Background
Simmons, Virginia Ruth Mcconnell was born on January 27, 1928 in Nashua, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Joseph Lyle and Ruth Eleanor (Mink) McCorison.
( First published in 1966, Bayou Salado is an engaging lo...)
First published in 1966, Bayou Salado is an engaging look at the history of a high cool valley in the Rocky Mountains. Now known as South Park, Bayou Salado once attracted Ute and Arapaho hunters as well as European and American explorers and trappers. Virginia McConnell Simmons's colorful accounts of some of the valley's more notable residents - such as Father Dyer, the skiing Methodist minister-mailman, and Silver Heels, the dancer who lost her legendary beauty while tending to the ill during a small pox epidemic - bring the valley's storied past to life.
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( Human habitation in Colorado's San Luis Valley stretche...)
Human habitation in Colorado's San Luis Valley stretches back to distant times. Ancient peoples lived there thousands of years ago, as did the Utes, who claim the valley has been theirs forever. Others, both native peoples and Europeans, knew the valley-Don Juan de Oñate claimed the valley for King Phillip II of Spain in 1598. Consequently, the San Luis Valley has many stories, told in many voices. In this sparkling new edition of The San Luis Valley: Land of the Six-Armed Cross, Virginia McConnell Simmons lays before the reader the stories and voices of this multicultural land. Ranging from prehistoric peoples and historic Indians to early Spanish settlers, trappers, American explorers, railroads, and Euro-American pioneers, this book is a comprehensive volume covering the geography and social history of Colorado's San Luis Valley. New to the second edition is additional material on Hispanic culture (in particular a description of their fiber arts) and a lengthy appendix cataloging and describing all of the San Luis Valley's Hispanic place names. In addition, the notes and bibliography have been expanded, and the book contains a new introduction by David Fridtjof Halaas, Chief Historian of the Colorado Historical Society. Acclaimed as the standard history for the south-central region of Colorado, The San Luis Valley: Land of the Six-Armed Cross is a book for students, scholars, and others interested in the history of this fascinating and culturally rich corner of the state.
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( First published in 1966, Bayou Salado is an engaging lo...)
First published in 1966, Bayou Salado is an engaging look at the history of a high cool valley in the Rocky Mountains. Now known as South Park, Bayou Salado once attracted Ute and Arapaho hunters as well as European and American explorers and trappers. Virginia McConnell Simmons's colorful accounts of some of the valley's more notable residents - such as Father Dyer, the skiing Methodist minister-mailman, and Silver Heels, the dancer who lost her legendary beauty while tending to the ill during a small pox epidemic - bring the valley's storied past to life.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0962386855/?tag=2022091-20
Simmons, Virginia Ruth Mcconnell was born on January 27, 1928 in Nashua, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Joseph Lyle and Ruth Eleanor (Mink) McCorison.
Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1949. Master of Arts, Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado, 1981.
Instructor English University Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1965-1968. Associate editor Swallow Press, Denver, 1966. Editor in chief Pruett Public Company, Boulder, Colorado, 1968-1970.
Associate editor, acting editor State History Society Colorado, Denver, 1970-1972. Columnist, feature writer various newspapers.
( First published in 1966, Bayou Salado is an engaging lo...)
( First published in 1966, Bayou Salado is an engaging lo...)
( Human habitation in Colorado's San Luis Valley stretche...)
(Book by Shattil, Wendy, Simmons, Virginia M.)
(Book by Shattil, Wendy, Simmons, Virginia)
(Book by Simmons, Virginia McConnell)
Member San Luis Valley History Society (editor 1984-1986, certified recognition 1980, 87), Manitou Springs History Society (honorary life), Western Writers of America F C.
Children: Thomas Creston McConnell, Susan McConnell Sakys.