Recommended Reading List
Discover the fascinating history and pioneers of Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region, and dive into a few exceptional works on historic preservation. Below are reading recommendations from the HPA Board of Directors we believe you will enjoy. Please note that a few of these publications are rare and may be out of print, requiring a bit of fun detective work through your inner bibliophile!
HPA members receive our specially designed bookmark as a thank you for your support and interest in history and historic preservation!
We welcome YOUR reading recommendations, also. Please email us at info@hpasprings.org with book titles/authors of history or preservation-themed books that have inspired you.
Reading Selections
| LOCAL HISTORY | |
| Author(s) | Title |
| Anderson, Helen M. | Historic Homes of Colorado Springs and Vicinity: A Personal Selection |
| Anderson, John | Rankin Scott Kelly El Paso County’s First Sheriff |
| Armstrong, Helen, Crabbs, Martha and Kelly, Robert | A Walking Tour: A Guide to Historic Old Colroado City |
| Bailey, Ralph Edgar | Fight for Royal Gorge |
| Banning, Evelyn I. | Helen Hunt Jackson |
| Black, Celeste | Queen of Glen Eyrie Wife of General Palmer: The Woman Who Inspired a Castle |
| Blevins, Tim (Editor) with Dennis Daily (Editor), Chris Nicholl (Editor), Calvin P. Otto (Editor), Katherine Scott Sturdevant (Editor) | Legends, Labors and Loves of William Jackson Palmer |
| Cafky, Morris A. and Haney, John A. | Pikes Peak Trolleys |
| Cardona, Betty Jo and Harrison, Deborah | The Cliff House – Pikes Peak Hospitality |
| Cunningham, Shanon A. | Manitou – Saratoga of the West |
| Daniels, Bettie Marie and McConnell, Daniels | The Springs of Manitou |
| Esmiol, Kathleen F | Everybody Welcome: A Memoir of Fannie Mae Duncan and the Cotton Club, |
| Harrison, Deborah | Images of America: Manitou Springs |
| Harrison, Deborah | Manitou Springs (Then and Now) |
| Holley, John Stokes | The Invisible Peoople of the Pikes Peak Region |
| Howbert, Irving | Memories of a Lifetime in the Pikes Peak Region |
| Jackson, Helen Hunt | Ramona |
| Kaelin, Celinda R. and the Pikes Peak Historical Society | American Indians of the Pikes Peak Region |
| Larson, H. Kay Brander | Valley of the Fountain |
| Loevy, Robert D. | North Nevada Avenue in the Old North End Blocks 1200-2100: The Victorian Heart of the Old North End |
| Loevy, Robert D. | Preserving a Historic Neighborhood: The Story of the Old North End in Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Loevy, Robert D. | A Colorado College Reader: Selected Writings on the History of Colorado College. |
| Lovell and Loevy, Robert | Exploring the Old North End Neighborhood of Colorado Springs: A Guide to its History and Architecture |
| Luna, Richard Lee | Forgotten Springs pf Manitou (rare and out of print) |
| Nichols, Chris (Editor with editors Tim Blevins, Michael L. Olsen, Dennis Daily, Sydne Dean (Regional History Series) | Doctors, Disease and Dying in the Pikes Peak Region |
| Ormes, Manly Dayton and Ormes, Elenor Reddit | The Book of Colorado Springs |
| Ormes, Robert Manly and more | Guide to the Colorado Mountains |
| Peabody, George Foster | William Jackson Palmer: Pathfinder and Builder |
| Pearring, John | The Walking Tour: An Historical Guide to Manitou Springs |
| Pikes Peak Library District’s Regional History Series | Film and Photography on the Front Range |
| Pikes Peak Library District’s Regional History Series | Doctors Disease & Dying |
| Pikes Peak Library District’s Regional History Series | City Beautiful Dream |
| Robinson, Charles Mulford | A City Beautiful Dream: The 1912 Vision for Colorado Springs (Regional History Series) |
| Ruch, Marcella | The Gang of One: The Life of Vera Gang Scott |
| Ruhtenburg, Polly King & Smith, Dorothy E. | Henry McAllister: Colorado Pioneer |
| Ruth, Joanne F. | We Are Beth-El Nurses: A Heritage of Caring at the Foot of Pikes Peak |
| Sprague, Marshall | Newport in the Rockies (Life and Good Times of Colorado Springs) |
| Swab, Eric | From Utility to Attrraction: A History o the Mt. Manitou Park and & Incline Railway |
| Swint, Sharon | Remembering Colorado Springs |
| Waters, Frank | Midas of the Rockies |
| Waters, Stephanie | Ghosts of Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak |
| Werner | The Walls Talk: Historic House Museums of Colorado |
| Wilcox, Rhoda Davis | The Man on the Iron Horse |
| Wilcox, Rhoda Davis | The Bells of Manitou |
| Wood, Nancy | Colorado: Big Mountain Country (photography by Myron Wood) |
| Wood, Nancy | The Little Wrangler (photography by Myron Wood) |
| PRESERVATION BOOKS AND TECHNICAL TOPICS | |
| Author(s) | Title |
| Bollack, Francoise | Old Buildings, New Forms, |
| Downing, Andrew Jackson | The Architecture of Country Homes (1850) |
| Feireiss, L. and Klanten, R. | Build-On: Converted Architecture and Transformed Buildings |
| Kaufman, Ned | Place, Race, and Story: Essays on the Past and Future of Historic Preservation, |
| Kyvig, David E. and Marty, Myron A. | Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You |
| Lowenthal, David | The Past is a Foreign Country |
| Mackie, Mary | Dry Rot and Daffodils: Behind the Scenes at a National Trust House |
| Mason, Randall and Page, Max | Giving Preservation a History: Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States |
| McAlester, Virginia Savage | A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture, |
| Murtagh, William J. | Keeping Time – The History and Theory of Preservation in America |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | All About Old Buildings: The Whole Preservation Catalog |
| Rains, Albert, Henderson, Laurance G, and Foreword by Lady Bird Johnson | With Heritage So Rich: a Report of a Special Committee on Historic Preservation |
| Roddewig, Richard and White, Bradford | Preparaing a Historic Preservation Plan |
| Schmickle, Bill | The Politics of Historic Districts: A Primer for Grassroots Preservation and “part two”: Preservation Politics: Keeping Historic Districts Vital |
| Speck, Jeff | Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time |
| Wren, Tony P. and Mulloy, Elizabeth D. | America’s Forgotten Architecture |
