Finding the Wild West: The Mountain West: Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana

by Mike Cox

Overview

From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the Mountain West states of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana—one of the five-volume Finding the Wild West series—highlights the best preserved historic sites as well as ghost towns, reconstructions, museums, historical markers, statues, works of public art that tell the story of the Old West. Use this book in planning your next trip and for a storytelling overview of America’s Wild West history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493064151
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	11/15/2022
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Mike Cox is the author of more than thirty-five nonfiction books and hundreds of newspaper articles, columns, magazine stories, and essays for a wide variety of regional and national publications. When not writing, he spends as much time as he can traveling, fishing, hunting, and looking for new stories to tell. He lives in the Hill Country village of Wimberley, Texas.

Table of Contents

Preface: Finding the Wild West xiii

Introduction: The Mountain West xvii

Nevada

Austin (Larson County) 2

Battle Mountain (Larson County) 3

Belmont (Nye County) 4

Carson City (Consolidated Municipality of Carson City) 5

Elko (Elko County) 8

Ely (White Pine County) 8

Eureka (Eureka County) 10

Genoa (Douglas County) 11

Goldfield (Esmeralda County) 14

Las Vegas (Clark County) 14

Pioche (Lincoln County) 16

Reno (Washoe County) 18

Rhyolite (Nye County) 21

Tonopah (Nye County) 23

Virginia City (Storey County) 24

Winnemucca (Humboldt County) 27

Yerington (Lyon County) 28

Utah

Beaver (Beaver County) 32

Brigham City (Box Elder County) 33

Cedar City (Iron County) 34

Circleville (Piute County) 35

Fillmore (Millard County) 36

Frisco (Beaver County) 36

Green River (Emery County) 37

Helper (Carbon County) 37

Logan (Cache County) 38

Moab (Grand County) 38

Monument Valley (Navajo Nation) 39

Ogden (Weber County) 41

Park City (Summit County) 42

Price City (Carbon County) 44

Provo (Wasatch County) 46

Richfield (Sevier County) 47

St. George (Washington County) 47

Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County) 48

Silver Reef (Washington County) 51

Tooele (Tooele County) 52

Vernal (Uintah County) 53

Colorado

Alamosa (Alamosa County) 58

Aspen (Pitkin County) 59

Bent's Fort (Otero County) 60

Boulder (Boulder County) 61

Brown's Park (Moffat County) 62

Buena Vista (Chaffee County) 63

Cañon City (Fremont County) 65

Central City (Gilpen County) 66

Chivington (Kiowa County) 67

Colorado Springs (El Paso County) 68

Craig (Moffat County) 69

Creede (Mineral County) 70

Crested Butte (Gunnison County) 72

Cripple Creek (Teller County) 73

Delta (Delta County) 76

Denver (Denver County) 77

Durango (La Plata County) 83

Fairplay (Park County) 84

Fort Collins (Larimer County) 84

Fort Garland (Costilla County) 85

Georgetown (Clear Creek County) 86

Glenwood Springs (Garfield County) 87

Golden (Jefferson County) 88

Grand Junction (Mesa County) 90

Grand Lake (Grand County) 90

Greeley (Weld County) 91

Gunnison (Gunnison County) 92

Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County) 92

Julesburg (Sedgwick County) 93

Lake City (Hinsdale County) 94

Leadville (Lake County) 95

Meeker (Rio Blanco County) 98

Montrose (Montrose County) 100

Ouray (Ouray County) 101

Platteville (Weld County) 102

Pueblo (Pueblo County) 103

St. Elmo (Chaffee County) 106

Silverton (San Juan County) 107

Sterling (Logan County) 109

Telluride (San Miguel County) 109

Tin Cup (Gunnison County) 110

Trinidad (Las Animas County) 111

Virginia Dale (Larimer County) 112

Wray (Yuma County) 113

Wyoming

Baggs (Carbon County) 116

Buffalo (Johnson County) 116

Casper (Natrona County) 119

Cheyenne (Laramie County) 122

Cody (Park County) 127

Douglas (Converse County) 129

Encampment (Carbon County) 130

Evanston (Uinta County) 131

Fort Laramie (Goshen County) 132

Green River (Sweetwater County) 133

Jackson (Teton County) 134

Kaycee (Johnson County) 134

Lander (Fremont County) 135

Laramie (Albany County) 136

Lusk (Niobrara County) 139

Medicine Bow (Carbon County) 141

Meeteetse (Park County) 142

Newcastle (Weston County) 142

Pinedale (Sublette County) 144

Rawlins (Carbon County) 145

Rock Springs (Sweetwater County) 146

Sheridan (Sheridan County) 148

South Pass City (Carter County) 149

Sundance (Crook County) 149

Thermopolis (Hot Springs County) 150

Montana

Bannack (Beaverhead County) 154

Big Timber (Sweet Grass County) 156

Billings (Yellowstone County) 156

Bozeman (Gallatin County) 160

Butte (Silver Bow County) 162

Cascade (Cascade County) 164

Chinook (Blaine County) 165

Deer Lodge (Powell County) 165

Dillon (Beaverhead County) 167

Elkhorn (Jefferson County) 168

Fort Benton (Chouteau County) 169

Garnet (Granite County) 171

Great Falls (Cascade County) 172

Helena (Lewis and Clark County) 173

Lewistown (Fergus County) 175

Livingston (Park County) 176

Lolo (Missoula County) 177

Malta (Phillips County) 179

Miles City (Custer County) 180

Missoula (Missoula County) 183

Stevensville (Ravalli County) 184

Three Forks (Gallatin County) 185

Virginia City-Nevada City (Madison County) 186

Index 189

About the Author 202