The Co-Operative Century

Book

Adams County History Museum

Name/Title

The Co-Operative Century

Entry/Object ID

E-34

Description

"This book is dedicated to the Colorado cattle industry, then men who built it, and the members of the Colorado Cattlemen's Association. And to all those men of courage, ambition and vision who founded and built private enterprise operations in Colorado. This is the foundation on which Colorado - and the nation - have been built. There is a world of interesting history in this book. Some of it is about the cattle business. But, did you know that Colorado had the first alternating current power company in the world - at Telluride? And the second oil field in the world - near Florence? And that steel studs in tires aren't really new - that the first product made by Gates was one form of them? Or that Montgomery Ward's started as a supply house for the Grange? The stories in this book have several things in common. They are all interesting. They are pretty short, generally. And their about men who had confidence in their own ability, sufficient vision to look into the future, and courage enough to tackle the problems they encountered in those early days. And a burning ambition to get the job done..."