Books (223)

Colorado Abandoned: Capturing the Beauty of the Forgotten is a photographic art experience that captures visually alluring items, artifacts, and locations left abandoned to the elements, mostly from the high...

Colorado Springs: The Most Significant Sites in the City highlights the places and experiences that make this city so special. Going beyond what is typically recommended and documented by other...

Explores Charlie and Nancy Russell's two-decade connection with Glacier National Park, showcasing his art, influential visitors, and landscape changes over time. Cowboy Artist Charlie Russell and Glacier National Park examines...

The Crescenta Valley is a typical suburb of the metropolis of Los Angeles, containing residential neighborhoods nestled in chaparral-covered hills. But hidden in these typical neighborhoods are remnants of an...

The Crescenta Valley is an upper middle-class suburb of Los Angeles. It enjoys a low crime rate and high property values. But like any community, it has a distasteful side...

For over a century, water has connected the communities on Puget Sound, starting with days of the iron-hulled steamers of the Black Ball Line and continuing to the vessels of...

The California desert stands as a testament to the ever-changing interplay between human ambition and the forces of nature. In the early pioneer days, towns would quickly spring up like...

Detroit's Streetcar Heritage is a photographic essay of the Detroit, Michigan, streetcar system. Replacement of slow moving horsecar service began with the opening of an electric street railway by the...

Early Photographers of Glacier National Park examines the photographers, and the photographs they produced, who worked in the pre-park period up through the first three decades of Glacier Park (1910–1940)....

In the pre-World War II era, Park Rangers patrolled Glacier National Park year-round, based out of ranger stations distributed unevenly around the park, protecting it from poachers and hunters as...

Most of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains is a raw and inhospitable land, largely the product of recent volcanic activity. Railroad builders constructed a couple mainlines skirting the edges...

The story of Lake Tahoe is the story of people and the environment and their reciprocal influences. The environment shaped the lives of the early people of Tahoe, and later,...

Northern Colorado is a unique area of the state, encompassing both the massive Rocky Mountains and the arid Great Plains regions. With its diverse landscapes and resources, Northern Colorado has...

Forgotten Colorado: Southern Region brings to light one of the first areas in the state to be settled. Once home to a thriving coal and steel industry, Southern Colorado has...

Forgotten Colorado: The Eastern Plains explores this often ignored and underappreciated part of the state. Known as the agricultural center of Colorado, this region was once a thriving area for...

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County is a region steeped in the history of our early nation, further punctuated by the defining, tragic drama of the American Civil War. Here was the...

This is the story of the frontier in California that grew to the city of Livermore. The town was created simultaneously with the Transcontinental Railroad. Initially a ranching railroad town...

The Gambler 500 began as little more than a way to kill a weekend. Over beers in a local tavern, founder Tate Morgan and a couple of friends laid out...

Everyone thinks they know the history of the Las Vegas Strip. But the real story is both fascinating and not well known. What was there before the Bellagio, the Wynn,...

Explore Lake Tahoe's geological history, revealing tectonic, glacial, and volcanic forces that shaped its stunning landscape. Unlock the secrets of Lake Tahoe's fascinating geological history in this immersive exploration. From...

Getting around in Glacier National Park was quite difficult for early travelers seeking to experience its towering mountains, deep glacial valleys, and extensive lakes. With Glacier’s location in the far...

Ghost Stories from the San Joaquin Delta provides an introduction to local history through stories that reflect our culture and identity. Tule fog, railroads, waterways and remote homesteads provide a...

A photographic and historical journey through Eastern Idaho’s abandoned boomtowns, revealing their vibrant past and haunting present. Come on a captivating journey through the remote territories of Idaho in Howard...

Step into the captivating world of Idaho's forgotten past with Howard Frisk's Ghost Towns of Western Idaho. This engaging book takes you on a visual and historical journey through the...

Quail Run Ranch, a place forgotten to time, sits hidden in the hills of Southern California. Although it looks sedate and unimposing, the very land it sits on has a...

Gilsonite is a solid hydrocarbon mined in vertical veins in southern Uintah County, Utah. It is found in veins anywhere from a foot to twenty-two feet in width, and a...

This book examines the fashion by which the Great Northern Railway used the image of the plains-dwelling Blackfeet Native Americans to sell the romantic as well as western image of...

Arizona is one of several states that make up the Wild West in the United States. Arizona became a territory in 1863 and was later admitted into the Union on...

California is one of several states that make up the Wild West in the United States. It was first established as a U.S. a territory in 1848. The state that...

Nevada is one of several states that make up the Wild West in the United States. Nevada became a territory in 1848; due to a lack of inhabitants, it was...

New Mexico is one of several states that make up the Wild West in the United States. New Mexico became a territory in 1853 and was later admitted into the...

Volcanic activity and human turmoil forged the complexion of our nation’s forty-seventh state, New Mexico. Explore, absorb, and enjoy along with author, Donna Blake Birchell, as she takes you to...

This book outlines the history of both Long Beach and its hospitals. Few other California cities can boast of their efforts to keep the public healthy as can Long Beach....

Hollywood, California, Through Time is a visual discovery of the most dreamed about city in the world. Hollywood is a physical place, with over a century of cinema, where you...

Idyllwild, California, is an extraordinary mountain village. On weekends and holidays, it hosts a flood of visitors. Many are drawn by its reputation as an arts community; more come simply...

From native peoples to today’s inhabitants, this anthology collects Delta stories. For native peoples, the Delta satisfied mind, body, and spirit. For the Spanish recruiting native labor and souls, it...