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He therefore suggested that he secure a guide for me and provide horses for the
trip. Setting a date and taking Ethel with me, I started for the Baca grant early one
July morning, wondering what was in store for us. As we drove toward the old ...
He therefore suggested that he secure a guide for me and provide horses for the
trip. Setting a date and taking Ethel with me, I started for the Baca grant early one
July morning, wondering what was in store for us. As we drove toward the old ...
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As we had eleven miles to go before turning up the narrow, overgrown trail which
leads to the lonely camp, the men at the ranch loaded our saddled horses onto a
truck and drove us and them to the beginning of the trail. It was ten-thirty when ...
As we had eleven miles to go before turning up the narrow, overgrown trail which
leads to the lonely camp, the men at the ranch loaded our saddled horses onto a
truck and drove us and them to the beginning of the trail. It was ten-thirty when ...
Page 368
The trail was just wide enough for a horse to travel, and whenever it crossed a
meadow it was lost in the lush grass. On the far side it would appear again, and
we would continue to pick our way up over the rocks and across dry gullies and ...
The trail was just wide enough for a horse to travel, and whenever it crossed a
meadow it was lost in the lush grass. On the far side it would appear again, and
we would continue to pick our way up over the rocks and across dry gullies and ...
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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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