Rabbit Creek Country: Three Ranching Lives in the Heart of the Mountain West

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© 2008 by the University of New Mexico Press All rights reserved. Published 2008 Printed in the United States of America 13 12 11 10 09 08 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thiem, Jon. Rabbit Creek country : three ranching lives in the heart of the mountain West / Jon Thiem ; with Deborah Dimon. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8263-4537-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Elliott, John, 1878–1961. 2. Elliott, Ida, 1874–1967. 3. Lamb, Josephine, 1897–1973. 4. Ranchers—Colorado—Larimer County—Biography. 5. Ranch life—Colorado—Larimer County. 6. Mountain life—Colorado—Larimer County. 7. Larimer County (Colo.)—Social life and customs. 8. Larimer County (Colo.)—Biography. 9. Landscape changes—Colorado—Larimer County. 10. Larimer County (Colo.)—History. 11. Larimer County (Colo.)—Environmental conditions. I. Dimon, Deborah. II. Title. F782.L2T48 2008 978.8'680922—dc22 [B] 2008018673 Frontispiece: Oil painting of Rabbit Creek ranch and Symbol Rock, circa 1920. Courtesy of Phil Elliott. Attributed to Josephine Lamb. Book and jacket design and type composition by Kathleen Sparkes This book was composed using Minion Pro otf 11/14, 26p. Display type is Warnock Pro. n To the descendants, direct and collateral, of Josephine, John, and Ida, and to the people who shared with us their memories of the Livermore that was. n ...