A tale of two towns
a mining and a farming community in the 1890s
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Author
Publication
1997 - University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colo, Colorado
Language
English
Word Count
65,250 words, Guess
Page Count
261 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL675591M
- ISBN-100870813951
- OCLC Control Number37004448
- OCLC Control Numbertaleoftwotownsmi0000smit
- Library of Congress Control Number97021784
and 2 more
- LibraryThing7514412
- Goodreads701959
Classifications
- DDC977.3/28
- LCCF549.S358 S65 1997
Description
The 1890s was an tumultuous decade in American history, with economic depression, war, heated politics, and labor conflicts surrounding America's emergence as a world power. Against this chaotic background, life in the rowdy western mining town of Durango, Colorado, and the quiet agricultural hamlet of Sandwich, Illinois, seemed to be worlds apart. In A Tale of Two Towns, historian Duane Smith takes a comparative look at Durango and Sandwich in an effort to determine what life was like in these two small communities. His study, based on a close examination of papers, municipal records, and personal correspondence, offers a unique portrait of everyday life in these two towns.
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