Local History & Memoir

Learn more about Vail and Eagle County through the eyes of local historians and residents. Please note that several of these books are products of the Eagle County Historical Society.

$21.99
ISBN-13: 9780738595320
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 8/2012

Early Eagle (Paperback)

$21.99
ISBN-13: 9780738580869
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 7/2010

$21.99
ISBN-13: 9780738556352
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 6/2008

$19.99
ISBN-13: 9781609495701
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Published: History Press, 7/2012

Ida: Her Labor of Love by Carol McManus
$16.95
Model: 1890437182

Minturn: A Memoir by Bill Burnett
$25.00
Model: 9780977113620

The Eagle on Battle Mountain by William Burnett
$15.00
Model: EAGLEONBATTLE
The Eagle on Battle Mountain by William Burnett is a highly detailed and very readable personal account about New Jersey Zinc Company's Eagle Mine at Gilman, Colorado in the 1940s and 1950s. Burnet concentrates this account on the mining complex, including the company town of Gilman. The descriptions Burnett provides are exactly the subjects---the support plant and personnel---that never make it into technical journals. This book is recommended for those interested in Colorado history or mining history.

Ghosts of Eagle and Grand Counties by John K. Aldrich
$15.00
Model: 9780982174036
Ghosts of Eagle and Grand Counties by John K. Aldrich is a classic ghost-town and historic mining guide, updated with GPS locations. Numerous color photographs and an exclusive large topographical map showing site locations will help you explore Colorado’s mountain history from your armchair or from back county roads and trails. Inludes ghost towns and mining camps of Jackson, Larimer, and Routt Counties. Originally published as Ghosts of Northern Colorado, now updated with GPS co-ordinates. Details 30 mining towns and camps of these northern Colorado Counties, including Holy Cross, Fulford, and Hahn's Peak.

Colorado Rascals, Scoundrels, and No Goods by Mary Ellen Gilliland
$19.95
Model: 1889385085
An entertaining history by Mary Ellen Gilliland, recounting the misbehavior of those in the mine camps of Breckenridge, Frisco, Dillon, Keystone, and Silverthorne.

$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780375759512
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 11/2004

Soldiers on Skis (Paperback)

$42.00
ISBN-13: 9781581607062
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Published: Paladin Press, 7/1992

$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780870818233
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Published: University Press of Colorado, 7/2005

Betty Ford by Elizabeth Eber
$19.95
Model: 9780977113606

The Good Life: Growing Up on Squaw Creek by Mary Fenno Thomas
$21.75
Model: GOODLIFE
A wonderful biography of homesteading in the Edwards area. Published by The Eagle County Historical Society, this memoir is one for the record.

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