The parks and mountains of Colorado : a summer vacation in the Switzerland of America, 1868

Originally published: The Switzerland of America. Springfield, Mass. : Bowles & Co., 1869. Originally a series of newspaper articles written to persuade Americans that Colorado's rugged scenery equalled Switzerland's, this account includes encounters with Ute Indians and mountain explorers, and describes mountains, rivers, mining towns, and the then-fledgling Denver and Boulder.