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Pitkin ' s main street is flanked with boardwalks ; and when I inquired as to what
was left of Bachelor ( near Creede ) , I learned that it could be located by its
rotting wooden sidewalks bordering the gully which was once the chief
thoroughfare .
Pitkin ' s main street is flanked with boardwalks ; and when I inquired as to what
was left of Bachelor ( near Creede ) , I learned that it could be located by its
rotting wooden sidewalks bordering the gully which was once the chief
thoroughfare .
Page 342
Until 1944 , when it burned , the Occidental on Silver street , a two - story frame
structure , half hidden by huge cottonwoods , was the leading hotel ; and more
than once I ' ve sat in its parlor or close to the stove in the lobby on a cool fall ...
Until 1944 , when it burned , the Occidental on Silver street , a two - story frame
structure , half hidden by huge cottonwoods , was the leading hotel ; and more
than once I ' ve sat in its parlor or close to the stove in the lobby on a cool fall ...
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The entire gulch below the Mary McKinney property was 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 . Anaconda The activity of
...
The entire gulch below the Mary McKinney property was 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 . Anaconda The activity of
...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
The Aspen Country | 218 |
Off the Beaten Track | 246 |
Copyright | |
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Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado Muriel Sibell Wolle No preview available - 1991 |
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