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Structuring data

1. Title is "The new empire of the Rockies : a history of northeast Colorado".

2. Author is Mehls, Steven F., United States. Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office.

3. Publisher Denver, Colo. : Bureau of Land Management.

4. Cultural Resources Series Number 16.

5. Bureau of Land Management Library, building 50, Center Federal Center, Denver, Colorado (CO), 80225.

6. 88614164 (Bar Code)

7. Copies of this Report are available at:

• NORTHEAST RESOURCE AREA BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT BUILDING 41, ROOM 129 DENVER FEDERAL CENTER DENVER, COLORADO 80225
• CANON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 3080 EAST MAIN STREET P.O. BOX 311

CANON CITY, COLORADO 81212

• COLORADO STATE OFFICE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 1037 20th STREET DENVER, COLORADO 80202

8. This document is printed in conjunction with the Northeast Resource Area Resource Management Plan / Environmental Impact Statement. It serves as support for the RMP/EIS and oil and gas leasing, in addition, this work is integral to the Canon City District Cultural Resource Management Plan.

9. This document is in the public domain and may be quoted. Please credit either the Bureau of Land Management or the author if direct quotations are made.

10. DESIGNED BY:

• Leigh A. Wellborn

11. SERIES EDITOR:

• Frederic J. Athearn

12. This volume represents the fourth in a series of five Class I Overview histories prepared by the Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land Management.

13. The purpose of these works is to develop a synthetic history of a given area in order to provide our managers and staff specialists with a baseline overview of the history in a district.

14. We have prepared these documents district by district, and they are regularly used by BLM personnel for orientation, training, and literature searches by professional consultants.

15. In addition, these Class I's are basic to the operation of BLM's Cultural Resource Management Program, because they provide the background that is required for field examination and evaluation of historic properties located on Bureau lands in Colorado.

16. The overview is also used for the preparation of Resource Management Plans and Environmental Impact Statements.

17. This work is the first time an author has attempted to write a broad view of northeastern Colorado, covering the area from the Continental Divide to Kansas and from Wyoming south to near Colorado Springs.

18. This massive region represents a quarter of Colorado and contains the vast majority of Colorado's historic sites and events.

19. It must be noted that the major cities, like Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Greeley are only mentioned. This is because there is no public land in these places and the Bureau's mandate is to manage the public lands, not private estate. Therefore, some of northeastern Colorado's history is briefly noted, with the emphasis placed on the interaction between the Federal Government and its role in the settlement of the West.

20. Kannon Richards, State Director, Colorado; Denver, Colorado.

What this book is

• Support for RMP/EIS
  • Northeast Resource Area Resource Management Plan / Environmental Impact Statement;
• Work integral to
  • Canon City District Cultural Resource Management Plan;
  • Provides a baseline overview of history
    • aides Staff & Specialists in field examination and evaluation of historic properties.

• Report;
  • Copies are available to general public;
• Document;
  • used by BLM personnel for orientation, training, and literature searches by professional consultants.
  • Printed in conjunction with the Northeast Resource Area Resource Management Plan / Environmental Impact Statement.
  • It serves as support for the (RMP/EIS) and oil and gas leasing.
  • this work is integral to the Canon City District Cultural Resource Management Plan.
• Volume;
  • Fourth in a series of Five;
  • Class I Overview histories

Description and Subject

Natural Colorado; Exploration & Fur Trade; Pike's Peak, Gold Rush & Afterwards; Ranchers; Sodbusters; Mining; Transportation; Urban Frontier; 1890s: Time for Change; Twentieth Century; Colorado since 1940.