True History of Some of the Pioneers of Colorado

Over one hundred years ago, Luella Shaw wrote down the stories told to her by Watson S. Coburn, Alston Knox Shaw, and John Patterson, all of whom were early-day Colorado pioneers. She felt their stories should be recorded for posterity; and, honoring her own strong generational connection to Colorado - maternal and paternal, Luella allowed Coburn, Shaw and Patterson to tell it like it "was." All three men had served under Colonel John M. Chivington at "The Battle of Sand Creek," renamed "The Mas