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050 00 $aF782.L2$bT48 2008
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100 1 $aThiem, Jon.
245 10 $aRabbit Creek country :$bthree ranching lives in the heart of the mountain West /$cJon Thiem ; with Deborah Dimon.
260 $aAlbuquerque :$bUniversity of New Mexico Press,$c2008.
300 $axxvii, 440 p. :$bill., map :$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 404-428) and index.
520 1 $a"In 1997 Jon Thiem was hiking in Livermore country near Fort Collins, Colorado. Following one fork of Rabbit Creek, he discovered an abandoned house and literally walked into the lives of John and Ida Elliott and Miss Josephine Lamb. Always curious about earlier inhabitants of this land, and conscious of the changes wrought by modern sprawl on its use and character, Thiem pursued the story of these former ranchers for nearly a decade." "What Thiem and research associate Deborah Dimon discovered is that the three had an unconventional living arrangement that endured for over forty years, a relationship that had as much to do with their love of the land as of each other.".
520 8 $a"John Elliott's father moved his growing family from Iowa to Kansas in the 1880s, then to northern Colorado in 1890 when John was twelve. He worked as a ranch hand and eventually became one of the biggest landowners in the area." "Ida Meyer ventured west from Nebraska in 1897. A serious amateur photographer, she worked as a waitress, and pie lady, at the local hotel until she was in her early thirties. She and John finally tied the knot in 1908, and in 1910 he bought a thousand acres on Middle Rabbit Creek.".
520 8 $a"Josephine Lamb grew up in the country west of Fort Collins. Graduating from high school in 1916, she became a mountain teacher, traveling to small remote schools. Miss Lamb moved to the Elliott's ranch in 1919 to teach their only child, Buck, until he left for high school. She lived at Rabbit Creek Ranch, possibly as John Elliott's lover, for many years after that, acquiring her own land as time went by." "Tracing the flawed humanity of these three intertwined lives opens a window on life in the mountain West throughout the last century, including ranching methods and women's changing roles as wives, mothers, and property owners."--BOOK JACKET.
505 00 $aMachine derived contents note: Contents -- List of Illustrations 000 -- Preface 000 -- Introduction 000 -- Part One -- 1. Elliotts Go West 000 -- 2. Ida Meyer 000 -- 3. Rabbit Creek 000 -- 4. Seeing the Land in Time 000 -- 5. Miss Lamb 000 -- 6. "Aspens and Backswarth" 000 -- Part Two -- 7. John Elliott 000 -- 8. Cattle on the Land 000 -- 9. A Livermore Home Companion 000 -- 10. Woman Rancher 000 -- 11. Citizen Lamb 000 -- 12. Three Lives 000 -- Epilogue 000 -- Acknowledgments 000 -- Notes 000 -- Sources 000 -- Index 000.
600 10 $aElliott, John,$d1878-1961.
600 10 $aElliott, Ida,$d1874-1967.
600 10 $aLamb, Josephine,$d1897-1973.
650 0 $aRanchers$zColorado$zLarimer County$vBiography.
650 0 $aRanch life$zColorado$zLarimer County.
650 0 $aMountain life$zColorado$zLarimer County.
651 0 $aLarimer County (Colo.)$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aLarimer County (Colo.)$vBiography.
650 0 $aLandscape changes$zColorado$zLarimer County.
651 0 $aLarimer County (Colo.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aLarimer County (Colo.)$xEnvironmental conditions.
655 0 $aElectronic books
700 1 $aDimon, Deborah.
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