Research Resources

I hope you find these resources helpful in your search for your ancestors. The links are on the left. If you have any resources that you consider helpful, please let me know.

Stagecoach History

Pioneer Monument

USGenWeb® Special Projects

Colorado Books Special Project

A word about Interlibrary Loans.....

For those of you haven't tried "Interlibrary Loan" - it is the greatest thing since ice cream! If you want to read a book that you can't get locally talk to your librarian. Most US libraries participate in the program. Write down the book title, author, and any other details you may have such as publisher. Give it to your librarian and she will order the book in for you. My library charges me between $2-$5 to get any book that circulates in the country. The process usually takes several weeks. The library calls you when it comes in. Usually you can take the book home for several weeks. Some libraries require you read the book on the premises. It depends on the policy of the lending library and the value of the book. Some books are so scarce that they don't circulate.

If you can't obtain your book through interlibrary loan - there is still hope. Make a trip to the Library of Congress in Washington DC some day. They have a copy of almost every book ever published in the U.S. Everyone needs to visit this wonderful repository at least once in their life! And don't forget Ebay - always a good source for obscure books, as is Amazon.com. One final place to look - check out the local historical societies - they usually have books and transcriptions available for sale because sale of their transcriptions is one of their major sources of funding.

A Pictorial History of Glenwood, by E.H. Goodwin,  Colo. Springs, Colo.:  Century One Press, 1978.

Carbondale Pioneers, 1879-1890, by Edna Denmark Sweet,   Carbondale, Colo., 1947. 

Cold Snows of Carbonate, by Lena Urguahart

Garfield County, Colorado : the First Hundred Years, 1883-1983, by Andrew Gulliford ; copy photographs by Randall

Glenwood Springs: The history of a Rocky Mountain Resort by Jim Nelson. Western Reflections, Inc., Ouray, Colorado: 1999. Available for purchase at www.amazon.com

Glenwood Springs:  A Quick History Including Glenwood Canyon, by Nelson, Jim  Fort Collins, Colo.:  Firstlight, 1998. 

Glenwood Springs:  Spa in the Mountains, by Lena M. Urquhart, Boulder, Colo.:  Pruett, 1970.

Glenwood's Early Glamour, by Bancroft, Caroline. 1958.

Guide to Glenwood Canyon, by McGregor, Heather.  Glenwood Springs, Colo.:  Pika, 1992

Lest We Forget:  A Short History of Early Grand Valley, Colorado, originally called Parachute, Colorado, by Erlene

Lest We Forget: A-B  |  C-D  |  E-F  |  G-H  | I-K |  L-M  |  N-R  |  S-T  |  U-Z

Progressive Men of Western Colorado. Chicago, Ill.:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905.

Rifle Shots:  The Story of Rifle, Colorado, by Rifle Reading Club.    Rifle, Colo., 1973. 

Roll Call, the Violent and Lawless, by Lena M. Urquhart,  Call Number 978.816 U79ro C364 U79ro Publisher Denver, Golden Bell Press [1967] Description 57 p. illus. 22 cm  

The Elusive Dream : a Relentless Quest for Coal in Western Colorado, by Anna Johnson and Kathleen Yajko. Call Number 338.2724 J63eL C978.816 J63eL Publisher Glenwood Springs, Colo. : Gran Farnum Printing & Pub. Co., 1983. Description 80 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm. Notes  AVAILABLE AT Glenwood Frontier Museum

The Legend of the Burning Mountain, by Dale Shrull, a new book about the town of Newcastle, CO

They Came From Missouri:  the History of Missouri Heights, Colorado, Witt, Anita McCune, Glenwood Springs, Colo.:  Gran Farnum Printing, 1998. 

Tombstone Transcriptions/Garfield County, Colorado.  Glenwood Springs, the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1985. 

Wooing A Harsh Mistress:  Glenwood Canyon's Highway Odyssey, by John L. Haley,  Greeley, Colo.: Canyon Communications, 1994.