Lost Sopris

Genevieve Faoro-Johannsen,Robert D. Vigil Jr.

• Verlag: The History Press
• Jahr: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781540261335
• Thema: Historia
• Thema: Historia de Norteamérica

Before the Flood The lost town of Sopris lies silently beneath the depths of Trinidad Lake. Once a thriving mining community in the late 1800s, it was renowned for abundant coal deposits and a bustling population. Three generations called Sopris home. They fought in the Civil War, homesteaded and immigrated to work in the mines. Unfortunately, the town's fate took a drastic turn with the construction of the Trinidad Dam, which flooded the area and submerged the town. Authors Genevieve Faoro-Johannsen and Robert Daniel Vigil, Jr. preserve an enduring legacy of community and resilience through first-hand accounts, historic photos and never-before-seen maps.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Front Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Prelude
• Foreword, by Tom Potter
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part I. Elbridge Bright Sopris
• Part II. The Neighborhoods
• Part III. The Purgatoire River
• Part IV. Coming Together As One Community
• Postlude
• Appendix A. Plat Maps
• Appendix B. Final Land Buyout Between 1968 and 1970
• Appendix C. State Mining Inspector’s Report: Sopris Mine No. 2 Explosion on March 24, 1922
• Appendix D. Frank Evans’s 1972 Congressional Statement
• Appendix E. New Sopris Inc.
• Appendix F. Helpful Resources for Additional Research
• Notes
• About the Authors