Coal People Life in Southern Colorado's Company Towns, 1890-1930

Name: Coal People Life in Southern Colorado's Company Towns, 1890-1930
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ISBN: 9780870815997

ISBN-10: 0870815997

ISBN-13: 9780870815997

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Authors: Rick J. Clyne, Colorado Historical Society

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This study takes a fresh look into the lives of families living in the coal camps of southern Colorado between 1890 and the Great Depression. Historian Rick J. Clyne examines the experiences of the men, women, and children who lived and worked in these isolated, company-dominated towns. With the dangerous nature of mining coal a daily reality, the fear of death and injury was pervasive -- not only for the miners venturing into the earth day after day, but for their dependents as well. Clyne reveals that a strong sense of community and tolerance existed in the camps, into which families journeyed from such far-flung locales as eastern and southern Europe to carve out a living. The shared…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Publication date: 6/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.03" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.374
Language: English