.

• The autobiography of Maurice W. Leckenby who came to Steamboat Springs in 1889 and by 1896 was the owner of the Steamboat Pilot which he published until his death in 1950.

Random Reminiscences of a Girl Home-steader by Louise MacMullen Lyman. Craig, Colo. : Craig Publishers, 1973.

• The experiences of Louise MacMullen, a teacher from Denver, who homesteaded in the Little Flat Tops from 1918 until 1925.

Remember the Old Yampa Valley and the Boy That Loved it So True: Logan Bourn Crawford by Lulita Crawford Pritchett. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Tread of Pioneers Historical Commission, 1983.

• Story of Logan Crawford, son of James H. Crawford, and his stories about growing up in Steamboat Springs.

Steamboat Springs : Memories of a Young Colorado Pioneer stories by Marcellus Samuel Merrill ; compiled and edited by David Merrill Primus. Lake City, CO : Western Reflections Pub. Co., c2008.

The Stettner Way: the Life and Climbs of Joe and Paul Stettner by John D. Gorby.
Golden, CO: Colorado Mountain Club Press, 2003

• Life of two brothers who popularized "big-wall" rock climbing, served in the Tenth Mountain Division during World War II, and were influential in starting the Chicago Mountaineering Club.

Something of His Own by Hazel Wilson Henson. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, 1974.

• The life of Lewis F. Wilson (1872-1960) who homesteaded in Egeria Park in 1886.

The T-Heart "The Oldest Brand in Northwest Colorado." by Chuck Sandelin, Grandson of the Late Great John M. "Jack" Ellis. Samuels, Idaho : T-Heart Arena, 2002.

• Both a history of the T-Heart brand and a memoir of the 1st homestead family in the Elk River Valley, Colorado, who retained the brand for five generations.

The View From the Folding Chairs by Michala Miller. Montrose, Colo.: Western Reflections Publishing Co., 2001.

• In 1941, eight-year-old Michala Cloonan Miller found herself a very small player in the infinitely larger drama of a world war. In this memoir of her childhood in the North Park region of central Colorado, Miller recalls with dry humor, irony and exquisite detail the excitement of War Chest campaigns, victory dances, tin collections and patriotic school programs.

Wallace "Bud" Werner: 1936-1964

• A scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs depicting the life of Buddy Werner, Olympic skier.

The Way it Was by Maude Gertrude Johnson. Laramie, Wyo. : Jelm Mountain Press, 1993.

• The autobiography of Maude Gertrude Johnson (1910-?) who lived in Kentucky until she moved to Steamboat Springs to live with her daughter, Corda Lee, during the last few years of her life.
  

Business & Economics

Location-Neutral Businesses: Survey Results - March 2006 Routt County Economic Development Cooperative (RCEDC). Steamboat Springs, CO : RCEDC, 2006.

Census

Schedules of the Colorado State Census of 1885 : Park County through Routt County (Park, Pitkin, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Routt) [microfilm] Washington: National Archives.

10th Census, 1880, Colorado, Vol. 4: Larimer, Las Animas, Ouray, Park, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, Summit, Weld [microfilm] Washington, National Archives.

1880-1900 Routt County, Colorado Census [CD-Rom] Witchita, Kan. : S-K Publications, 2001.

12th Census of Population, Colorado, Vol. 16, 1900 : Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Summit, Teller [microfilm] Washington : National Archives.

13th Census, 1910, Colorado, Vol. 37-39 : Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Summit, Teller, Washington. [microfilm] Washington : National Archives.

14th Census of Population, 1920, Colorado, Vol. 33 : Phillips Co., Rio Grande Co., Routt Co., San Juan Co., Summit Co. [microfilm] Washington : National Archives.

• Note: To protect an individual's privacy, census information on individuals is not available to the public until after 72 years.

2000 Census Data for Colorado is available online at http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

Cooking

Cherished Calories. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Euzoa Congregational Church, 1963.

Concordia's Cookin' by Concordia Luthern Church. Kearney, N.J. : Cookbooks by Morris Press, 1984.

Cook Book by St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Pilot Print, 1912.

Family Favorites of the Lowell Whiteman School. Kerney, Neb. : Morris Press, 2001.

Favorite Recipes by Concordia Luthern Woman's Club. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Concordia Luthern Church.

Favorite Recipes: From Steamboat Springs, Colorado by Women's Society of Christian Service. Kansas City : Bev-Ron Publishing Company, 1971. Title on spine: Favorite Recipes: United Methodist Church

The First Time Cookbook by Little Friends Daycare and Preschool. Oak Creek, Colo. : Little Friends Daycare and Preschool, 1980.

Freestyle Gourmet Recipes: When Nothing Short of Spectacular Will Do [DVD]. Steamboat Springs, Colo., 2004.

How We Cook in Colorado by Woman's Club. Hayden, Colo. : Woman's Club, 1935.

Mama's Kitchen : The Complete Collection of Mile High Mama's Work From 2001-2007 Oak Creek, CO : Deviant Productions, c2008.

More Steamboat Simmers by Candy Colemen. Dallas, Tx. : Routt Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, 1983.

Second Servings by St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Lake Mills, Iowa : Graphic Publishing Co., 1985.

Spa Cuisine : a Guide to Nutritional Wellness Steamboat Springs, CO : Rocky Mountain Wellness Spa and Institute, 198?.

Steamboat Entertains: Winning Recipes From Ski Town USA researched and published by Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. Memphis : Wimmer Brothers, 1991.

• Recipes from local cooks, ski champions and restaurants. Well seasoned short historical facts and anecdotes.

Steamboat Entertains Again!: More Winning Recipes From Ski Town USA researched and published by Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. Boulder, Colo. : D & K Printing, c2005.

Steamboat Kids are Cookin' Olympic Cook-off 1984. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Bud Werner Library, 1984.

Steamboat Simmers by Candy Colemen. Fort Collins, Colo. : Robinson Press, 1972.

Steamboat Seasons : a Medley of Recipes. Compiled by the Guild of Strings in the Mountains Music Festival. Nashville, TN : Favorite Recipes Press, 2005

This 'Boat Cooks! Steamboat Springs - Ski Ttown USA by Vicki Little. Steamboat Springs, CO : Cookbook Publishers, Inc., c1996.

A Taste of History : Celebrating our South Routt Heritage by Friends of Soroco PTO. Kearney, NE : Morris Press Cookbooks, 2006.

Tested High Altitude Cook Book by St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Steamboat Springs, Colo., 1912. Title on spine: Cookbook - St. Pauls's Episcopal Church 1923.

A Vision of Feast 2000: a Collection of Recipes by St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Kearney, NE: Morris Press, 2000.

Fiction

Blood On the Wind : the Memoirs of Flying Horse Mollie, a Yampa Ute : a Novel by Lucile Bogue. Montrose, CO : Western Reflections, 2001.

Blue Mountain and Black Midnight by V.S. FitzPatrick. Craig, Colo., 1979.

The Game Poachers: and Other Stories by Ralph and Mavis Guire. New York : Vantage press, 1981.

The Legend of the Sleeping Giant of Steamboat Springs by Trenia Sanford. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Sleeping Giant Publishing, 1999.

• A magical tale of Indians and a giant who once lived together near Steamboat Springs in the Yampa Valley of Colorado.

Pretty Papoose by Ellen Groesbeck. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, 1974.

• A fictionalized account of an all-night vigil against an Indian attack on the Horace Suttle home and sawmill in Empire.

Roughhew by Verna B. Jameson. Denver.

Saddle Up For Steamboat by Allan Vaughan Elston. New York, Curtis Books, 1972.

• Set during the turn of the century this mystery features prospectors and cowpunchers with realistic descriptions of the countryside between Steamboat Springs and Hahns Peak.

The Shining Mountains by Lulita Crawford Pritchett. Chicago : Albert Whitman & Co., 1939.

• A children's novel describing the homestead trip of James H. Crawford from Sedalia, Missouri to Steamboat Springs.

Stop Spitting at Your Brother!: Life Lessons of a Rocky Mountain Llama by Diane White-Crane. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Aspentree Press, 1996.

• Dudley the llama narrates the story of his life as a pack animal in the mountains of Colorado.

General History

All About Routt County: An Annotated Bibliography by Sureva Towler. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Bud Werner Memorial Library, 1976.

• Annotated bibliography of works centered around the people and events which have shaped Routt County, Colorado.

Anthracite Barbee and Tosh : the History of Routt County and Its Post Offices, 1875-1971 by Jan Leslie. Hayden, Colo. : Walnut Street Publishers, 2005.

• Highlights the rise and fall of the post offices of Routt County, Colorado, as a basis to tell the parallel history of the area. Includes more than 200 articles and advertisements from local newspapers, and a listing of postmasters from 1875 to 1972.

An Isolated Empire : A History of Northwest Colorado by Frederic J. Athearn. Denver, Colo. : Bureau of Land Management, 1982.

• A documented history of the impact of Indians, fur trade, transportation, and the cattle, sheep and mining industries in northwestern Colorado.

A Sketch of the Early Growth and Development of Routt County, Colorado, to Approximately the Beginning of the Great War to End All Wars; Being a Brief Enquiry Into the Manner by Which it Early Achieved its Present Form That Has Left More Questions Unanswered Than Answered by Jean A. Garren. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : 1996.

Before Oak Creek : Over the Hills in the Eighties edited by Mike Yurich. Oak Creek, Colo. : Historical Society of Oak Creek and Phippsburg, 1982?.

• Collection of personal letters, notes, photographs, and oral accounts relating to Oak Creek, Colorado and the surrounding area.

The Boys at the Bar : Antics of a Vanishing Breed of Cowboys & Hellions by Sureva Towler. Boulder, Colo. : Johnson Books, 2006.

• A collection of essays from Ms. Towler's Denver Post column. Details the rage and ruminations of local Steamboat Springs citizens as they see the spirit of the West give way to "cappuccino bars, environmental wackos, and yuppies."

Early McCoy : A Hundred Year Perspective by Clark C. Ewing. Glenwood Springs, Colo. : Raymond's Printing, 1976.

Events in the Life of a Timber Beast by Edward C. Groesbeck. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, 1976.

• A well-illustrated account between a 38 year veteran with the Forest Service and local residents.

Faster Horses, Younger Women, Older Whiskey : A Pictorial Archive of the Routt County Fair, 1914-1995 by Sureva Towler and Jim Stanko. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : White River Publishing Company, 1996.

Flickering Lights in Vacant Windows: A History of J.W. Hugus & Co. by Perry Van Dorn. Grand Junction, Colo. : Pyramid Printing, 1992.

From Cow Town to Ski Town: The Story of Steamboat Springs, Colorado [videorecording] by 20/20 Video Audio-Visual ; produced in part by the City of Steamboat Springs, the Centennial Committee, and City Council President Kevin Bennett. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : 20/20 Video Audio-Visual, c2002.

• A compilation of rare old and new films that bring to life the history of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Learn about the 10,000 year old bathing pool, the Ute Indians, Howelsen Hill, the Werner Olympians, Billy Kidd, and more.

Hahn's Peak and The Beautiful Basin : A Short History text & photograph by Al Wiggins. 198?

The Historical Guide to Routt County by Jim Stanko. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Routt County Board of County Commissioners, 1979.

• A definitive guide to the people, places, and events of Routt County.

History of Hayden & West Routt County, 1876-1989. Dallas, Tex. : Curtis Media Corp., 1990.

The History of Routt County, Colorado by Cle Lemont Montgomery. [microfilm] 1938.

History of West Routt County, Colorado. Dallas, Tex. : Curtis Media Inc., 1995.

How Pleasant is the Valley, Routt County, Colorado, a Historical Perspective by Elaine Gay. Colorado, 1995.

McCoy Memoirs by John Ambos. John Ambos, Box 817, Glenwood Springs, CO, 1976.

• A history of the McCoy area and descriptions of the pioneer families who settled there.

Oak Creek memories. Vol. I edited by Mike Yurich. Oak Creek, Colo. : Historical Society of Oak Creek and Phippsburg, 1982?.

• Collection of personal letters, notes, photographs, and oral accounts relating to Oak Creek, Colorado and the surrounding area.

Oak Creek memories. Vol. II edited by Mike Yurich. Oak Creek, Colo. : Historical Society of Oak Creek and Phippsburg, 1993.

• Collection of personal letters, notes, photographs, and oral accounts relating to Oak Creek, Colorado and the surrounding area.

One Hundred Years of Brown's Park and Diamond Mountain by Dick DeJournette. Vernal, Utah : DeJournette Enterprises, 1996.

Over the bridge Volume I by Bill May. Craig, Colo. : The Print Shop, Inc., 19??

• Collection of essays on Routt County's prominent people and places with a few poems.

The Pioneers of Clark, Colorado: the Early History of the People and the Town from 1880-1939 by Kathy D. Winograsky-Main. Clark, Colorado: 2001.

Pioneers of the Roaring Fork by Len Shoemaker. Denver : Sage Books, 1965.

Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in North Park, Colorado [microfilm] by Mark Edward Miller. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1979.

Snake River Profiles by Helen M. Morgan. Baggs, WY : Helen M. Morgan, 1970-1972.

• A three volume set describing the history and personalities of the people who lived in the valley between Three Forks and Sand Creek.

South Routt Memories. Vol. IV edited by Mike Yurich. Oak Creek, Colo. : Historical Society of Oak Creek and Phippsburg, 2002.

• Collection of personal letters, notes, photographs, and oral accounts relating to Oak Creek, Colorado and the surrounding area.

Steamboat in the Rockies by John Rolfe Burroughs. Fort Collins, Colo. : The Old Army Press, 1974.

• An amusing history of Steamboat Springs' transistion from a sleepy cow town to a booming ski resort.

Steamboat Round the Bend by Dee Richards. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, 1976.

• A detailed history of the social and economic life and development of the town of Steamboat Springs.

Steamboat Springs by David H. Ellis and Catherine H. Ellis. Chicago, IL : Arcadia Pub., c 2009.

Steamboat Springs Legends : A Centennial Collection by Deborah Olsen. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association, 1999.

• A richly illustrated compilation of the people, events, and places which have shaped the history of Steamboat Springs.

Steamboat Springs: the First Forty Years by Lee A. Powell. 1972.

• An illustrated magazine which traces the town's settlement and growth in the ranching, mining and skiing industries.

Steamboat Visions by Karen Schulman and Joe Rife. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Icon Press, 1993.

• Photo essay depicting the scenic beauty, recreational activities, and people that comprise the mosaic of life in Steamboat Springs.

Then & Now : A History of Steamboat Springs, Colorado written by Harriet Freiberger; photos by Ken Proper. Steamboat Springs, CO : Bud Werner Memorial Library, c2009.

• "Then & Now" presents a series of images that immerse the reader in twentieth century history. Ken Proper's architectural photographs delineate the physical essence of a small western town's birth and development while Harriet Freiberger's words complete a larger picture, connecting people and events in Steamboat Springs with America's progress toward maturity.

TIC : The First 35 Years, 1974-2008. Steamboat Springs, CO : TIC Holdings, Inc., c2009.

• Pictorial 35 year history of TIC (The Industrial Company). Includes milestones, first and current board of directors, first and current shareholders, incident rates, organizational charts, return on investment, and lists of employees by tenure.

Town Album : Photo History of Oak Creek, Colorado edited by Mike Yurich. Oak Creek, Colo. : Historical Society of Oak Creek and Phippsburg, 1997.

The Tread of Pioneers by Charles Harmon Leckenby. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, 1945.

• A collection of stories about people and places in northwestern Colorado.

Wagon Tales by Virginia Willey Andrew. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, 1972.

• A sentimental series of short essays describing pioneer life in Routt County.

Walk in Their Footsteps: the Flat Tops Trail: a Colorado Scenic Byway Through Routt and White River National Forests [videorecording] Steamboat Springs, Colo. : 20/20 Video Audio-Visual, 1999.

• Beginning with the history of the Ute Indians and the Meeker Massacre, this documentary traces the history of early pioneers, cattlemen, and sheep herders who lived in the Flat Tops wilderness areas.

Geology

The Browns Park Formation and its Relationship to the Late Tertiary Geologic History of the Elkhead Region, Northwestern Colorado - South Central Wyoming by Richard Thurman Buffler. Ann Arbor : University Microfilms, Inc., 1967.
Available in print and on microfilm.

Geology of Central Middle Park, Colorado by Oscar William Tollefson [microfilm]. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1956.

Geology of the McCoy Area, Eagle and Routt Counties, Colorado by Henry F. Donner. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, Vol. 60, p. 1215-1248, Aug. 1949.

Geology of the Steamboat Springs Area, Routt County, Colorado : With Special Emphasis on Thermal Springs by Joanne Blackmer. Boulder, Colo. : University of Colorado, 1939.

Geology of the Yampa District, Northwest Colorado by Richard Edward Kucera. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1962.
Available in print and on microfilm.

The Hahns Peak Gold Field, Colorado by Hoyt S. Gale. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, #285A, p. 28-34, 1906.

Hydrothermal Alteration Study of the Hahns Peak Stock, Hahns Peak, Colorado by Frederick Richard Dowsett. [microfilm] Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1973.

• This purpose of this study is to determine the physical and chemical processes responsible for the extensive hydrothermal alteration and associated silver-lead-zinc sulfide mineralization within the quartz latite stock.

Late Cenozoic History of the Michigan River Basin, North Park, Colorado by Donald Frazier Eschman. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University, 1953.

Some Anticlines of Routt County, Colorado by R.D. Crawford, K.M. Wilson and V.C. Perini. Denver, Colo. : Eames Bros., 1920.

Structural and Surficial Geology of the West Flank of the Gore Range, Colorado [microfilm] by William Joseph Brennan. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1969.

Historic Buildings & Preservation

Bud Werner Memorial Library : Beyond Words photography by David Patterson and Tim Murphy. Steamboat Springs, CO : Tim Murphy Photography, 2010.

• Pictorial display of the expanded and renovated Bud Werner Memorial Library which was completed in 2009. Includes a brief overview of the project and lists the people and organizations that made the project possible.

The Crawford house of Steamboat Springs by James Logan Crawford. Steamboat Springs, CO, 2009.

• Biography of the Crawford family and the homes they constructed in Steamboat Springs. Includes a photographic family tree of the descendants of James and Margaret Crawford.

A Guidebook for Historic Preservation in Routt County, Colorado by Marty Alexandroff. Steamboat Springs, CO, 1992.

• Intended to serve as a reference guide to the newly created Routt County Historic Preservation Committee. Offers an overview of historic preservation agencies and vocabulary. Includes a preservation plan for Howelsen Hill and the 48 pg. booklet titled "Historic Howelsen Hill." The booklet addresses the history of Howelsen Hill and the Winter Carnival.

Historic Context of Routt County. Boulder, Colo. : Winter & Company, 1994.

• Offers brief histories on a variety of Yampa Valley themes by which planners may use to help designate historic buildings and sites.

Historic Preservation Survey of Steamboat Springs, Colorado by Naomi I. Klein. Steamboat Springs, Colo., 1981.

Historic Properties Survey of Downtown Steamboat Springs. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Tread of Pioneers Museum, 1996.

Steam Rails to Ski Trails : An Architectural Walking Tour of Downtown Steamboat Springs text: Larry Borowsky. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : City of Steamboat Springs, c2008.

Land Use Planning

Vision 2030 : Heart and Soul of Our Community, Final Report Vision 2030. Steamboat Springs (CO): Vision 2030, 2009.

• Vision 2030 is a series of strong statements about the values that matter most the the people of Routt County. Through citizen input the report defines the future of the Yampa River Valley and offers desired outcomes and recommended actions.

Maps

Routt County Colorado 2000 Plat and Brand Book [maps] Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Routt County Assessor, 2000.

Routt County Colorado Plat Book, 1989-90 B&B Enterprises. [maps] Appleton, Wisc. : B & B Enterprises, 1988.

Meeker Massacre

Massacre : The Tragedy at White River by Marshall Sprague. Boston: Little Brown, 1957.

Meeker : The Story of the Meeker Massacre and the Thornburgh Battle, September 29, 1879 by Fred H. Werner. Greeley, Colo. : Werner Publications, 1985.

This is What I Remember: By and About the People of White River Country. Compiled and edited by Susan and John Bury. Meeker, Colo.: Rio Blanco County Historical Society 1972-1978.

• Biographies of the families and individuals who settled in Meeker both before and after the Meeker Massacre.

The Ute Massacre! Brave Miss Meeker's Captivity! Her Own Account of it. Also, the Narratives of Her Mother and Mrs. Price. To Which is Added Further Thrilling and Intensely Interesting Details, Not Hitherto Published, of the Bravery and Frightful Sufferings Endured by Mrs. Meeker, Mrs. Price and Her Two Children, and by Miss Josephine Meeker. Philadelphia, Pa. : Old Franklin Publishing House, 1879.

Mining

Constitution of Pinnacle Bed Coal From Hayden Mine, Haybro, Routt County, Colorado by Timothy C. May [photocopied dissertation]. Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America, 1938.

Cultural History of Colorado Mining Towns, 1859-1920 [microfilm] by Thomas Gray Thompson. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1967.

Gilpin Gold and Other Tales by Lulita Crawford Pritchett. Denver, Colo. : Egan Printing Co., 1986.

Historic Hahns Peak by Thelma Stevenson. Fort Collins, Colo. : Robinson Press, 1976

• A history of Routt County's oldest permanent settlement and once booming gold mining town.

Mt. Harris Echoes With Stories and History of the Mt. Harris Area by Ruth Douglas Johnson. Labarge, Wyoming, 1979.

• A history of the people and mining activity of this present day ghost town.

Mystery Town - Mt. Harris by Ben B. Strasser, Gus T. Dalis and the Office of the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools. Los Angeles, Calif. : Teaching Strategies Center, 1975.

New Clues to Steamboat Springs Lost Treasures by Scott Dial. Denver, Colo. : High Country USA Guide Books, 1975.

• A description of the gold mines on Walton Creek, the Gore Range, and Hahn's Peak.

Stampede to Timberline : The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado by Muriel Vincent Sibell Wolle. Chicago : Sage Books, 1974.

The Yampa Coal Field of Routt County, Colorado : On The Projected Line of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Company (Moffat Road): Report on the Above to Mr. D.H. Moffat, President by William Weston. (1906)

• A mining engineer's report to David Moffat on the economic potential of the area.

Murder

Charmed to Death by Stephen Singular. New York : Kensington Publishing, 1995.

• An account of the murder of Gerry Boggs in 1993 by Jill Coit who is often referred to as a real-life "Black Widow."

Poisoned Vows by Clifford L. Linedecker. New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1995.

• Another account of Jill Coit's lies and eventual arrest in Steamboat Springs.

Natural History & Resources

Colorado Scenic Byways : Road Atlas & Travel Guide photographs by Jim Steinberg ; text by Susan J. Tweit. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Portfolio Publications, 2008

Colorado Scenic Byways : Taking the Other Road photographs by Jim Steinberg ; text by Susan J. Tweit ; foreword by Bill Ritter, Jr. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Portfolio Publications, 2008.

Colorado's Yampa Valley : An Economic Study by Leo A. Droste. Boulder, Colo. : University of Colorado, 1965.

From Snowflake to Sirloin Steak : The Story of Water in Steamboat Springs by Sureva Towler. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Legacy Books and Resources, 1999.

• A juvenile book designed to meet the Colorado Science Standards by addressing the nature and dynamics of living things and their environment.

A Geographical Tour of the Yampa River [videorecording] a 20/20 Video production. Steamboat Springs, CO : 20/20 Video Audio-Visual, c2000.

• Title from videodisc label : I am the Yampa : the story of the Yampa River in Northwest Colorado, geography, history, storytelling and music.

Geography of Routt County, Colorado by Eve Kathleen De Kraay. University of Washington, 1951.

History of Routt National Forest, 1905-1972 (1973).

• Describes timber, grazing, game, fire, weather and living conditions in the Routt National Forest.

Hot Springs Recreation Area Public Comment Letters. 1996

• Collection of letters penned to the Hahns Reak/Bears Ears Ranger District in response to the recreational use of the Strawberry Park hot springs area. Letters date from 1995 to 1996 and the collection includes a petition signed by 46 individuals.

Predicted Ecological Impact of the 1976 Nordic Olympic Events on Steamboat Springs, Colorado by Jane Bunin. Boulder, Colo. : University of Colorado, 1973.

Rivers, Range & Change : A Legacy of Landscapes in Routt & Moffat Counties, Colorado, 1900-2000. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, 2001.

• Shows the evolution of the natural landscape in Northwest Colorado over 40 to 100 years with the use of the repeat photography technique.

Seasons of Light : Impressions of Steamboat Springs and the Yampa Valley photographs by Rod Hanna ; foreword by Verne Lundquist ; text by Tom Ross. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Hanna Enterprises, LLC, c2007.

Soil-vegetation Relationships of Some Artemesia Types in North Park, Colorado [microfilm] by Edwin Lamar Smith, Jr. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1966.

• Investigation into the nature of soil-vegetation relationships on rangelands in western Colorado.

Western Mountain Region Study: Working Paper #A10 : Recreation by J.B. Kline [photocopy]. Boulder, Colo.: University of Colorado, 1967.

The Vegetation of the West Slope of the Park Range, Colorado by Jane E. Bunin. [microfilm] Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1975.

• Research objectives were to describe the vegetation patterns of the west slope of the Park Range, to relate the vegetation patterns to environmental patterns, and to compare the vegetation patterns to those of other mountain ranges of western North America.

Outdoor Recreation

Backcountry Adventure Guide to the Mount Zirkel Wilderness a Mountain Jay Adventure Guide by Raymond Ave. Fort Collins, Colo.: Mountain Jay Media, 2003.

Come Walk in Their Footsteps: Flat Tops Trail Scenic Byway by Geri Anderson. Oak Creek, Colo. : Trail Finders Press, c1993.

The Continental Divide Mountains of Colorado's Rabbit Ears Range : A Mountain Climbing Guide and History by Joseph D. Kramarsic. Dillon, Colo. : J.D. Kramarsic, 1999.

Cross-country Ski Trails Near Steamboat Springs by Geri Anderson. Oak Creek, Colo. : Trail Finders Press, 1993.

Day Hikes in Steamboat Springs Colorado by Robert Stone. Red Lodge, Montana : Day hike Books, 1995.

Fishing From the 'Boat : a Comprehensive Guide to Flyfishing [sic] the Public Waters in and near Steamboat Springs, Colorado by Molly Parsons, Peter Parsons &Scott L. Ford. Steamboat Springs, CO : Streamside Publications, LLC., 2006.

Hiker's Guide to the Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area by Jay and Therese Thompson. Boulder, Colo. : Pruett Pub. Co., 1992.

• Covers the hiking opportunities in the Mt. Zirkel Wilderness area and surrounding Routt National Forest with inclusion of fishing information for each area.

Hiking the 'Boat : A Guidebook to 30 Trails in the Steamboat Springs Area, With Special Notes on How and Where to Hike With Children, as Well as Information for Novice Through Expert Hikers by Diane White-Crane. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Aspentree Press, 1991.

Hiking the 'Boat II : 108 hikes out of Steamboat Springs, Colorado by Diane White-Crane. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Aspen Tree Press, 2001.

• Features hikes in the entire Mt. Zirkel Wilderness, northeastern Flat Tops Wilderness, Sarvis Creek Wilderness, and the surrounding Routt National Forest.

Mountain Biking: In the High Country of Steamboat Springs, Colorado by Thomas R. Litteral. American Kestral Press, Steamboat Springs, 1993.

Mountaineering in Park Range : A Guide to the Mountains of the Mount Zirkel-Dome Peak Wilderness Area by Joseph Kramarsic. Dillon, Colo. : J. D. Kramarsic , 2008.

Routt County Trails : Day Hikes Near Steamboat Springs, Colorado by Geri Anderson. Oak Creek, Colo. : Geri Anderson, 1992. Alternate title: Handbook of Happy Hikes.

• Oak Creek author and travel writer describes hikes in the area.

Steamboat Single Tracks : The Mountain Biking Guide to Steamboat Springs, Colorado by Tom Barnhart. Littleton, Colo. : Fat Tire Press, 1993.

Outlaws & Gunslingers

David Lant : The Vanished Outlaw by Douglas W. Ellison. Aberdeen, S.D. : Midstates Print, 1988.

• Born in 1874 to a Mormon family, David Lant was a horseback outlaw who ran with Harry Tracy, was jailed and escaped from the Hahns Peak jail, and vanished into obscurity.

Harry Tracy, the Last Desperado by Jim Dullenty. Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1989.

• Well illustrated biography of the outlaw Harry Tracy (1874-1902) who was incarcerated and escaped from the Hahn's Peak jail.

Periodicals

AtHome in Steamboat Springs. Summer 2006-Present.

The Local Steamboat Springs' Alternative Newspaper. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : The Local, c2001-Present.

Oak Creek Times. June 25, 1908 - July 20, 1944. Full text available online through the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.

Routt County Republican. January 31, 1908 - January 31, 1919. Full text available online through the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.

Routt County Sentinel. January 4, 1918 - February 22, 1924. Full text available online through the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.

Seedhouse the Magazine for Modern Writers and Poets. July/August 1998 - September/October 2001.

• Features poetry, fiction and essays by local and national writers.

Steamboat Magazine. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Communications Group, Vol.1, Number 1 published Winter 1978-79.

• A national award-winning magazine that covers history, people, arts, activities, events, places of interest, and businesses in the Yampa Valley.

Steamboat Pilot. Aug 18, 1897 - Present. Issues prior to 1897 were destroyed in a fire.

• Established in 1885, the Steamboat Pilot is the region's oldest weekly publication. It was run by the same family until 1988 when it was sold to outside interests. Indexed from 1993 to 2001. Full text available online through the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.

Steamboat Springs Review. June 1984 - November 1998.

• A direct mail newspaper serving Routt County since 1984. Features stories on politics and the environment and columns on the social scene by local writers.

Steamboat Today. Aug 21 1989 - Present.

• This is a daily newspaper produced by the same company as the Steamboat Pilot.

Three Wire Winter.

• An oral history magazine published by Steamboat Springs High Schools students, 1976-1988.

Yampa Leader. June 6, 1903 - December 17, 1926. Full text available online through the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.

Yampa Valley Living : A Resource Guide to Building & Remodeling. Steamboat Springs, CO : Lincoln Ave. Printers, c2007- Ceased publication after 1st issue.

Place Names

Blecha's Colorado Place Names : A Genealogical and Historical Guide to Colorado Sites by Arvide D. Blecha. Denver, CO : Colorado Genealogical Society, 2001.

Colorado Place Names by William Bright. Boulder, Colo. : Johnson Books, 1993.

Colorado Place Names : Communities, Counties, Peaks, Passes : With Historical Lore and Facts, Plus a Pronunciation Guide by George R. Eichler. Boulder, Colo. : Johnson Pub. Co., 1977.

Poetry

A Cowboy On The Last Frontier by Bill May. 1986.

An Annotated Epic Poem : Saga of a Mountain Man (The True Life Story of a Real Pioneer) by William B. May. 1984.

Campfire Poetry : The Home Ranch photographs contributed by Ken Jones ; illustrations and layout by Leslie Lovejoy. Steamboat Springs, CO: The Home Ranch, 1997.

From the Pages of Her Heart by Frances May Dorr Wheeler. Denver : Egan Printing, 1987.

Gate cut : Cowboy Poetry by J. Nathan May. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Bill May Books, 1992.

Looking Down the Lane : a Collection of Works by Frances May Dorr Wheeler. Craig, Colo. : The Print Shop, 1990.

Rocking Chair Rhymes : a Collection of Works / by Frances May Dorr Wheeler ; compiled by Shirley Robinson. Grand Junction, Colo. : Grand Mesa Graphics Printing, 2001.

Smoke From Nine Lives by Lucile Bogue. New Hampshire : Golden Quill Press, 1989.

Sunset : a Collection of Works of Frances May Dorr Wheeler ; compiled by Jennifer Bonnell. Grand Junction, Colo. : Grand Mesa Graphics Printing, 2004.

Th' Cottonwoods by Bill May. Denver : Egan, 1988.

Trails of Memory by Frances May Dorr Wheeler. Grand Junction, Colo. : Grand Mesa Graphics Printing, 2001.

Voices of the Valley Steamboat Springs, CO : Off the Beaten Path Bookstore, 2006.

Railroad

The Moffat Road by Edward T. Bollinger and Frederick Bauer. Denver, Sage Books, 1962.

• An illustrated history of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway Company's fight to construct a 225 mile rail line from Denver to Craig over the Corona Pass.

The Moffat Tunnel : a Brief History by Charles Albi and Kenton Forrest. Golden, Colo. : Colorado Railroad Museum, c1978.

Rails That Climb : A Narrative History of the Moffat Road by Edward T. Bollinger. Golden : Colorado Railroad Museum, c1979.

• A history of David Moffat's attempt to build the Moffat Road.

Ranching

Agricultural Context of Routt County researched and compiled by Laureen Lafferty Schaffer. Steamboat Springs, CO : Historic Routt County!, c2006.

• Intended to summarize, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize the agricultural trends in Routt County, Colorado from earliest agricultural record until the postwar era.

John Barkley Dawson : Pioneer, Cattleman, Rancher by Delphine Dawson Wilson. Wilson, 1997

• One of the first western cattlemen, John Barkley Dawson's (1830-1918) adventures found him in Kentucky, the gold fields of California, the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains, and lastly in the Yampa Valley outside of Hayden. Presently the Dawson Ranch is a Historic Site and it is owned and operated by the Nature Conservancy of Colorado.

The Last Frontier by V.S. FitzPatrick. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, Vol I, 1974; Vol. II, 1976; Vol. III, 1978.

• An autobiography filled with portraits of ranchers, cowboys and outlaws of northwest Colorado.

One Woman, One Ranch, One Summer by Lucile Bogue. Portland, Or. : Strawberry Hill press, 1997.

• A humorous telling of Lucile Bogue's experience of the summer her family spent on a Colorado ranch where they discover that the romantic life of a rancher is not all that romantic.

Shepherdess of Elk River Valley by Margaret Duncan Brown. Denver, Colo.: Golden Bell Press, 1967.

• The memoirs of a young girl who raised sheep from 1915-1965 on a 160-acre ranch in the Elk River Valley.

Where the Old West Stayed Young by John Rolfe Burroughs. New York : Morrow, 1973.

• Well-indexed history of the rise and fall of the cattle trade in northwest Colorado.

River Basins & Streams

Analysis of stream quality in the Yampa River Basin, Colorado and Wyoming by Dennis A. Wentz and Timothy Doak Steele. Lakewood, Colo. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1980.

Analysis of waste-load assimilative capacity of the Yampa River, Steamboat Springs to Hayden, Routt County, Colorado by Daniel P. Bauer, Timothy Doak Steele, and Richard D. Anderson. Lakewood, Colo. : U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, 1978.

Application of Residuals Management for Assessing the Impacts of Alternative Coal-development Plans on Regional Water Resources by Ivan C. James, II and Timothy Doak Steele ; U.S. Geological Survey. Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977.

Assessment Techniques for Modeling Water Quality in a River Basin Affected by Coal-resource Development by Timothy Doak Steele. 1978.

Coal-resource development alternatives, residuals management, and impacts on the water resources of the Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming. 1976.

A discussion of legal and institutional constraints on energy-related water development in the Yampa River basin, Colorado by Walter I. Knudsen, Jr., Jeris A. Danielson. State of Colorado, Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources, 1977.

An environmental assessment of impacts of coal development on the water resources of the Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming : phase-I work plan by Timothy Doak Steele ... [et al.]. Lakewood, Colo : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1976.

An environmental assessment of impacts of coal development on the water resources of the Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming : phase II work plan by Timothy Doak Steele, Ivan C. James II, Daniel P. Bauer, and others. Lakewood, Colo. : Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1976.

An overview of river-basin assessment techniques in an energy-impacted region - Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming by Timothy Doak Steele. Great Britian : Pergamon Press, 1979.

Preliminary applications of Landsat images and aerial photography for determing land-use, geologic, and hydrologic characteristics : Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming by Frederick J. Heimes, Gerald K. Moore, and Timothy Doak Steele. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey ; Denver, Colo., 1978.

Present and potential sediment yields in the Yampa River Basin, Colorado and Wyoming by Edmund D. Andrews. Lakewood, Co. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1978.

Surface-water quality in the Yampa River Basin, Colorado and Wyoming : an area of accelerated coal development by Dennis A. Wentz and Timothy Doak Steele, 1976.

Traveltime, unit-concentration, longitudinal-dispersion, and reaeration characteristics of upstream reaches of the Yampa and Little Snake Rivers, Colorado and Wyomingby Daniel P. Bauer, Ronald E. Rathbun, and Hugh W. Lowham. Lakewood, Colo. : U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, 1979.

The Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming : a preview to expanded coal-resource development and its impacts on regional water resoures Timothy Doak Steele ... [et al.]. Lakewood, Colo. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1979.

School History

History of the Rural Schools of Moffat County, Colorado : From Their Humble Beginnings to Their Consolidation in 1959 by Harold R. Babcock. Colorado Springs, Colo. : Earth Design Systems, c1990.

Routt County Rural Schools, 1883-1960 : Windows to Yesterday by Jan Leslie. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Legacy Books and Resources, 1998.

Routt County School History, 1879-1940 [microform].

• A scrapbook whereby each school district in Routt County is represented by a brief historical sketch and illustrations. The Bear River School includes a list of students by age, grade, and name of parent.

Story of a pioneer teacher in the Rocky Mountains. 1974?

• Memorial to Rosamond Underwood Carpenter and a history of the Elkhead School.

Skiing

The Flying Norseman Conquering the Rockies by Leif Hovelsen. 1982 [manuscript].

The Flying Norseman by Leif Hovelsen. Ishpeming, Mich. : National Ski Hall of Fame Press, 1983.

• The biography of Carl Howelsen, builder of the first ski jump at Howelsen Hill and founder of the Winter Carnival in 1914.

Henry Christian Hall : America's first world champion ski jumper remembers flying without wings. compiled by Fay Hall. 2005?

• Biographical scrapbook of Henry Christian Hall, the "Father of American Skiing," who was the first American-born world record holder in ski jumping.

Hill of Champions: the Story of Howelsen Hill [videorecording] a film by F.M. "Smokey" Vandergrift. Steamboat Springs, CO : Smokey's Sherpa Service, c1993.

A History of Skiing in Colorado by Abbott Fay. Ouray, Colo. : Western Reflections, Inc., 2000.

The History of Skiing at Steamboat Springs by Sureva Towler. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Routt County Research, 1987.

• The most complete compilation of the history of ski jumping, racing, and skiing for survival in Ski Town U.S.A.

Ski town, U.S.A. : recent rapid developments bid fair to make Steamboat Springs, Colorado the St. Moritz of the Rockies. Steamboat Springs CO : Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, Pilot Press, 1961.

Steamboat: Ski Town USA by Tom Bie. Boulder, Colo.: Mountain Sports Press, 2002.

Steamboat Springs and the "Treacherous & Speedy Skee" : An Album by Jean Wren. Steamboat Springs, Colo. : Steamboat Pilot, 1972.

• Describes the history of jumping, downhill, and slalom skiing from Carl Howelsen to the building of the Steamboat Ski Area on Mt. Werner.

The Treacherous and Speedy Skee [videorecording] 20/20 Video production for the City of Steamboat Springs, Colorado., Steamboat Springs, Colo. : 20/20 Video Audio-Visual, c1988.

• Excellent early footage and still photographs depicting the evolution of skiing in Steamboat Springs.

Ute Indians

Chipeta Queen of the Utes: A Biography by Cynthia S. Becker & P. David Smith. Montrose, Colo.: Western Reflections Publishing Co., 2003.

A History of the Education of the Ute Indians, 1847-1905 [microfilm] by Leslie Wayne Reid. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1972.

A History of the Ute Indians of Utah Until 1890 [microfilm] by Floyd A. O'Neil. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1973.

Indian echoes : tales of early western Colorado by Dr. John A. Campbell (1831-1917) ; with a foreword by Marcellus Merrill. Denver : Marcellus Merrill, 1970.

Ouray, Chief of the Utes by P. David Smith. Ouray, Colo. : Wayfinder Press, 1986.

Red Twilight: A History of the Northern Utes by V.S. FitzPatrick. Colorado Springs, Colo. : Earth Design Systems, 1991.

Relations Between the Ute Indians and the United States Government, 1848-1900 by James Warren Covington. Norman, Oklahoma : University of Oklahoma, 1949 [photocopied thesis].

Ute Dictionary. Ignacio, Colo.: Southern Ute Tribe, Ute Press, 1979.

The Ute Indians by Agusta Baker, A.B. Denver, Colo: University of Denver, 1926 [photocopied thesis].

The Ute Indians of Colorado in the Twentieth Century by Richard K. Young. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1997.

"The Utes Must Go!" : American Expansion and the Removal of a People by Peter R. Decker. Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2004.

Updated March 2010
Compiled by Alysa Selby

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