Soda and Mineral Water Bottles and Bottlers of Colorado, 1860 to 1915

"A description and history of the soda and mineral water bottles and bottlers of Colorado from 1860 to 1915. There is a listing of all 315 soda and mineral water bottles, and color photos of 85 representative bottles including blob tops. Hutchinsons and early crown tops. These pictured bottles are described in detail. Brief histories of the towns and bottlers from all 47 towns with soda bottles are included. The text is complementd by 30 bottler's advertisements from old directories and newspapers. Another section gives short histories of the soda water bottle manufacturers in Colorado. There is a map locating all 44 towns in Colorado that used Hutchinson sodas. A bibliography and index comlpete this volume. The history of soda bottling in Colorado reflects the population and economy of the early towns in the territory and state and the boom and bust of the mining towns compared to the steady growth of the Front Range communities."Oppelt, Norman T. is the author of 'Soda and Mineral Water Bottles and Bottlers of Colorado, 1860 to 1915 ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780966284539 and ISBN 0966284534.