
Time for Peace
Fort Lewis, Colorado, 1878-1891
Duane A. Smith(Author)
University Press of Colorado
Will be published approx. on 15. June 2006
Book
Hardback
212 pages
978-0-87081-832-5 (ISBN)
Description
TIME FOR PEACE, historian Duane Smiths chronicle of southwest Colorados Fort Lewis, belies the Western myth of soldiers riding out from isolated posts to rescue wagon trains and protect pioneer towns. Long on daily routine and blissfully short on action, Fort Lewis lost nary a soldier in battle. Nevertheless, it was influential in the settlement of the West. Fort Lewis and its contemporaries provided an economic windfall, a sense of security, and a cultural hub for settlers. The presence of Fort Lewis in the four corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah attracted farmers, businesspeople, and ranchers to settle the area. The forts social season, band, and baseball team helped make this rugged outpost an agreeable destination. The men who served at Fort Lewis, who made up a diverse cross-section of nineteenth-century America, served for little pay and poor food. With Smiths history, their contribution to the settlement of the West is recognised at last. Readers interested in Western and military history and in Colorado will enjoy this long-untold story.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Colorado
United States
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
b/w photos
Dimensions
Height: 155 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87081-832-5 (9780870818325)
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Person
Duane A. Smith is a professor of history at Fort Lewis College in Durango, and is the author or coauthor of more than fifty books on Colorado and the West. He also serves as chair of the Durango Parks and Forestry Board and on the Anima School House Museum Board.
Content
Prologue: Punished Woman's Fork and Pagosa Springs; Pagosa Springs; The Ute War; A Remote New Post; Photographic Essay: His Hour Upon the Stage; The Troopers; General Commotion All Over the Country; The Army Loved to Dance; Photographic Essay: God of Battles; Uncle Sam's Bonanza; The Last to Leave; Epilogue: Strike the Tent; Index.