From an out-of-control wildfire that nearly destroyed a town to a serial spouse killer in Estes Park, It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of Colorado’s largest national park. Learn how two teens’ attempt to scale the Diamond—a sheer granite cliff so dangerous that climbing it used to be outlawed—resulted in one of the most complicated rescues in the park’s history. Read about...

Fribble the mouse discovers a mysterious rock at the park and, with the help of his library friends and his great-aunt Squeegee, finds that it is connected to the life of magician Harry Houdini.

Deadly, dramatic, and wild... Words that best describe this collection of stories recounting Colorado's long history of catastrophes. In Colorado Disasters, Boulder historian and educator Phyllis J. Perry chronicles the Centennial State's gamut of natural and human-caused disasters, from floods, mudslides and avalanches, to massive wildfires, deadly explosions, train wreck, airplane crashes, monster tornadoes, and more. Covering more than two centuries...