Below is a list of more resources on the history of Custer County:
- Pilgrimage To Community – The Story Of Custer County’s Journey To Find Its Future (2004) by the Sonoran Institute (PDF)
- Silver Cliff on Western Mining History
- The Geologic Story of Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Range by United States Geological Survey (PDF)
- Southern Colorado: Historical and Descriptive of Fremont and Custer Counties with Their Principal Towns (1879) by Binckley & Hartwell
- A Colorado Centennial Tribute 100 Years Of The Wet Mountain Valley from Auraria Transcript – Metro State in Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection:
- Conquistador Ski Area on ColoradoSkiHistory.com
- Las Animas, Huerfano and Custer: Three Colorado Counties on a Cultural Frontier : A History of the Raton Basin (1978) by Robert A. Murray
(A physical copy of this publication is also available at the library in the Reference section of the Local History Center) - The Fertile Lands of Colorado and Northern New Mexico: A Concise Statement of Facts Homeseekers Desire to Know about Irrigation, Crops and Lands Located on the Line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado and New Mexico (1915) by W. H. Olin
(Photos of and reference to the Wet Mountain Valley can be found on Pages 15, 46, 47, and 51 (map)). - Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center