Looks at the history of the southwestern Colorado town located in the San Juan Mountains.

A true pioneer of the West, Harriet Backus writes about her amusing and often challenging experiences with heart felt emotion and vivid detail. New foreword by Pam Houston and afterword by author's grandson Rob Walton are featured.

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press After booming with the discovery of gold and silver in the last century, Telluride went bust and slept for decades only to revive and enter a new era when skiing became popular in the 1960s.

Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, this unforgettable novel of the West tells a story filled with love, betrayal, adventure, and the lure of gold. Looking for answers when his father dies in a mysterious mining accident, a man comes to Telluride, where his reputation as a gunfighter is put to the test.