John Hamilton Gregory was his name. In 1859, deep in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, he washed four dollars worth of gold from a pan of dirt and turned Denver into a ghost town. Thousands followed in his footsteps-prospectors, road builders, shopkeepers, farmers, schoolteachers, railroad men-dreamers all, pouring up Gregory's trace like water rushing through a dike.
This is their book-what they saw and what they named, from Coal Creek to Clear Creek, from Black Hawk Mountain to the eastward prairies. It belongs also to the unclaimed names and to the dead men with no names. To tepee rings and forgotten trails, to the camping places of the ancient ones. And to the 21st Century.
With nearly 200 never-before-published photographs and historic information researched from hundreds of sources, John Gregory Country is the only collection of its kind. Enjoy.
Winner, 1999 American Regional History Award, Western States.
