Table of Contents
Foreword Suzanne Barchers 9
Introduction 11
Zebulon Pike 1779 1813 (Pikes Peak) 13
Stephen Long 1784-1864 (Longs Peak) 23
James Pierson Beckwourth 1798-1866 (Pueblo) 33
The Bents (Bent's Fort) 39
Charles Bent 1799-1847
William Bent 1809-1869
Chief Black Kettle 1801-1868 (Sand Creek) 47
Jim Bridger 1804-1881 (Gore Range, Berthoud Pass) 53
Kit Carson 1809-1868 (Colorado Territory) 63
Richens Lacy "Uncle Dick" Wootton 1816-1893 (Raton Pass) 71
John H. Gregory 1820-circa 1864 and George A. Jackson 1836-1897 (Clear Creek Canyon) 81
Chief Niwot (Left Hand) 1823 - 1864 (Boulder Count, Sand Creek) 89
John Long Routt 1826-1907 (Denver) 99
James "Rocky Mountain Jim" Nugent 1828?-1874 and Lady Isabella Bird 1831 -1904 (Muggins Gulch and Longs Peak) 109
Helen Hunt Jackson 1830 1885 (Colorado Springs) 117
The Tabors (Leadville and Denver) 125
Horace Tabor 1830-1899
Augusta Tabor 1833-1895
Elizabeth McGourt (Baby Doe) Tabor 1854-1935
Chief Ouray 1833-1880 and Chipeta 1843-1924 (Los Pinos Indian Agency) 137
William Jackson Palmer 1836-1909 (Colorado Springs) 145
David H. Moffat 1839-1911 (Moffat Road) 153
Casimiro Barela 1847-1920 (Trinidad) 163
Adolph Coors 1847-1929 (Golden) 169
Otto Mears 1840- 1931 (Poncha Pass) 177
F.O. Stanley 1849-1940 (Stanley Hotel, Estes Park) 185
Nikola Tesla 1856-1943 (Telluride, Colorado Springs) 191
Florence Sabin 1871 1953 (Central City, Denver) 201
Enos Mills 1870-1922 (Rocky Mountain National Park) 211
Bibliography 219
Index 229
About the Author 235