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Central City 21 Black Hawk 21 Central City Opera House 25 Opera House
auditorium 25 Teller House bar 25 Teller House patio. 1931 25 Interior
Nevadaville Episcopal church 29 Exterior of church, 1931 (gone) 29 Central City
railroad station ...
Central City 21 Black Hawk 21 Central City Opera House 25 Opera House
auditorium 25 Teller House bar 25 Teller House patio. 1931 25 Interior
Nevadaville Episcopal church 29 Exterior of church, 1931 (gone) 29 Central City
railroad station ...
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Three buildings dominate the town, the Fairplay Hotel (a modern structure), the
stone Courthouse, and the Community Church. The church stands by itself,
surrounded by a cast iron fence, a gleaming white bit of American Gothic
transplanted ...
Three buildings dominate the town, the Fairplay Hotel (a modern structure), the
stone Courthouse, and the Community Church. The church stands by itself,
surrounded by a cast iron fence, a gleaming white bit of American Gothic
transplanted ...
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William Davis, who had just arrived in this country from London, was sent from
Denver to Red Mountain by the Home Missionary Board of the Congregational
Church. He was told that Red Mountain was a place where there was a fertile
field ...
William Davis, who had just arrived in this country from London, was sent from
Denver to Red Mountain by the Home Missionary Board of the Congregational
Church. He was told that Red Mountain was a place where there was a fertile
field ...
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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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