{"product_id":"wicked-old-colorado-city-colorado-springs-wild-westside-paperback","title":"Wicked Old Colorado City: Colorado Springs' Wild Westside - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJan Mackell Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFerocity and Revelry on the Frontier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Colorado Springs was founded next to the former territorial capital of Colorado City in 1871, the new town hoped that the old town would be absorbed or go away altogether. Yet Colorado City had survived since 1859 by offering what Colorado Springs would not: liquor, gambling, and wild women. Prairie Dog O'Byrne, Dusty McCarty, Laura Bell McDaniel, and a host of others added much color to more than two dozen saloons and a sizeable red-light district, while the enclave of Ramona was founded specifically for drinking and prizefights. Author Jan MacKell Collins recounts the personalities and persuasions that contributed to making Old Colorado City a raucous, albeit important, part of history in the American West. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJan MacKell Collins is a historian whose work focuses on the more interesting aspects of the West. Author of many books and more than two thousand articles, her writing has appeared in such magazines as \u003cem\u003eColorado Central\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKiva\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFrontier Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTrue West\u003c\/em\u003e and others. In 2010 and 2011, she was a nominee for the WILLA Award by Women Writing the West for her 2009 book \u003cem\u003eRed Light Women of the Rocky Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e and as a contributor for the 2010 anthology \u003cem\u003eExtraordinary Women of the Rocky Mountain West\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46293192671429,"sku":"9781467158923","price":35.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/e52zFN61oE9781467158923.webp?v=1780170876","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/wicked-old-colorado-city-colorado-springs-wild-westside-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}