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... drove on for another mile or so to a fork in the road beyond which travel by car was impossible . " Where is Gothic ? " I asked some picnickers who were camped near the fork . " " It's back about two miles . You drove through it ...
... drove on for another mile or so to a fork in the road beyond which travel by car was impossible . " Where is Gothic ? " I asked some picnickers who were camped near the fork . " " It's back about two miles . You drove through it ...
Page 219
... drove past a row of empty frame houses . The town is built in a grove of trees whose branches temper the light and shade the frame buildings which line its streets . In the midst of this green shade the marble , which is used for ...
... drove past a row of empty frame houses . The town is built in a grove of trees whose branches temper the light and shade the frame buildings which line its streets . In the midst of this green shade the marble , which is used for ...
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... drove me all over the Gold Hill area , which he knew intimately , and after we had explored old trails to for- gotten mines , he drove down Lick Skillet gulch to Left Hand canyon to show me more old mills . The road down the gulch is ...
... drove me all over the Gold Hill area , which he knew intimately , and after we had explored old trails to for- gotten mines , he drove down Lick Skillet gulch to Left Hand canyon to show me more old mills . The road down the gulch is ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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