Tiny Hinsdale of the Silvery San Juans
by Carolyn and Clarence Wright
Carolyn and Clarence Wright's history of Hinsdale County, the high, thinly settled corner of Colorado that Lake City sits in. Western Reflections reprinted it so the county's early history stays in print and on the shelf.
- ISBN
- 978-1-937851-08-8
- Pages
- 198
- Category
- Reprints
- Place
- Lake City
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- $18.29
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About this book
Tiny Hinsdale of the Silvery San Juans is Carolyn and Clarence Wright's history of Hinsdale County, the high, thinly settled corner of Colorado that Lake City sits in. Western Reflections reprinted it so the county's early history stays in print, and the catalogue lists this edition at 198 pages.
The original is older than our edition. A bibliography note on the Town of Lake City's mining page cites Clarence and Carolyn Wright, Tiny Hinsdale of The Silvery San Juan, published in Lake City by Big Mountain Press in 1964. The town uses the book as a source for its account of the county's mining districts, which is a fair measure of how local historians have relied on it.
Hinsdale County is small by any count. It was formed in February 1874, with San Juan City as its first county seat, and the seat moved to Lake City on February 23, 1875. The census counted 788 residents in 2020, and the county's population peaked at 1,609 in 1900.
Who it is for
This is a county history, nonfiction, about Hinsdale County and Lake City in the San Juan Mountains. The Town of Lake City cites it as a source for the mining districts of the county's north, so it is a local account of the places around Lake City.
Ways to use this book
Tracing a family that lived in the county
Start with the census and other records on the National Archives genealogy page, then take any names you find to the Hart Research Center. Searching its online collection by county may turn up photographs of the place they lived.
Hunting for an older printing
The record shows this as a reprint, so an earlier edition exists. Ask a library to run an interlibrary loan request for any other Hinsdale County histories, and compare how each handles the mining districts.
Go deeper
This reprint covers Hinsdale County, a mountain county in southwest Colorado. Reference works, photograph collections and genealogy guides can add background to a county history of this kind.
Hinsdale County, Colorado Encyclopedia
An overview article saying the county was established in 1874, covers 1,123 square miles, and is one of Colorado's most prolific historic mining counties.
Stephen H. Hart Research Center
History Colorado's research center offers an online collection searchable by topic, including more than 6,500 John Fielder photographs covering every county in the state.
Denver Public Library Special Collections and Archives
The library's history site points to photographs, digital collections and genealogy help for anyone researching Colorado's past.
National Archives genealogy resources
A starting page for family research, listing census, military, immigration and naturalization records.
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