Virginia McConnell Simmons is the author of The Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico (UPC) and The San Luis Valley: Land of the Six-Armed Cross (UPC), as well as hundreds of articles for journals, magazines, and newspapers.

• ; Table of Contents; I.; The Virgin Land; II.; The Indian Hunting Ground; III.; The Ancient Quests in a New Land; IV.; Mining: 1859-1860; V.; Mining: 1861-1870; VI.; "In the Hands of Hard Men in an Evil Hour"; VII.; Mining: 1871 to the Present; VIII.; A Half Century of Railroading; IX.; The Salt Works; X.; The Bountiful Ranch Land; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index;

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