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Long before the Spanish conquistadors invaded the land of the southern Rockies in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola, the Indians of the piedmont plains had looked upon its glacial valleys and mountain fastnesses in wonder and in terror. To them it was a region of mystery and legend, the biding place of wrathful gods. But if the peaks and canyons of the Rockies held terrors for the successive waves of adventurous trappers and mountain men, it also held the promise of gold -- gold to be derived from beaver pelts, from the glittering trade of Santa Fe, from the seas of ripened grass, and from the precious metals themselves.The quest for the golden fleece, of course, meant ruthless banishment of the Indians and eventual settlement of the wilderness. With settlement came the accouterments of civilization -- roaring towns, a new economy, and railroads to break through the isolation and terror of the mountains. But with familiarity came contempt. Profitable expansion became ruinous exploitation. Grazing lands, fish and game reserves, timber stands, ore deposits, soil, and water -- all were fair game in the fever of money seeking that gripped the country toward the close of the l

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Author

Lavender, David, 1910-2003

Publisher

Edison, New Jersey

Published

1948

Language

EN

ISBN

9780785813767

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14