Mike Butler  is a retired administrative manager for the Denver Parks and Recreation Department. Since retirement, he has written five books for Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series: Around The Spanish Peaks; Great Sand Dunes National Park; Southern Colorado: O.T. Davis Collection; Littleton; and High Road To Taos. The author is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, with a bachelor of science in education degree, specializing in geography and history. He taught in secondary schools before starting work for the city of Denver. He currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.