| Preface | p. ix |
| Geologic Time Chart | p. xii |
| A Foundation to Rest On | p. 1 |
| Continents Adrift | p. 1 |
| History--The Underlying Theme | p. 4 |
| Coming to Terms | p. 4 |
| Colorado through the Ages | p. 9 |
| The Final Touch | p. 17 |
| Gold Is Where You Find It | p. 18 |
| Fossil Fuels | p. 19 |
| Denver and Colorado Springs | p. 21 |
| Denver Area | p. 21 |
| Red Rocks Park--Dinosaur Ridge Area | p. 24 |
| Mount Evans | p. 29 |
| Boulder--Estes Park--Central City Loop | p. 32 |
| Colorado Springs Area | p. 41 |
| Garden of the Gods | p. 42 |
| Cave of the Winds | p. 44 |
| Pikes Peak | p. 46 |
| Cripple Creek and Gold Camp Road | p. 50 |
| High Plains and Piedmont | p. 57 |
| Cretaceous Sea | p. 57 |
| Rising Mountains and Sagging Basins | p. 58 |
| Mid-Tertiary Regional Uplift | p. 59 |
| Road Guides | |
| Interstate 25: Wyoming--Denver | p. 60 |
| Interstate 25: Denver--Colorado Springs | p. 65 |
| Interstate 25: Colorado Springs--Walsenburg | p. 69 |
| Interstate 25: Walsenburg--New Mexico | p. 75 |
| Interstate 70: Kansas--Limon | p. 81 |
| Interstate 70: Limon--Denver | p. 85 |
| Interstate 76: Julesburg--Fort Morgan | p. 87 |
| Interstate 76: Fort Morgan--Denver | p. 89 |
| U.S. 24: Limon--Colorado Springs | p. 92 |
| U.S. 50: Kansas--La Junta | p. 96 |
| U.S. 50: La Junta--Canon City | p. 100 |
| Colorado 115: Colorado Springs--Penrose | p. 105 |
| Ranges Folded and Faulted | p. 109 |
| Mountain-Building Events in Colorado | p. 109 |
| Road Guides | |
| Interstate 70/U.S. 6: Denver--Dillon | p. 117 |
| Interstate 70: Dillon--Dotsero | p. 122 |
| Interstate 70: Dotsero--Rifle | p. 127 |
| U.S. 24: Colorado Springs--Antero Junction | p. 137 |
| Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument | p. 139 |
| U.S. 24: Buena Vista--Interstate 70 | p. 143 |
| U.S. 34: Loveland--Granby via Rocky Mountain National Park | p. 149 |
| U.S. 40: Empire--Kremmling | p. 158 |
| U.S. 40: Kremmling--Steamboat Springs | p. 163 |
| U.S. 50: Canon City--Poncha Springs | p. 167 |
| U.S. 50: Poncha Springs--Gunnison | p. 175 |
| U.S. 160: Walsenburg--Alamosa | p. 180 |
| Great Sand Dunes National Monument | p. 185 |
| U.S. 285: Denver--Fairplay | p. 189 |
| U.S. 285: Fairplay--Poncha Springs | p. 195 |
| U.S. 285: Poncha Springs--New Mexico | p. 201 |
| U.S. 287: Wyoming--Loveland | p. 206 |
| Colorado 9: Kremmling--Fairplay | p. 211 |
| Colorado 14: Teds Place--Gould | p. 218 |
| Colorado 14: Gould--U.S. 40 | p. 223 |
| Colorado 82: Glenwood Springs--Aspen | p. 227 |
| Marble | p. 229 |
| Maroon Bells | p. 233 |
| Colorado 82: Aspen--U.S. 24 via Independence Pass | p. 235 |
| Volcanic San Juan Mountains | p. 239 |
| Volcanic Rocks | p. 243 |
| Pleistocene to Recent Time | p. 247 |
| Road Guides | |
| U.S. 50: Gunnison--Montrose | p. 247 |
| Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park | p. 252 |
| U.S. 160: Alamosa--Pagosa Springs | p. 257 |
| U.S. 550: Montrose--Silverton | p. 262 |
| U.S. 550: Silverton--Durango | p. 269 |
| Colorado 135: Gunnison--Crested Butte | p. 274 |
| Colorado 145: Telluride--Cortez | p. 278 |
| Colorado 149: South Fork--Blue Mesa Reservoir | p. 284 |
| Plateau Country | p. 293 |
| Precambrian Time | p. 294 |
| Paleozoic Time | p. 294 |
| Mesozoic Time | p. 295 |
| Cenozoic Time | p. 296 |
| Road Guides | |
| Interstate 70: Rifle--Utah | p. 299 |
| Colorado National Monument | p. 305 |
| U.S. 40: Steamboat Springs--Craig | p. 313 |
| U.S. 40: Craig--Utah | p. 317 |
| Dinosaur National Monument | p. 321 |
| U.S. 50: Montrose--Grand Junction | p. 325 |
| U.S. 160: Pagosa Springs--Durango | p. 329 |
| U.S. 160: Durango--Four Corners | p. 333 |
| Mesa Verde National Park | p. 337 |
| Colorado 13: Craig--Rifle | p. 340 |
| Colorado 62: Ridgway--Placerville | p. 345 |
| Colorado 64 and Colorado 139: Dinosaur--Loma | p. 349 |
| Colorado 65 and Colorado 92: Interstate 70--Delta via Grand Mesa | p. 355 |
| Colorado 141: Whitewater--Naturita | p. 359 |
| Colorado 145: Naturita--Telluride | p. 369 |
| For More Information | p. 374 |
| Glossary | p. 378 |
| Index | p. 387 |
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