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265 Index Page numbers for figures are in italics. Addams, Jane, 208 Adirondack Camps, 36–38, 49, 50, 130, 151, 153 African Americans, 22–26, 40, 217n20, 219n28, 220n34, 220n36 in Colorado and Denver, 127–129, 143 and nature 22–26, 131–132, 148, 149, 150, 198 racial uplift, 128, 145–149, 150, 237n58, 237nn60–61 respectability, 24, 145–147, 149, 150, 237n60 see also Lincoln Hills; newspapers; recreation; tourism air conditioning, 18, 211 Akin, Abe, and Nellie, 117 Alikisai, 63, 64 Allenspark, 29, 82 American Beach, 40, 41, 127, 149 Ames, Ernest, 88, 89, 227n31, 228n46 Ames, Grace 88 Anne Evans cabin, 169–173, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 240nn41–42 Arapaho National Forest, 9, 40, 103, 104, 112, 113, 114, 216n13, 231n11 architects. See summer homes. See also names of individual architects architecture, 3, 6, 12, 35–38, 166– 167, 173, 228n44 and nature, 37–38, 56–58, 180– 181 regional, 36–38, 48, 170–172, 181, 212 vernacular, 4, 12, 48–49, 58–59, 217n18, 224n40 villas, 35–36, 38, 59–60, 225n63: definition of, 12, 56–57, 225n62; villas of the vernacular, 12, 56–60 see also summer home building and construction Aspenwood, 168 Austin, Ethylind, 167 Automobiles, 2, 6, 27–28 and tourism, 9, 17, 22, 26, 27–30, 65, 129, 149, 221n45 see also camping Awyseana Lodge (Tahosa Valley). See Talcott Cottage Babcock, Dean, 85 Babcock, Josephine, 85 Baehr, William A., 3, 173, 181–182, 186–187 Baehrden (Pine), 3, 48, 173, 181–187, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 194, 198, 213, 241n62 Bear Creek Canyon, 3, 159 266 index Benedict, Jacques J. B., 3, 4, 153, 167, 179–187, 188–189, 241n62, 242n69 Bierstadt, Albert, 19, 62, 79, 198, 218nn7–8 Big Owl (Tahosa Valley), 3, 47, 62, 64, 83–84, 83, 84, 213 Big Thompson Canyon, 29, 44, 66 Bird, Isabella, 62, 79 Biscoe, Maurice, 151, 167, 175, 240n47 Boettcher, Charles, 3, 166, 173, 177–179 Boettcher Mansion. See Lorraine Lodge Bona Vista, 164, 239n26 Bowles, Samuel, 31, 221n71 box corner construction, 13, 51 Broadhearth (Tahosa Valley), 3, 43, 88, 89, 100, 213 Bromfield, Helen, 151, 173, 241n49 Brown, June Louise, 180 Bryan, William Jennings, 78, 208 bungalow. See summer homes Burgess, Harriet, 200 Byers, William, 62, 79, 221n71 cabins. See summer homes California Zephyr, 138, 140 Calloway, Bertha W., 141, 236n42 Camp Neosho (Evergreen), 3, 43, 153, 156–158, 155, 157, 158, 159, 175, 198, 201, 213, 238nn12–13, 239n14, 239n16 Camp Nizhoni, 14, 130, 141, 143, 144, 210 campgrounds, 28, 93, 121, 123, 153 camping, 9, 106–107, 117, 201 autocamping, 9, 28–29, 221n55 Carhart, Arthur, H., 7–10, 15, 29, 112–113, 216n13 Chapman, Charles, 58, 95 Chautauqua, Boulder, 15, 25 Cheley, Frank, 78 Chief Hosa Lodge, 153, 180 Coleman, W. C., 78 Colorado gold rush, 26, 31, 80, 130 mineral belt, 26, 221n43 mining, 26, 31, 51, 101, 151, 177 “Switzerland of America,” 17, 31 Colorado National Forest, 9, 112 Colorado Springs, 2, 31, 119, 138, 186, 239n27 Colorado Statesman, 25, 128, 130, 132, 135, 235n22, 236n48 Coolidge, President Calvin, 188, 193 consumption. See tuberculosis Cottage, The, 43, 167–168, 168, 206 cottages. See summer homes Crofutt, George A., 31, 160 Crystal Cove, 40, 223n17, 233n60 Dannels, Henry, 51, 58, 82, 228n39 Darrow, Clarence, 208 DeBoer, Sanco Rienk, 153 Denver, 2, 166–167 population, 32, 234n13 proximity to mountain communities, 9, 27, 42, 62, 113, 126, 129, 131, 143, 151, 166, 221n45 Denver foothills, 14, 48, 151–152, 166–167, 194 access from Denver, 4, 30, 153, 159, 160, 172, 188, 194 Denver Mountain Parks, 9, 14, 34, 149, 152–153, 154, 159, 172, 194, 210, 242n76, 243n22 advocates for, 30, 160, 180, 188 Denver’s Recreation Fan. See Recreation Fan Dickinson, Anna, 62, 79 Dings Cabin (Tahosa Valley), 3, 43, 62, 81–82, 81, 82, 83, 213, 228n39 Dings, Helen, 3, 53, 64, 81, 200 Dings, McClellan “Mac,” 81, 200 Dings, William, 3, 81, 200 “Dinky,” the mail train, 30, 143, 210 Dodge, Clarence Phelps, 168 Dodge, Regina Lunt, 168 Douglas, Canon Charles Winfred, 156, 201 Index 267 Downing, Andrew Jackson, 38 Du Bois, W. E. B., 146, 147, 237n58 Dunraven, Earl of, 46, 79, 224n31, 226n8 Eagle Cliff, 2, 34, 43, 61, 67, 93, 94, 95, 200, 205 Eaton, Bruce, 64–65, 226n11 Edgemont (Estes Park), 3, 44, 44–45, 46, 95, 213 Elbert, Louise, 168 Elbert, Samuel, 3, 43, 167, 168, 240n34 Estes Park Trail, 63–67, 114, 204, 208 Estes...

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