1985 "Colorado and the Rockies: Land of many dreams" 1st Edition Hardcover Book - USED BOOK 

The edition contains 160 pagesof text as well as full-color photographs profiling the Colorado Rockies.Front Jacket Excerpt:

"Four centuries ago before Columbus landed in the New World, a people with a highly developed culture inhabited parts of what we now know as Colorado. Living in their cliff dwellings, these Indians had farmed the land for centuries, until years of prolonged drought forced them to leave. Their magnificent cave homes remain - a memorial to the builders' ingenuity. The discovery of gold and silver in the Rockies of Colorado was to change the face of the mountains forever. Thousands of people of all cultures and creeds poured into the remote mountain regions with just one purpose in mind: to wrest the long-buried treasures from the earth.. Today, people still come to Colorado by the thousands, but now their quest is for peace and tranquility and a recreation; they come to escape the pressures of twentieth century life. This lavish illustrated book will serve as a poignant reminder to those who have experienced the delights of the Colorado Rockies, and as a temptation to those who have resisted their call so far."