Marril Lee Burke
2 books in the catalogue, published 2006 to 2009.
Marril Lee Burke wrote two Colorado history books for Western Reflections Publishing: A Bumpy Ride, about stagecoaching in Colorado, and The Ghosts of the Lake Fork Region, about the canyon of the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River. Both are in our catalogue, published in 2006 and 2009.
About Marril Lee Burke
We know Marril Lee Burke through her books. Our searches found no published biography with her birth, education or career, so this page does not guess at any of it.
What the record does show is how the Lake Fork book was received. The Midwest Book Review, in its June 2009 Wisconsin Bookwatch, called The Ghosts of the Lake Fork Region extensively researched and illustrated with vintage black-and-white photographs, and listed Western Reflections of Lake City as the publisher.
Books
A Bumpy Ride
A 2006 history of stagecoach travel in Colorado, covering the coaches that carried passengers and mail to towns and mining camps from the late 1860s on.
What the books share
Both books are about Colorado places and the people who passed through them. One follows the stagecoach lines and stations that reached nearly every town and mining camp by the late 1860s. The other follows a single canyon from early man and volcanic activity through Native Americans, trappers, miners and railroad workers. In each, the subject is how a remote landscape was crossed, settled and remembered.
The subjects this author is catalogued under. Open Library record.
Next steps for readers of this author
Planning a Lake City weekend around local history
Check the museum's website for its season, then use the two encyclopedia articles to choose which mines and streets you most want to see. A short list keeps a mountain weekend relaxed.
Choosing between her two books
If you're drawn to one canyon and its legends, start with the Lake Fork book. If travel across Colorado interests you more, the stagecoach book on her author page is the better fit.
Go deeper
Burke's Lake Fork book is about the canyon around Lake City, and her other book is about stagecoaches. These resources help with the Lake City country in particular.
Hinsdale County Historical Society museum
The society's site states its mission as collecting and exhibiting material on Hinsdale County history, and it posts seasonal hours.
Lake City overview
An encyclopedia article on a silver mining town incorporated in 1875 and now a tourism center.
Hinsdale County overview
A county history that begins with Paleo-Indian use of the area and runs through the 1870s mining boom.
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