Excerpt from Colorado Colorado is a word of Spanish origin, and means red, or colored, in allusion, probably, to the ruddy - colored sandstone prevalent in the State. Colorado has inspired as much senti ment as any of the older States, and Pike's Peak stands in poem, picture and romance as well as Plymouth Rock. And there is after all, fair reason for this. The story of the gold camp, With its dramatic movement, tragic tints of color and episodes of humor and pathos, makes strong material for history; and the narrative of the struggles and triumphs of those pioneers, who sat down before these towering mountain walls to build a State, is beyond romance, and partakes of the heroic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.