Land of Contrast: A History of Southeast Colorado

Athearn, Frederic J. Land of Contrast: A History of Southeast Colorado. Denver: Bureau of Land Management, 1985.

Chapters in this government publication include:

1. The Natural Setting
2. The First Europeans
3. An American Invasion
4. The New West Is Explored
5. Early Agricultural Settlement
6. Pike's Peak or Bust
7. Confrontations: Removal and Transition
8. A Period of Transition: Into the 1870's
9. A Time of Building, 1870-1880
10. Into Maturity, 1880-1900
11. A Period of Change: 1900-1920
12. Hard Times: 1920-1940
13. From War to Prosperity: 1940-1980

It's available at many Federal Depository Library Program libraries and at HathiTrust Digital Library.