Troubled Trails: The Meeker Affair and the Expulsion of Utes from Colorado

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Price
$24.95  $23.20
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Publish Date
Pages
304
Dimensions
5.9 X 8.9 X 0.8 inches | 0.9 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781607811299

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About the Author

Robert Silbernagel has been writing for Colorado news­papers since 1975. He is currently editorial page editor at The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction and has earned several awards from the Colorado Press Association.

Reviews

"Sibernagel has given life and color to the major figures. He not only provides an even-handed account, based on 'accurate historical facts, ' but uses the oral history of the Indian people involved. He has proven that it is possible to reinterpret old and available written sources to shed new light on worn-out storylines and beliefs."--Veronica E. Tiller, author of Culture and Customs of the Apache Indians


"Silbernagel provides believable reconstruction that ties topography to historic account.... It is not a rehash but fresh insight into certain aspects of this twice-told tale. This book makes [a valuable contribution] in further understanding a complex series of events that pushed a relatively peaceful Indian group from the beautiful, mineral-rich mountains of Colorado to the high deserts of Utah."--Utah Historical Quarterly
"Troubled Trails successfully illuminates these poorly studied events, rectifies historiographic errors, and integrates previously absent Ute perspectives into the historical record. A welcome addition to the histories of the intermountain West, Ute peoples specifically, and the histories of native dispossession more broadly."--Montana: The Magazine of Western History

"[A] thoroughly researched and fast-moving account."--Colorado Book Review

"A powerful and provocative story that draws us into the time and mind of western Colorado during the 1870s and 80s. Through Silbernagel's meticulous research we can more fully appreciate the social, economic, and cultural differences that created the 'perfect storm' of distrust and misunderstanding of the two cultures. Readers will find this to be fascinating reading."--Mike Perry, Executive Director, Museum of Western Colorado

"Troubled Trails will become a benchmark book in Colorado history....[Silbernagel is] a sensitive writer who maintains a professional journalistic balance in his assessment of court documents, newspaper accounts, Congressional testimony and valuable Indian oral histories....[This is] a fine book deserving of a wide audience."--The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction