* A full-color celebration of Colorado climbing history * Fascinating essays by expert authors, many of whom are climbers * A beautiful mix of 150 contemporary and historical Colorado mountaineering photographs 100 Years Up High celebrates the 20th century in the Colorado mountains by focusing on the significant mountaineers, events, and developments that made climbing, hiking, and skiing the High Country a great outdoor adventure for hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts drawn from Colorado and beyond. Colorado mountaineering has seen dramatic changes in the 20th century. Building on earlier developments, hiking and climbing began as a homemade sport. Heading for the summit, climbers traveled on trains or horses. Men wore coats and ties and women full skirts. Later in the century, as mountaineering expanded, entrepreneurs created special equipment, clothing, and food for the outdoors, and the car became the key form of transport to the trailhead. Coloradans not only hiked and climbed but also pushed to create national parks and national forests in their own state -- a movement highlighted by the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park in 1915. Throughout the century, Coloradans continued to press for the creation of national monuments and wilderness areas to preserve and protect key features of the environment for generations to come.

100 Years Up High: Colorado Mountains & Mountaineers

History

James Fell

Janet Robertson

David Hite

Christopher Case

Walter Borneman

Americas

Colorado Mountain Club

As the American Revolution drew to a close and the colonies claimed independence from Britain, the United States' gaze turned west to the vast expanse of land that was seemingly ripe for the taking. After all, according to their Manifest Destiny, it was their God-given right to expand. In American West, uncover the resistance that these enterprising settlers faced, from the Native Americans to the unforgiving terrain. Discover the reality of what life was like on the frontier, and meet some of the key figures in creating the legend of the Wild West, including Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp. Elsewhere, find out how the Native Americans suffered at the hands of the western settlers, from wars and legislation that stripped them of their rights, to attempts to crush existing cultures.

American West: History of the Wild West and Westward Expansion 1803-1890 (Fox Chapel Publishing) Lewis and Clark, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, FJ ... The Oregon Trail, and More (Visual History)

Alice Barnes-Brown

Nell Darby

Fox Chapel Publishing

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