| | Colorado A History of the Centennial State, Fourth Edition: A History of the Centennial State, Fourth Edition by Thomas J. Noel, Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard Ebook, 1,058 Pages, Published 2011 by University Press Of Colorado ISBN-13: 978-1-4571-0955-3, ISBN: 1-4571-0955-7
"A year later, in 1868, he joined a group that included Vice President Schuyler
Colfax and Massachusetts newspaperman Samuel Bowles as they rambled
through Middle Park and South Park. Byers's tour guiding facilitated the writing of
two influential books: Taylor's Colorado: A Summer Trip (1867) and Bowles's The
Switzerland of America (1869). Both writers agreed that the territory offered vast
potential for tourism. Americans would so ..."
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