Enterprise & innovation in the Pikes Peak Region /
[Book]
edited by Tim Blevins ... [et al.].
[Colorado Springs, Colo.] :
Pikes Peak Library District with Dream City Vision 2020,
c2011.
430 p. :
ill., maps ;
22 cm.
Regional history series
Includes papers presented at the 2010 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dream City Vision 2020 -- El Paso County inventors & their 19th-century patents / Dennis Daily -- Transits, timbers, & tunnels : the legacy of Colorado inventor David W. Brunton / Ginny Kilander -- The transmission of electric energy without wires / Nikola Tesla -- Bumps in the road : the spirit of enterprise & the Sociability Tour of 1914 / Katie Rudolph -- The quest for the best : William Jackson Palmer, 1836-1909 / Donald McGilchrist -- Aeronautics & astronautics : pioneering air & space business in the Pikes Peak Region / Rick W. Sturdevant -- Hustling the tourists : early automobile sightseeing in the Pikes Peak Region / Judith R. Finley -- The Hassell Iron Works / Elaine Freed -- Science as enterprise & industry : the Monument Valley Park "Geological Section" in context / Steve Ruskin -- From prize-fights to Shakespeare : traveling entertainers in the Pikes Peak Region / Beth R. Barrett -- Mining for interest in the First National Bank of Cripple Creek collection / Amy Ziegler -- Chasing the American dream : Fannie Mae Duncan & the Cotton Club / Kathleen F. Esmiol -- Ballroom & the barn : Dr. Lloyd Shaw, Dean Edwards & the western square dance revival in Colorado Springs / Traci West -- Marketing a messiah : Denver's divine healer & his inspiration of entrepreneurs / Tim Blevins.
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Business enterprises-- Colorado-- Pikes Peak Region-- History.
High technology-- Colorado-- Pikes Peak Region-- History.
Inventions-- Colorado-- Pikes Peak Region-- History.