Shellenbarger, Melanie, 1953-

High country summers early second homes of Colorado, 1880-1940 / [electronic resource] : Melanie Shellenbarger. - Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2012. - xii, 274 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: a dwelling unlike any other -- The lure of landscape: tourism in Colorado and the Mountain West -- Villas of the vernacular: the Colorado second home in context -- Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park -- The national forests -- Lincoln Hills -- The Denver mountain parks and foothills -- Conclusion: summer people, summer lives.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780816599332 (electronic bk.)




Vacation homes--History--Colorado--19th century.
Vacation homes--History--Colorado--20th century.
Architecture and society--History--Colorado--19th century.
Architecture and society--History--Colorado--20th century.


Electronic books.

NA7575 / .S53 2012

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