{"product_id":"colorado-a-historical-atlas-9780806141848","title":"Colorado: A Historical Atlas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a thoroughly revised edition of the Historical Atlas of Colorado  which was coauthored by Tom Noel and published in 1994. Chock-full of the best and latest information on Colorado  this new edition features thirty new chapters  updated text  more than 100 color maps and 100 color photos  and a best-of listing of Colorado authors and books  as well as a guide to hundreds of tourist attractions.  Colorado received its name (Spanish for red) after much debate and many possibilities  including Idaho (an Indian name meaning gem of the mountains later discovered to be a fabrication) and Yampa (Ute for bear). Noel includes other little-known but significant facts about the state  from its status as first state in the Union to elect women to its legislature  to its controversial highest state designation  elevated by the 2013 legalization of recreational cannabis.  Noel and cartographer Carol Zuber-Mallison map and describe Colorados spectacular geography and its fascinating past. The books eight parts survey natural Colorado  from rivers and mountains to dinosaurs and mammals; history  from prehistoric peoples to twenty-first-century Color-oddities; mining and manufacturing  from the gold rush to alternative energy sources; agriculture  including wineries and brewpubs; transportation  from stagecoach lines to light rail; modern Colorado  from the New Deal to the present (including politics  history  and information on lynchings  executions  and prisons); recreation  covering not only hiking and skiing but also literary locales and Colorado in the movies; and tourism  encompassing historic landmarks  museums  and even cemeteries. In short  this book has informationand surprisesthat anyone interested in Colorado will relish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529656361013,"sku":"ByrdShop_0806141840","price":350.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780806141848.jpg?v=1780940587","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/colorado-a-historical-atlas-9780806141848","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}