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... once I have had to kneel in the long grass in front of one in order to feel out the letters . Fire was a constant menace to the tinder - dry wooden towns , and almost all of them were swept at least once by a disastrous blaze ...
... once I have had to kneel in the long grass in front of one in order to feel out the letters . Fire was a constant menace to the tinder - dry wooden towns , and almost all of them were swept at least once by a disastrous blaze ...
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... once I've sat in its parlor or close to the stove in the lobby on a cool fall evening , listening to the talk of old men who dropped in to smoke a pipeful and to reminisce with " Jimmy " Grant , the proprietor . There was the story of ...
... once I've sat in its parlor or close to the stove in the lobby on a cool fall evening , listening to the talk of old men who dropped in to smoke a pipeful and to reminisce with " Jimmy " Grant , the proprietor . There was the story of ...
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... once full of houses - the camp of Anaconda , which was supported not only by the Anaconda mine but by the Mary McKinney , Doctor and Jack Pot properties . The activity of Anaconda and the crowded condition of the switches , attest the ...
... once full of houses - the camp of Anaconda , which was supported not only by the Anaconda mine but by the Mary McKinney , Doctor and Jack Pot properties . The activity of Anaconda and the crowded condition of the switches , attest the ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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