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Surfing in Hawai’i: 1778-1930
$31.99 Add to cartWhen the early European explorers traversed the globe, their journals held numerous accounts of Hawaiians enjoying surfing. Since Europeans of that era were not accustomed to swimming in their own col… [more below]
- Author: Delavega, Timothy Tovar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: June 13 2011
- ISBN10: 153164936X
- Language: English
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Oak Cliff
$31.99 Add to cartAn advertisement heralded, “Oak Cliff gets its name from the massive oaks that crown the soft green cliffs.” Originally called Hord’s Ridge for its founder William Henry Hord, the area was purchased b… [more below]
- Author: Elliott, Alan C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 22 2009
- ISBN10: 153164631X
- Language: English
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John Mullan: The Tumultuous Life of a Western Road Builder
$32.95 Add to cartJohn Mullan’s celebrated construction project–a 625-mile link that connected the Missouri and Columbia rivers–established the West Point graduate as an accomplished road builder. After completing th
- Author: Petersen, Keith C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0874223210
- Language: English
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Denver’s Sixteenth Street
$24.99 Add to cartThe beloved thoroughfare at the heart of Denver, Sixteenth Street has always been the Mile-High City s Main Street. Sixteenth Street got its jump start in 1879 when Leadville s Silver King and Colorad… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Barnhouse, Mark A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 16 2010
- ISBN10: 073858102X
- Language: English
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Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska: Company L, Twenty-Fourth Infantry
$32.95 Add to cartThe town of Skagway was born in 1897 after its population quintupled in under a year due to the Klondike gold rush. Balanced on the edge of anarchy, the U.S. Army stationed Company L, a unit of Buffal… [more below]
- Author: Shellum, Brian G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: November 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496228448
- Language: English
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People Before the Park
$19.95 Add to cartPeople Before the Park shares the rich cultural traditions of the Kootenai and Blackfeet tribes, in and around the area that is now Glacier National Park.
- Author: Thompson, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: July 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1940527716
- Language: English
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Haunted Salt Lake City
$23.99 Add to cartUncovering ghost stories in Salt Lake City leads to a spooky mixture of legend, lore and local history. A young female apparition likes to surprise guests of the McCune Mansion by leaping from a mirro… [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Allen, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 17 2018
- ISBN10: 146713824X
- Language: English
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A Troubled Oasis: A Critical History of Palm Springs, California: Revised and Enlarged Edition
$52.95 Add to cartThis is a revised and enlarged version of A Troubled Oasis: A Critical History of Palm Springs. The key chapter on the tragedy of the Section Fourteen so-called “urban holocaust,” when minorities were
- Author: Isetti, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 398
- Publish Date: October 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1977256481
- Language: English
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Secret Sonoma: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$22.50 Read more- Author: Misuraca, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1681063387
- Language: English
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The Other Idahoans – Regular
$22.99 Add to cartFallen angels in the bawdy houses. Migrants barred from Main Street. Homesteaders driven from homesteads when August rained black storms of dust. The Other Idahoans recovers their hard-luck stories. V… [more below]
- Author: Shallat, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: April 26 2016
- ISBN10: 0990736342
- Language: English
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History of Wyoming (Second Edition)
$40.00 Add to cart“[This] may be the finest state history ever written. . . . Required reading for anyone with pretensions to knowledge about the West–past, present, future.”–San Francisco Chronicle
Winner of an Award
- Author: Larson, T. a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 695
- Publish Date: August 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0803279361
- Language: English
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Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles
$40.99 Add to cartLos Angeles is a city founded on blood. Once a small Mexican pueblo teeming with Californios, Indians, and Americans, all armed with Bowie knives and Colt revolvers, it was among the most murderous lo
- Author: Faragher, John Mack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: February 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0393353656
- Language: English
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Oldest Los Angeles
$20.95 Read more- Series: Oldest
- Author: Slawoff, Mimi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1681063743
- Language: English
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Tattered Cover Book Store: A Storied History
$21.99 Read moreFor more than five decades, the Tattered Cover has been Colorado’s favorite source for books. Beginning with just 950 square feet, it has grown into a multistore operation and important cultural insti… [more below]
- Author: Barnhouse, Mark A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1467151084
- Language: English
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History of California: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Golden State, Starting from when Native Americans Dominated through European
$16.97 Add to cartIf you want to discover the influential and captivating history of California, then read on…
California’s transformation into the most populous state in America and the home of some of the country’s
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: April 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1637162774
- Language: English
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Leadville
$12.95 Add to cartLeadville, Colorado has its own special story — a story that has become legendary because of its myriad of extraordinary people. First there was a gold rush, and then a silver rush, and the city of … [more below]
- Author: Southworth, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: May 08 2011
- ISBN10: 1890778095
- Language: English
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Union Station in Denver
$21.99 Add to cartOn June 1, 1881, Denver’s Union Station opened as the largest structure west of the Mississippi. The station welcomed people from all walks of life, from pioneers and miners to U.S. presidents and Buf… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Beck, Rhonda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1626199647
- Language: English
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Historic Homes and Inns of Carmel-By-The-Sea
$31.99 Add to cartHistoric Homes and Inns of Carmel-by-the-Sea showcases the creativity, talent, and originality of the town s residents, designers, and builders over a span of 80 years, from the pioneering days of the… [more below]
- Author: Dramov, Alissandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: July 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1531699154
- Language: English
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Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Saltan Sea
$35.00 Read moreThis is the story of Palm Springs in its golden years, a city that had it all, including marvelous midcentury Modern architecture, fabulous fly-in hotels, and a swinging nightlife.
Through vintage phot
- Author: Moruzzi, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1423604768
- Language: English
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Chinese in Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community That Built Wine Country
$23.99 Add to cartUnearth the origins of Napa Valley’s prosperity. Chinese laborers were once the backbone of Napa Valley. Throughout the late 1800s, they toiled in the grape fields, mines, hop farms, leather tanneries… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: McCormick, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152781
- Language: English
