This Blue Hollow: Estes Park, The Early Years, 1859-1915

James H. Pickering

University Press of Colorado, 2005 - History - 316 pages

In this enthralling narrative, James H Pickering traces the development of Estes Park as a mountain resort community, from the time of its first recorded discovery by Joel Estes in 1859 to the establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park in 1915. Though Estes and his family stayed only briefly, others quickly followed: hunters, homesteading settlers, lumbermen, mountaineers, artists, writers, and vacationers. They came for many reasons: first for settlement, exploration, and exploitation and later for escape, health, recreation, and renewal. Their collective experiences and accomplishments-their successes as well as their failures-are chronicled in this book. The book also explores the conquest of Longs Peak and the first explorations of other high and remote places; and the people and circumstances that led to the establishment of the town of Estes Park in 1905 and Rocky Mountain National Park a decade later. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Colorado.

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Review: This Blue Hollow: Estes Park, the Early Years, 1859-1915

User Review  - Teresa - Goodreads

James Pickering is the go-to guy on all things Estes Park and he does not disappoint in this well written story of the beginnings of one of my favorite places. I now understand what made the area so ...

Review: This Blue Hollow: Estes Park, the Early Years, 1859-1915

User Review  - Robyn - Goodreads

Another book on Estes Park...preparing for my trip in September. This book was a good historical look of the characters who established Estes Park. Estes Park has been pretty much a tourist town since ...

Contents

• Loomings: 1
• The Arrival of the Earl: 33
• The Life and Death: 53

About the author

James H. Pickering, a longtime summer resident of Estes Park, is a professor of English at the University of Houston, where he has also served as dean, provost, and president. He has published seventeen books on Colorado and the West, including "This Blue Hollow": Estes Park, the Early Years, 1859-1915 (UPC).

Bibliographic information

• Title: This Blue Hollow: Estes Park, The Early Years, 1859-1915
• Author: James H. Pickering
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado, 2005
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jan 22, 2010
• ISBN: 0870818015, 9780870818011
• Length: 316 pages
• Subjects: Estes Park (Colo.); History / United States / State & Local / General; History / United States / State & Local / West; History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)