The Spell of the Rockies

1911. With illustrations from photographs by the author. Mills, best known for being the Father of Rocky Mountain National Park, was also an author, photographer, nature guide, innkeeper, lecturer, and adventurer. A prolific writer, in this volume he recalls his experiences in the Rocky Mountain region. Contents: Racing an Avalanche; Little Conservationists; Harvest Time with Beavers; Mountain-Top Weather; Rob of the Rockies; Sierra Blanca; The Wealth of the Woods; The Forest Fire; Insects in the Forest; Dr. Woodpecker, Tree-Surgeon; Little Boy Grizzly; Alone with a Landslide; The Maker of Scenery and Soil; A Rainy Day at the Stream's Source; The Fate of a Tree Seed; In a Mountain Blizzard; A Midget in Fur; and The Estes Park Region. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.Mills, Enos A. is the author of 'The Spell of the Rockies', published 2007 under ISBN 9780548030936 and ISBN 0548030936.