The Story of Lake City, Colorado and Its Surrounding Areas
A local history of Lake City, Colorado and the Hinsdale County country around it, published in 2016. Lake City is the town this house has worked from since 1996, which makes this one of the closest books to home on the list.
- Published
- 2016
- Place
- Lake City
- Listed at
- $25.95
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About this book
The Story of Lake City, Colorado and Its Surrounding Areas is a local history of Lake City and the Hinsdale County country around it. The catalogue lists it as published in 2016. We have no author name, page count or table of contents for it that a source confirms, so we leave those out.
For the place itself, Wikipedia describes Lake City as the county seat of Hinsdale County and its only incorporated town, named for nearby Lake San Cristobal. It began as a supply center for miners. A fire in 1879 destroyed much of the town, which was rebuilt in brick and stone, and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad finished its branch from Sapinero in 1889. The Lake City Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The 2020 census counted 432 people.
Those facts describe the town, not the book, and we cannot say which of them the book covers.
Who it is for
Anyone who visits or lives in Lake City and the Hinsdale County high country and wants a local history close at hand will look for this book. It also suits readers of Colorado mining towns and libraries building a shelf of San Juan area histories.
Ways to use this book
Checking a date against another account
If a name or year in a local history sparks a question, set the county timeline beside it. Note where the two agree and where they differ, then ask the museum's staff by email about anything still unsettled.
Walking Lake City's older blocks
Before a visit, search the National Register database for the town's historic listings and print the entries. You can then match the brick and stone buildings you pass on foot to what the written record says about them.
Go deeper
This book is a local history of Lake City and the Hinsdale County country around it. These three places give a reader of that history a way to see the town's past in person, in a timeline, and on a federal list.
Hinsdale County Museum
The Hinsdale County Historical Society runs this museum in Lake City. Its website says the society's mission is to discover, collect, preserve, exhibit and promote material about the county's history.
Celebrating 150 Years of Hinsdale County
A page from Lake City's visitor site that lays out a timeline of events in the county, from early mining to the founding of the town.
National Register database and research
The National Park Service explains how to search the official list of historic places worthy of preservation, which is where a reader can look up Lake City's historic listings.
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