The Gunnison Country Hardcover – 1988 1st Edition (3^rd Printing) by Duane Vandenbusche

First Edition 1980, Third printing 1988.  472 pages.  B & B Printers, Gunnison Inc.  Profusely illustrated with mostly black and white photographs. Handsome leather hardcover with photo cameo of mountain landscape.

This book is about the pattern of life that developed within a harsh and unyielding land with geography and weather controlling the destiny of the Gunnison Country. Located on Colorado’s Western Slope, deep in the Rocky Mountains, the region has always been isolated. Surrounded by 14,000-foot mountains and subjected to cold and heavy snows, the region forced settlers to pay a heavy price for the cost of admission. The Gunnison Country has always been a versatile land boasting its famous cattle industry, mining including, but not limited to placer gold, Western State College and recreational industry. Filled with historic photographs and literature citations, this well-researched book is a treat for any Colorado historian.