Gayle Corbett Shirley
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For the first time in one collection, here are Colorado's most famous animal stories, carefully researched and written by children's book author Gayle C. Shirley. Read About... Shep, the canine greeter on the Denver-Boulder Turnpike Buff and Blaze, the grizzly and longhorn who dueled to the death Bum and Shorty, the unlikely couple who paired up for survival Ralphie, the CU buffalo homecoming queen who charged up the football team These stories and...
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Moving portraits of eighteen independent women who helped make Colorado what it is today Remarkable Colorado Women profiles the lives of eighteen of the state’s most important historical figures—women from across Colorado, from many different backgrounds and from various walks of life. Read about Julia Archibald Holmes who became the first white woman to ascend to the summit of Pike’s Peak in 1858; Frances Wisebart Jacobs, the compassionate...