New Book Remembers the Early Years of Craig

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - April 30, 2013 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is Early Craig by the Museum of Northwest Colorado. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images and memories of days gone by.

Dreams of what the West could offer brought the earliest settlers into the Yampa Valley. After the Homestead Act of 1862 and the westward expansion of the railroad, the first trickle of land seekers arrived in this remote area in the mid-1870s.

Interest in the vast coal lands was a main driver for investors seeking to develop the region. But the smaller yet more inherently valuable interests of family, farming and agriculture were the real deciding factors in the settling of this vastly beautiful and challenging corner of Colorado.

During those early years, the homesteaders in Craig managed to capture images of the area they had come to claim as their own. They photographed immense stretches of solitary land, quiet scenes of the family living room and the optimism of the developing business districts. They left a photographic legacy that proves a picture is indeed worth a thousand words.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.  

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