Frontier Pathways
PROGRAM
Summary
Program Preview
Video Tape
Credits
HISTORY
Introduction
El Pueblo
The Promise of Paradise
A Legacy Carved in Stone
A Country Home of Their Own
Exploring on Your Own
Further Down the Road
References
WAYSIDE EXCURSION
The American Dream
Life on the Kennicott Ranch
What Did They Leave Behind?
TRAVEL
Chambers/Visitor Centers
Weather/Road Conditions
Map
RESOURCES
Frontier Pathways Timeline
America's Byways Timeline
Teacher's Guide

Frontier Pathways

Television Program Credits

Producer/Director
Chris Wheeler

Narrator
Reynelda Muse

Writer
Nell London

Editors
Blair Kuster
Tim Scott

Music
Peter Kater

Assistant Producers
Alada Ramsey
Megan Hutchison

Graphics
Great Plains Creative

Online Editor
Mike Devereux

Chyron
Lawrence Sanchez

Photography
Chris Wheeler

Research
Deb Lindgren

Historical Consultants
Deborah Espinoza
Jack McCrory
Irene Francis
Steve Segin
Joanne Dodds

Special Thanks
Bruce Rockwell
David Halaas
Sally Pearce
San Isabel National Forest
El Pueblo Museum
Stan Francis
Herb Weimer
Jackie Barnes

Archival Images
Chicago Public Library
Colorado Historical Society
Custer County Historical Society
Denver Public Library Western History Department
National Archives
Paul Koroshetz
Mesalands Community College
Pueblo City-County Library District
Rocky Mountain Steel Mills
San Isabel National Forest
Sam Arnold

Education Content Credits

Editor-Coordinator
Katie Eck

Writer
Arna Caplan

Consultants
Sandra Stokely
Cynthia Stout
Amy Swartz
Susan Andrews

Guide Design/Layout
Gretadesign, LLC

Copy Editors
Lori Kranz
Tiffany Q. Tyson

Website Credits

Producer/Designer
Cher Skoubo

Production Assistants
Maureen Hebdon
Diana Forest
Ellen Ethredge

Graphics
Cher Skoubo

Researchers
Diane Cerafici
Maureen Hebdon
Diana Forest
Cher Skoubo

Copy Editor
Diane Cerafici

Streaming Media
Tom Manion

Flash Timeline
Robert Thomas

Promotion/Administration Credits

Promotion/Copy Editing
Tiffany Q. Tyson

Additional Promotion
Barbara Lubinski
Elizabeth-Ann Rowlison

Accountant
Nicole Hardman

Administrative Assistant
Diane Cerafici

America’s Byways Project Director
Linda Rea


Produced in association with the Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Commission.
HIGHLIGHTS
Stone building with large globe on top
Schlitz Building, Pueblo
Great Divide Pictures LLC

Built in 1893
Downtown Pueblo building with stone carving.


Woman spinning yarn for weaving
Weaving at El Pueblo
Great Divide Pictures LLC

El Pueblo Trading Post is established in 1842.


Golden field with wild sunflowers
Wet Mountain Valley
Great Divide Pictures LLC

1870
Colfax Colony is founded in Wet Mountain Valley by German immigrants from Chicago.


Homestead admist flowered meadow
Homestead
Great Divide Pictures LLC

Old homesteads, abandoned many years ago, can be viewed from the scenic byway.


Old homestead made of wood
Mingus Homestead, south of the Bigelow Divide
Great Divide Pictures LLC

Home to the Allan Mingus family, this homestead is constructed by a Scandinavian master builder. The high-quality workmanship shows in the tight dove-tailed corners.


Brick school with school bell on top of roof
Westcliff School
Great Divide Pictures LLC

Built in 1891
The Westcliff School, also known as Old Westcliffe School House, is originally built as a two-room school house.

Note the different name spellings.
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