Dyer, Dynamite & Dredges: The Story of a Breckenridge Church and a Colorado Pioneer, 1880-1990

Morton, Jane

ISBN 10: 0960362487 ISBN 13: 9780960362486

Publisher: Father Dyer United Methodist C, 1990

Synopsis

From back cover: "Greed for gold dominated 1860s Breckenridge when Methodist preacher John Lewis Dyer strode onto the scene. Undaunted by lack of funds, he walked from Omaha to Denver, then trudged another 100 miles to Breckenridge. Fearing blindness, he nevertheless kept his sight. He scaled mountain passes on skis hauling mail and gold as Colorado's famed 'Snow-Shoe Itinerant'. 'Rough, uncouth and eccentric,' he found a home in the raw camps. He rankled Breckenridge's sporting element by condemning dancing, gambling, hurdy-gurdy music and cards. But John Dyer rose above the chaos of his times to become a Colorado legend. Witness the struggles of a mountain Methodist church...celebrate the arrival of the narrow gauge...watch the cold-gobbling dredges chew their way toward town. Later, Breckenridge, and the church, endured lean years as a near ghost town until the area's rebirth as a premier ski resort. Through it all John Dyer's vision shines on."

Edition details

• Publisher: Father Dyer United Methodist C
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0960362487
• ISBN 13: 9780960362486
• Binding: Staple Bound
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64