This study is an urban history of Denver, Colorado, viewed through the lens of its constantly evolving physical, political, cultural and economic relationship with its mountain hinterland. From the town's early years as a 19th century mining and ranching depot to its 20th century emergence as a hub of tourism and technology, that relationship informs every aspect of the city's urban, cultural and environmental history. This study seeks, first, to analyze Denver's historical appropriation and utilization of its mountain hinterland, whether for water, wealth, recreation and cultural identity. Second, it highlights how access to and control over the Rocky Mountain hinterland shaped Denver's evolving political, class and racial landscapes throughout the city's history. Integrating the methodologies of environmental, urban, and social history, it demonstrates how different social groups competed for access, control, and the ability to vii assign value to the mountain hinterland. Every Denverite in the city's history, regardless of station, has lived within the context of this tense and constantly changing relationship. Since the city's founding, that relationship has been the constant object of human agency, accommodation, and change, and in it can be read the story of Denver itself.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wyoming, 2007. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 9, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-264).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1985. / "A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree ..."

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1985. / "A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree ..."

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Wyoming, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 21, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-130).

Thesis (M.S.M.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2005. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 28, 2005). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-144).

Thesis (M.A.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2010. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jun. 30, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.M.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2006. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 28, 2006). Includes bibliographical references.

All the oil and gas wells producing in the Arikaree Creek Field, Colorado targeted the Spergen Formation along similar structures within a wrench fault system; however, the wells have vastly different production values. This thesis develops a predictive model for high production in the field while also accounting for a failed waterflood event that was initiated in 2016. Petrophysical analysis of thirteen wells show that high producing wells share common characteristics of pay zone location, lithology, porosity and permeability with one another and that the Spergen Formation is not homogenous. Highly productive wells have pay zones in the lower part of the formation in sections that are dolomitized, and have anonymously high water saturation. This is likely related to the paragenesis of the formation that dolomitized the lower parts of the formation, increasing porosity and permeability, but leaving the pay zones with the high water saturation values. This heterogeneity likely accounts for the failed waterflood. Results show that the important petrophysical components for highly productive wells are the location of the payzone within the reservoir, porosity, permeability and water saturation. Additionally, homogeneity is crucial for successful waterflooding, which was not present.