Auteur: Smith Duane A. Smith

In The Trail of Gold and Silver, historian Duane A. Smith details Colorado’s mining saga – a story that stretches from the beginning of the gold and silver mining rush in the mid-nineteenth century i …

Chronicling the people, places, and events of the state’s colorful history, Colorado: The Highest State is the story of how Colorado grew up. Through booms and busts in farming and ranching, mining a …

There are many studies of local communities during their heydays, but the life of a community in decline is rarely studied. The Once and Future Silver Queen of the Rockies delves into the life of Geo …

This is a lively history of three Rocky Mountain states in the twentieth century. With the sure hand of an experienced writer and the engaging voice of a veteran storyteller, the well-known historian …