Bizarre Colorado: A Legacy of Unusual Events & People

By Kenneth Jessen

Indian eater Big Phil, the deadly rat game, gold bricks for sale and the pickled skull mystery are all as much a part of Colorado history as mining and railroading. Imaginative, ambitious people and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0961166223
• ISBN13: 9780961166229
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Jv Publications
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Amazing true stories

I read Bizarre Colorado when I was working as a guide in Rocky Mountain National Park and looking for stories with local flavor. The stories here definitely have flavor. Basically the book relates stories with odd or macabre elements which took place in Colorado. Many of them are wild westy, since Colorado started out being settled by trappers and ranchers. Cannibalism, a huge grizzly bear, vendettas, gun fights and lynchings are all included. Stories are told with detail and with photographs interspersed, and not much sensationalism. If that sounds interesting to you then you will probably like Bizarre Colorado.

Bizarre and unusual events you wouldn't expect from Colorado

A wonderful and very entertaining book of short stories of bizarre and unusual events that have happened in the state of Colorado. You will be amused and horrified at some of the different stories. Check it out.