Bancroft, Caroline

Dates:
Active 1854
Active 1951

Biographical notes:

Caroline Bancroft was born to a prominent Denver, Colo. pioneer family in 1900. During her lifetime, she was a socially connected bon vivant, journalist, prolific author and defacto historian whose Colo. history pamphlets helped popularize the state during the later half of the 20th century. Bancroft died in Denver in 1985.

From the description of Caroline Bancroft family papers, 1765-1985 1851-1985. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 19747951

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Subjects:

  • Women authors, American
  • Drawing, American
  • Families
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Hotels
  • Hotels in art
  • Mineral industries
  • Pencil drawing, American
  • Prostitution
  • Ranches

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  • Colorado (as recorded)
  • Denver (Colo.) (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Denver (Colo.) (as recorded)
  • Colorado--Denver (as recorded)
  • Telluride (Colo.) (as recorded)
  • Central City (Colo.) (as recorded)
  • Denver (Colo.) (as recorded)
  • Wolhurst (Colo.) (as recorded)
  • Mexico--Sonora (Mexico : State) (as recorded)
  • Colorado--Telluride (as recorded)

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