Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

A guide to the plants, geography, and wildlife of the Rocky Mountain states that provides an overview of the region's natural history, profiles of the states' parks, preserves, mountains, forests, and wildlife sanctuaries, and information on identifying the different plants and animals.

First a trapper and trader, then a merchant, and finally an emerging capitalist in the flour industry of New Mexico and Colorado, Ceran St. Vrain was an iconic image of the industrious and self-reliant western pioneer of the 19th century. He was also a military hero, aiding the U.S. dragoons as an officer in the New Mexico Volunteer army in their fight against marauding plains Indians alongside Kit Carson. An intelligent and affable soul, he helped...