Description

THE SAN LUIS VALLEY (COLORADO) WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SUMMER RESORTS AND SOME OF ITS RESIDENCES, BUSINESS BLOCKS, MANUFACTURES AND CITIZENS

Published December 1, 1891

A. R. Pelton, writer and editor

C. W. ERDLEN, photographer

Printer: Carson, Hurst & Harper, Art Printers

An exquisite and scarce publication promoting Colorado’s San Luis Valley with descriptions and photographs

Highlights include: SAGUACHE COUNTY, MAP OF THE CRESTONE ESTATE (on Page 28), CREEDE SILVER MINING CAMP, COSTILLA COUNTY, CONEJOS COUNTY, RIO GRANDE COUNTY

Towns, ranches, farms, mercantiles, banks, saloons, blacksmiths, hotels, etc.

One of the most detailed publicationspublished on Colorado’s San Luis Valley

up to 1891.  South-central Colorado.

Publication dimensions: 10-1/2 inches by 6-3/4 inches; 188 pages

Condition: very good; gold-printed leather covers bright, yet corners chipped and spine reinforced with burgundy cloth; internal pages are enamel-coated stock with numerous photographic illustrated, generally bright and clean, still there are some fingerprints and smudging here and there and repaired closed-end tears; front & back pastedowns replaced.  Overall, a very good copy of a scarce, orignal publication.

COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL