Hobbs, Will
Summary: "Determined to recover his family's mules, fifteen-year-old Owen is joined by his kid brother and Telluride's notorious marshal in pursuit of a rustler--all the way to Butch Cassidy's hideout"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Relives the grand hopes, dreams, loves, and adventures of generations of residents in Centennial, Colorado-- from their risky attempts to establish a settlement in 1795 through the politics and power plays of the 20th century. Begins with French and Scottish trappers interacting with Native Americans and follows the increasing conflicts as more permanent settlers arrive. Shows how the town of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal City Studios, Inc. 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Laura has her first experiences as a teacher, and is courted by Almanzo Wilder.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Children's Audio 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD WILHolm, Jennifer L.
Summary: Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOLLowery, Linda
Summary: A biography of the freed slave who made her fortune in Colorado and used her money to bring other former slaves there to begin new lives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 1999
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB BROWN STRCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLIWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Laura has her first experiences as a teacher, and is courted by Almanzo Wilder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Bros. 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Wilder 1971Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WILHale, Nathan
Summary: "The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2013
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Summary: In 1807, Harriet Winter leaves her family's New Hampshire farm with her brother to settle in the Genesee Valley to avoid being pushed into marriage with her neighbor, Daniel Long.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OSTJohnstone, William W.
Summary: "Smoke Jensen is mighty proud of his son Louis for finishing law school. But he can't help being a little disappointed that Louis isn't returning to the Sugarloaf Ranch. Instead, he's setting up his own law practice in nearby Big Rock--a career choice that turns out to be every bit as dangerous as fending off cattle rustlers. The boy's first case lands him smack in the middle of a heated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOHHolm, Jennifer L.
Summary: Far from her native Philadelphia, Miss Jane Peck continues to prove that she is more than an etiquette-schooled graduate of Miss Hepplewhite's Young Ladies Academy as she braves the untamed wilderness of Washington Territory in the mid 1850s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOLOsborne, Mary Pope
Summary: "Is this town haunted?" Jack and Annie wonder when the Magic Tree House whisks them to the Wild West. But before they can say "Boo!" they rush headlong into an adventure filled with horse thieves, a lost colt, rattlesnakes, and a cowboy named Slim. Will Jack and Annie have time to solve the next tree house riddle? The answer may depend on a ghost!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2015
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Summary: "Introduces the reader to women in the old West"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, An imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.4 DUMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 DUMWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Bros. 1981
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WILHolm, Jennifer L.
Summary: The arrival from Philadelphia of her spiteful nemesis Sally Biddle and the return of her corrupt ex-fiance Richard Baldt spell trouble for seventeen-year-old Miss Jane Peck, who has survived on her own in Shoalwater Bay, a community of white settlers and Chinook Indians in 1850s Washington Territory.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2004
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOLDallas, Sandra.
Summary: Unexpectedly married to the man considered the catch of her hometown, a young woman finds herself traveling via covered wagon to Colorado in search of a new start, with only her reticent husband and her personal journal to keep her company.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DALRundell, B. N.
Summary: "With the Civil War raging across the land, Reuben thought Colorado Territory was far enough away from the fighting. His time of peace would be short-lived as he was called to South Park to quell southern sympathisers' recruiting efforts. After leaving their peaceful cabin in the mountains, and being confronted by a suspicious band of partisans, he was forced to do what he could to deal a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wolfpack Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUNKirkpatrick, Jane
Summary: Based on true-life characters and events, this novel tells the story of young Jane Hebert who at the age of 12 faced a tragedy which began a lifelong search for forgiveness and love. In the years that follow, Jane finds herself involved with a man 16 years her senior, struggles to make peace with the mother who turns from her and fights to build a family of her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIRWilkes, Maria D.
Summary: An abridged version of the story of young Caroline Quiner, who would grow up to become Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, and her family surviving their first year without Father in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Rundell, B. N.
Summary: "Kaniache, war chief and leader of the Mouache Ute tribe, stood at odds with Ouray, chief of the Tabeguache Ute, who was willing to do whatever white men asked, even giving up much of their native homeland. All that Ouray would surrender in a bid for peace, Kaniache was determined to reclaim. With the aftermath of the Sand Creek massacre still on the minds of the native peoples, few were keen...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wolfpack Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUNElno, Robin
Summary: When William's father kicks him out of his Kansas home, no one--including William--thinks he'll amount to much. William suffers from an ailment that causes him to twitch uncontrollably. Of course, this is strange behavior to folks on the frontier. Needless to say, it's tough for William to make friends. William's strange tic insults an outlaw. Forced to defend himself, William discovers his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult- Western, Call number: Western Elno 2017Grey, Zane
Summary: Lynn Weston, a college athlete, finds adventure when gangsters try to blow up a great American dam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walter J. Black 1963
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRELarson, Kirby
Summary: After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC LARWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: The third book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series. The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for the big skies of the Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their house. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017