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The Harvey girls

women who opened the West
1989
The story of the pioneering women who worked as waitresses at Fred Harvey's restaurants along the railway from the 1880s through the 1950s.

Spanish pioneers of the Southwest

1989
Recreates in text and photographs the day-to-day life of a pioneer family living in a newly-formed Spanish settlement in the Southwest during the eighteenth century.

Zebulon Pike and the explorers of the American Southwest

1992
A biography of the Army officer and explorer who discovered, among other places in the West and Southwest, the great Rocky Mountain peak in Colorado which bears his name.

Zebulon Pike

lost in the Rockies
2005
Presents the life and career of the army officer and explorer who discovered, among other places in the West and Southwest, the great Rocky Mountain peak in Colorado that bears his name.

In the Spanish West

1999
Describes various aspects of the life of early settlers in the Spanish West including their relations with Indians, farming and ranching, trading, religion, and the importance of community.

Kidding around the national parks of the Southwest

a young person's guide
1990
A guide to the natural history, cultural history and sights of interest in the national parks and monuments of the Southwest.

The Ute

2011
An exploration of the Ute Indians, discussing the nation's relationship with settlers, culture, ceremonies, migrations, and more.

Wyatt Earp

lawman of the American West
2004
Profiles Wyatt Earp, a peace officer in the "Wild West" who is remembered for his part in a gunfight at the O.K. Corral, where a dozen men fought, several died, and only Earp was not shot.

Twelve lizards leaping

a new Twelve days of Christmas
1999
This Southwestern version of the familiar Christmas song features such gifts as ten tamales steaming, six pi?atas swaying, and two prickly pears.

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