Leonard, Stephen J., 1941-

A short history of Denver [electronic resource] / Stephen J. Leonard and Thomas J. Noel. - Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2016. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From camping grounds to towns -- City building: 1859-1876 -- Worshiping, educating, healing, helping -- Growing out and up -- Go-getters & gamblers -- Down and up in the 1890s -- Paris on the Platte -- The tumultuous twenties -- This thing called depression -- World War II and postwar boom -- Suburbanization -- All the people -- A sporting town -- Preservation pacesetters -- Paths to the future.

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Denver Metropolitan Area (Colo.)--History.
Denver (Colo.)--History.


Electronic books.

F784.D457 / L47 2016

978.8/83