Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Official Souvenir and Manual of the Fifteenth General Assembly and State of Colorado: Being a Collection of Portraits, Engravings and Biographies of the State Officials, Members of the Supreme Court, Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Fifteenth General Assembly
To perpetuate in a graphic and lively form somewhat of the present thrilling and spectacular epoch in the history of this State, and exhibit to its people a striking portraiture of the chief actors, events and items of interest therein; to show forth in vivid colors the earlier history of the Commonwealth - the hurry and struggle, the unrest and the labors, the failures and suc cesses, the pleasures and privations of its founders, in accounts of their activities given by themselves: to display the present state of progress and prosperity, and the mighty achievements in industrial and commercial life which have followed in the wake of the pioneers, that race of veritable heroes; and to indicate in a measure the trend of action and the results to which it points, is the purpose of this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
