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... hundred feet with a hose cart carrying two hundred and fifty feet of hose in twenty - nine and three - quarters seconds , a silver tea set and a brass cannon . When the State Tournament was held in Georgetown in 1886 , great prepara ...
... hundred feet with a hose cart carrying two hundred and fifty feet of hose in twenty - nine and three - quarters seconds , a silver tea set and a brass cannon . When the State Tournament was held in Georgetown in 1886 , great prepara ...
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... hundred and fifty to two hundred pounds of sacked ores on his back . Now and then there's a new burro . An old one leaned over too far on some precipice and was overbalanced by his load , that's all . - From " Description of Creede Camp ...
... hundred and fifty to two hundred pounds of sacked ores on his back . Now and then there's a new burro . An old one leaned over too far on some precipice and was overbalanced by his load , that's all . - From " Description of Creede Camp ...
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... hundred feet back from its shoreline . The land between it and the water was reserved for millsites , while from its other side building lots radiated like a sunburst . Several of us drove along the Peak to Peak highway near Ward one ...
... hundred feet back from its shoreline . The land between it and the water was reserved for millsites , while from its other side building lots radiated like a sunburst . Several of us drove along the Peak to Peak highway near Ward one ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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