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Bibliography of Gunnison Country is a compiled list of bibliographies from several books wherein the Gunnison Country is documented. The history of Gunnison Country has been a topic of research by students and faculty as early as the class of 1916 of the Colorado State Normal School, now known as Western State Colorado University.

People of the Gunnison Country
The people of Gunnison Country is a very incomplete list of notable people who have made the Gunnison Country what it is today. This small list of people should increase with further reference and research as it is added to encyclopedia.


 * Chief Ouray of the Ute Indian people
 * & wife Chipeta
 * Major Charles Adams, Los Pinos Indian Agent
 * Sylvester Richardson
 * John Outcalt – New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 18, 1845 – May 6, 1927, 82 years old.
 * & Flora (Johnston) Outcalt, married at her parent’s house, Indiana, Christmas day, 1888.
 * Ramona Outcalt – Jan 1, 1890 – March 18, 1919, pneumonia
 * Fernzella Outcalt Soverin – Dec 15, 1894
 * Delsie Outcalt Dean - Oct 20, 1896
 * Vevarelle Outcalt Esty – Sept 16, 1902
 * William Outcalt, John’s brother
 * Mrs. Griffith, started the first garden in Gunnison
 * David Primus, Gunnison resident interested in the history of roads, trails and railroads in western Colorado, editorial staff, the Gunnison Country Magazine.
 * Jasper Ackerman, Colorado Springs Rancher, Honorary Life Chairman of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Primary benefactor of an endowment to Western State College Foundation, Inc. (Commitment to research on the American West and the contributions of the cattleman to the history and culture of the Gunnison Country.

Associations and Organizations of the Gunnison Country

 * Gunnison County Stockgrowers Association, 1894 – Present
 * Gunnison Valley Cattlewomen, 1951 – Present, Originally founded as Gunnison Chapter of the state Cowbelles Club, a branch of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, today a supporting organization for the local Stockgrowers Association.

Journals, Associations and Organizations

 * Gunnison County Stockgrower’s Association, 1894 – 1994. U.S.A.: GCSA, 1994. Leslie J. Savage Library, Call number: SF196 C6 G8 1994.
 * Fogg, H. H. The First Decade of the Gunnison Stockgrower’s Association: Personalities and Trends,. Gunnison, Colorado: In possession of the Gunnison Stockgrower’s Association. 1894 – 1904.
 * Gunnison County Stockgrower’s Association Since 1894,. 75th Anniversary Issue: pre-print from The Cattle Guard, August 1967.

Federal Documents

 * Gunnison County Abstract of Assessment and Levies, 1915 – 1922,. Located in the Gunnison County Courthouse, (The Blackstock Building).
 * The Federal Range Code, (commonly known as the ‘’The Taylor Grazing Act’’, under the ‘’Act of June 28, 1934, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1936’’).
 * Ker, Bill. Gunnison National Forest: a Brief History. USFS: Gunnison Field Office, undated.
 * Colorado Senate Journal 15th Day, Jan. 21, 1976.
 * Range Rider Newsletter Nov. 2, 1993. Publication of Gunnison Soil Conservation District.

19th Century

 * Graff, John. Greybeard’s Colorado,. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Company, p. 78
 * Ingersoll, Ernest. Knocking Around the Rockies. N.Y.: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1883. P. 88.
 * Root, George A. Edited by Robert W. Richmond. A Boy in Colorado: Memoirs of Gunnison, 1881 – 1885. Gunnison: undated.
 * Strahorn, Robert. Gunnison and San Juan. Omaha: New West Publishing Company, 1881. P. 3.
 * Welch, W. M. Publisher. How to Organize, Classify and Teach a Country School. Chicago and Omaha: W. M. Welch Publisher, 1886.

20th Century

 * Easterly, Lewis H. The Agricultural and livestock Interest of Gunnison County. Gunnison City, Colorado: 1916.
 * Jocknick, Sidney. Early Days on the Western Slope of Colorado. Denver: The Carson-Harper Co., 1913. (Carpenter)
 * Jocknick, Sidney. Early Days on the Western Slope of Colorado. The Rio Grande Press, Inc., 1913. (Buffington).
 * (See: Nancy Carpenter’s ref: Outcalt – Jocknick, “Early Days…” Denver: The Carson – Harper Co., 1913.)
 * Marriott, Alice. Hell on Horses and Women. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953.
 * Meyers, Sandra L. Westering Women. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1982.
 * Mumey, Nolie, editor. The Westerners Brand Book.
 * First Forest Ranger – Len Shoemaker. Denver: Denver Possee, V0l. VII, 1951.
 * Osgood, Ernest. The Day of the Cattleman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1929.
 * Peake, Ora. The Colorado Range Cattle Industry. Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clarke Company, 1937.
 * Perry, Elinor. Colorado’s Taylor Park Shangri-La. U.S.A.: Self Published.
 * Shoemaker, Len. Saga of a Forest Ranger. Boulder: University of Colorado Press, 1958.
 * Shores, C. W., editor Rockwell, Wilson. Memoirs of a Law Man. Denver: Saga Books, 1962.
 * The Cooperative Century. Boulder: Johnson Publishing Company, 1967. The Colorado 	Cattlemen’s Centennial Commission.
 * Stone, Irving. Men to Match My Mountains. U.S.A.: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1956.
 * Sprague, Marshall. The Great Gates. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. P.20.
 * Parkhill, Forbes. The Blazed Trail of Antoine Leroux. Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1965. p. 74.
 * Nelson, A. P. Gunnison County, Colorado. Pitkin, Colorado: A. P. Nelson Mining, 1916. P. 47.
 * Jackson, William H. Time Exposure. N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1940. P. 227.
 * Marsh, Charles S. The Utes of Colorado – People of the Shining Mountains. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company, 1982. ISBN 0-87108-620-1 (pbk).
 * Sammons, Judy Buffington. Tall Grass and Good Cattle - A Century of Ranching in the Gunnison Country. Gunnison: Dove Graphics, c. Western State College Foundation, Inc., 3rd Edition.
 * (Proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to: Gunnison County Stockgrowers Association College Scholarship Fund.) See: Jasper Ackerman.
 * Bowen, A. W. and Company, eds. Progressive Men of Western Colorado. Chicago: A. W. Bowen and Company, 1905.
 * Carrier, Jim. West of the Divide. Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum Publishing, 1992.
 * Collman, Russ. Trails Among the Columbine – A Colorado High Country Anthology. Denver: Sage Books, 1965.
 * Dobie, Frank J. Cow People. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964.
 * Frink, Maurice. When Grass was King. Denver: University of Colorado Press, 1956.
 * Goff, Richard, Robert McCaffree, Doris Sterbenz. Centennial Brand Book. Denver: Colorado Cattlemen’s Centennial Commission, Denver, Colorado, 1967.
 * Goff, Richard, Robert McCaffree. Century in the Saddle. Boulder: Johnson Publishing Company, 1967.
 * Wallace, Betty. Gunnison Country. Denver: Sage Books, 1960.
 * History with the Hide Off. Denver: Sage Books, 1964.
 * Wolfenstine, Manfred R., Edited by Ramon F. Adams. The Manual of Brands and Marks. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970.

Student Papers in the Leslie J. Savage Library

 * (On campus of Western State Colorado University)


 * Borland, Lois. Unpublished files in the Duane Vandenbusche Collection, WSC.
 * Buffington, Clyde. Unpublished files in possession of Judy Buffington Sammons.
 * Buffington, James M. Autecology of Hordeum Jubatum L. Unpublished Master’s Thesis, WSC. Gunnison, Colorado.
 * Carpenter, Nancy. John Outcalt: Builder of the Future.  WSC, SS233. Spring, 1980 (For Dr. Vandenbusche).
 * Class of 1916. Historical Sketches of Early Gunnison. Gunnison, Colorado: The Colorado State Normal School, 1916. p. 12.
 * Cornwall, Harry C. The Gunnison Country – 1879 – 1886. Unpublished Manuscript, 1928. WSC.
 * Cummins, D. H. Social and Economic History of Southwestern Colorado, 1860 – 1948. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Texas, 1951. p. 209 (Microfilm Call: 978.82.c971s)
 * Hartman, Alonzo. Autobiography of Alonzo Hartman. Unpublished Manuscript. Duane
 * Jacobson, William C. History of Cattlemen’s Days. Gunnison: Unpublished Thesis. WSC.
 * Rockwell, Noraetta, The Early History of Gunnison County, Colorado Schools. Unpublished Master’s Thesis, WSC, 1953, Chapter XVI, pp. 162 – 164.
 * Vandenbusche Collection Leslie J. Savage Library, WSC.
 * Early Days in the Gunnison Valley. Unpublished Manuscript. Duane Vandenbusche Collection Leslie J. Savage Library, WSC.
 * My Life. Unpublished Manuscript. Duane Vandenbusche Collection Leslie J. Savage Library, WSC.
 * Wallace, Betty. Six Beans in the Wheel. Unpublished Master’s Thesis, WSC, 1956. p. 73.

Student Papers of Other Schools

 * Cummins, D. H. Social and Economic History of Southwestern Colorado, 1860 – 1948. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Texas, 1951. p. 209.

Magazine Articles

 * Hagie, C. E. Gunnison in Early Days. The Colorado Magazine, VIII, July 1931, pp. 121 – 129.
 * Jackson, William H. A Visit to the Los Pinos Indian Reservation. The Colorado Magazine, XV, Nov. 1938, pp. 201 – 209.
 * Borland, Lois. Ho For the Reservation: Settlement of the Western Slope. The Colorado Magazine, XXIX, Jan. 1952, pp. 56 – 75.
 * Cornwall, Harry C. Ranching in Ohio Creek, 1881 – 1886. The Colorado Magazine, XXXII, Jan. 1955, pp. 16 – 27.
 * Vader, Diane. Mr. Outcalt and the Indians. Gunnison Country Magazine, Gunnison: B & B Printers, 1976.
 * See: Gunnison Country Publications, LLC, 970-641-1414 or email publisher@gunnisontimes.com
 * See: B&B Printers, Inc., P.O. Box 1597, 220 Spencer Ave., Gunnison, CO 81230, 970-641-2672.
 * (Contacted via email: form from http://bbprinters.com/contact.htm   Aug. 14, 2012.)


 * Cattle Guard Vol. 24 #6. June 1979.

19th Century

 * Gunnison News, 1880
 * Elk Mountain Pilot, August 25, 1881
 * Gunnison Daily Press, July 6, 1885
 * Gunnison Review, 1885
 * Gunnison Tribune, 1899

20th Century

 * The Gunnison Republican, 1901
 * The Gunnison Country Times
 * The Gunnison County Globe
 * Gunnison Courier
 * The Gunnison Empire
 * The Gunnison News Champion

Newspapers of the region

 * Chronicle & Pilot (research verify)
 * Community Harold (sic)
 * Colorado Conservator
 * Colorado West, 1973 (Publication of Delta County Independent)
 * Denver Post, 1973, 1976
 * Rocky Mountain News, Jan. 19, 1976
 * Record Stockman, 1980, 1990, (research verify)