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- catalog abstract "Old Fences, New Neighbors is a chronicle of how one small, rural community is dealing with the changes currently sweeping the West. It is also the firsthand perspective of a working rancher. Decker, himself once an outsider in Ouray County, left a career as a professor of history and bought a ranch in the area in 1974. Decker gives us a hard, realistic look at his own experience with ranching: the elaborate machinations of a cattle drive, the struggle to irrigate fields when water is so scarce, the pain and beauty of cow birth. Few of the newest residents of Ridgway, however, wish to experience this former way of life. Instead, many are absentee landowners brought to the area by a new tourist economy, an economy that has raised land prices and has made it impossible for traditional ranchers to make ends meet. While the old way of life is ending, progress can also mean the influx of new ideas and valuable change. Decker recognizes the positive impact of outsiders and tourists on Ridgway.".
- catalog contributor b10901460.
- catalog coverage "Ouray County (Colo.) History.".
- catalog coverage "Ouray County (Colo.) Social conditions.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Few of the newest residents of Ridgway, however, wish to experience this former way of life. Instead, many are absentee landowners brought to the area by a new tourist economy, an economy that has raised land prices and has made it impossible for traditional ranchers to make ends meet. While the old way of life is ending, progress can also mean the influx of new ideas and valuable change. Decker recognizes the positive impact of outsiders and tourists on Ridgway.".
- catalog description "Old Fences, New Neighbors is a chronicle of how one small, rural community is dealing with the changes currently sweeping the West. It is also the firsthand perspective of a working rancher. Decker, himself once an outsider in Ouray County, left a career as a professor of history and bought a ranch in the area in 1974. Decker gives us a hard, realistic look at his own experience with ranching: the elaborate machinations of a cattle drive, the struggle to irrigate fields when water is so scarce, the pain and beauty of cow birth.".
- catalog description "Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Beginnings -- Pioneer settlers -- Tough times in rough country -- The seasons of ranching -- Visitors and newcomers -- Community fragmentation -- Different town in a new West -- Conclusion.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 159 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Old fences, new neighbors.".
- catalog identifier "0816517711 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0816519056 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Old fences, new neighbors.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Tucson : University of Arizona Press,".
- catalog relation "Old fences, new neighbors.".
- catalog spatial "Ouray County (Colo.) History.".
- catalog spatial "Ouray County (Colo.) Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "978.8/22 21".
- catalog subject "F782.O9 D43 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Beginnings -- Pioneer settlers -- Tough times in rough country -- The seasons of ranching -- Visitors and newcomers -- Community fragmentation -- Different town in a new West -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Old fences, new neighbors / Peter R. Decker.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".