Go back in time to 1893 and experience living in the Colorado mountains, where daily activity was centered around gold and silver mining. As time went on and the mining industry withered, Telluride's community transitioned the town into a world-class ski resort by recognizing its White Gold. A successful summer season of festivals complements the winter economy, making Telluride a year-round resort town. Take a piece of history and give it a special space inside your home when you display the Telluride A Silver Past, A Golden Future coffee table book ! You will fall in love with Telluride the moment you flip through the pages of this coffee table book. Have a look at the amazing features you will take home with this vintage book decor: • Rich History Put into a Photo Book Album – This coffee table book tells the history of Telluride from the view of long-time resident Susan Dalton, chronicling its development into a world-class ski resort. Telluride offers picturesque sceneries and mountain sports for locals and visitors alike. • A Vintage Book Décor that Offers Beautiful Images – Watch Telluride unfold from its humble beginnings into the luxury resort that it is now. You will see a collection of vintage postcards, historic photos, antique prints, and memorabilia, much of it from the private collection of 40-year Telluride resident. • A History Book for Adults and Children Alike – With images coming from Telluride Historical Museum and the Denver Public Library, you will view the history of a silver and mining camp. Telluride shares history with many Colorado towns as most of the state evolved from mining camp beginnings. Have a look at the old paper memorabilia, paintings, and vintage postcards that will capture your hearts and senses. • Add a Touch of Vintage Decor to Your Coffee Table – Looking for coffee table book ideas to add to your living room table? This book is what you have been looking for! The book contains recollections from long-time residents, stories passed from generation to generation, and photographs documenting the life, work, and pastimes of the people who settled in Telluride. INCLUDES A VARIETY OF BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK – Watch Telluride's past reappear as you open the pages of this beautiful coffee table book. A perfect vintage book that you can display at home featuring high-quality antique prints, historic photos, vintage maps, and memorabilia that will trace the metamorphosis of the Telluride community. COMES IN A DURABLE HARDBOUND COVER – This stunning coffee table book, hardcover bound, is here for keeps. It can withstand wear and tear from travel and history-lovers. TELLS A TIMELESS STORY OF HISTORY – If you are looking for a coffee table book featuring travel and history, then this is the book where you should start. Telluride's history is colorful, filled with daring prospectors, hard-working immigrants, and painted ladies from the mining era. Compiled, collected, and written by long-time resident Susan Dalton, the book depicts everyday lives in addition to the town's progress from a booming mining community into a charming and scenic year-round resort. WITH AN EXTRA GIFT INSIDE – Inside, you will find 18 postcards to pull out, send to friends, or share with family. The postcards can be used without disturbing the graphic design, or they can remain a unique interactive feature. Artful Coffee-Table Book Tells Telluride's Story This beautifully illustrated coffee-table art and history book by longtime resident Susan Dalton tells the story leading up to today s world-class ski resort, from its early days (with spectacular historic illustrations and photographs of the Utes and early White settlers) to its segue from silver mining to gold mining (after the 1893 repeal of the Sherman act in 1893 caused a devaluation of silver) to its beginnings as a ski resort in 1972-73 and its successful summer festival season. Telluride shares the same early history with small mining towns across the State of Colorado, Dalton said, in a recent interview. But as the Telluride Centennial Commemorative coin minted by the town s Chamber of Commerce in 1978 suggests, the town s silver past heyday, from 1878 to 1893, transitioned to its golden future in stages, ratcheting up its gold mining after 1893, when a devaluation of the silver market led to a cessation of mining altogether in the nearby City of Aspen. In 1972-73, the region about-faced completely. Dalton devotes a chapter to the start of the Telluride Ski Area, complete with reproductions of period ski posters and nods to Telluride local William Senior Mahoney and Megève, France native Émile Allais (known as the father of modern skiing ), who worked together to configure Telluride s early runs and lifts. Allais contributions are, she reminds readers, commemorated by the lift 6 run, Allais Alley. Dalton came up with the idea for her book each chapter includes two pullout vintage postcards, cleverly set into glued-in pock