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Aspen Aspen, like Georgetown, is a city of homes surrounded by mines. Lying in
a valley at the foot of Aspen and Smuggler mountains, its wide streets are lined
with frame and brick houses, surrounded by flower gardens and shaded by big ...
Aspen Aspen, like Georgetown, is a city of homes surrounded by mines. Lying in
a valley at the foot of Aspen and Smuggler mountains, its wide streets are lined
with frame and brick houses, surrounded by flower gardens and shaded by big ...
Page 240
A SAVAGE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A DESERTED HUSBAND AND THE
DASHING PARAMOUR," needs no explanation. Crime in Aspen seems to have
centered at Aspen Junction and along Durant Ave., for, as the paper says: Aspen
...
A SAVAGE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A DESERTED HUSBAND AND THE
DASHING PARAMOUR," needs no explanation. Crime in Aspen seems to have
centered at Aspen Junction and along Durant Ave., for, as the paper says: Aspen
...
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They arrived in December and spent two weeks sizing up the situation. Aspen
was tense. There was no Christmas spirit. If this scheme didn't work, it would
mean the death of Aspen. People greeted each other with the words, "Merry
Christmas!
They arrived in December and spent two weeks sizing up the situation. Aspen
was tense. There was no Christmas spirit. If this scheme didn't work, it would
mean the death of Aspen. People greeted each other with the words, "Merry
Christmas!
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Contents
Central City panorama | 6 |
Preface | 8 |
Gold in the Hills | 10 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Stampede to timberline: the ghost towns and mining camps of Colorado |
| Illustrated by | Muriel Sibell Wolle |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Sage Books, 1949 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 544 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc Colorado Extinct cities History / United States / State & Local / West Mines and mineral resources Technology & Engineering / Mining |
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