Ragtime for the Rockies

This Tragic Love Story Unfolds In And Around The Town Of Platteville Colorado In . 1925 And 1926. In The Roaring Twenties Young Women Challenge Their Elders By Dancing . To Jazz Music Wearing Abbreviated Clothing And Drinking Prohibited Alcohol. . Some Men Express Their Opposition In Church. Otbers Join The Klux KlanWhich . Expands Into The Northern States Promising Violent Resistance To Social Change. Owen Mattison Comes To Platteville High School As Athletics Coach And Science . Teacher Including Vocational Agriculture. Owen'S Bride Ruby A Home Economics . Graduate Is An Accomplished Pianist And Jazz Fan Whose Clothes And Bobbed Hair Show The . Triumph Of Flapper Fashion. We Meet Owen And Ruby Married For Six Weeks Sharing A Picnic On The Lydell . Farm Overlooking The River. Inspired By Natural Beauty Owen Sings A Favorite Hymn And Ruby Harmonizes. Returning To Their Tiny Rented Home Owen . Receives A Telephone Call From Arthur Stark A School Board Member. Stark'S Son Later . Says Stark Dislikes The Twentieth Century And Wants To Hold It Back. Stark Changes A . Meeting Date With Owen To Attend A Luncheon Where He Joins The Ku Klux Klan With . Oliver Scott The Platteville Barber. Both Men Participate In The Next Klan Raid On A . Dancehall. Eager To Teach Moral Values The School Board Votes To Require Readings Of The King . James Bible As Part Of Classroom Opening Ceremonies. This Distresses Catholic Parents . Whose Children Will Be Required To Hear A Proscribed Text. Frederlck Koblenz Owner Of . The Platteville Mercantile Store Organizes A Protest Student Walkout. Francis (Fra1\K) . Koblenz Frederick'S Son Leads The Walkout From Owen'S Classroom. The School Board . Soon Writes To All Parents Requiring All Students To Remain For The Bible Readings .