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... Soon afterwards the Madonna deposit and one or two others were discovered , whereupon pros- pectors hurried in and pitched their tents . Camp Monarch , also known as Chaffee City , was located May 15 , 1879 , by J. G. Evans , Boone and ...
... Soon afterwards the Madonna deposit and one or two others were discovered , whereupon pros- pectors hurried in and pitched their tents . Camp Monarch , also known as Chaffee City , was located May 15 , 1879 , by J. G. Evans , Boone and ...
Page 356
... soon high on the mountainside . In one place a huge rock slide had covered it , and for nearly a quarter of a mile we crunched over boulders , the car at a crazy angle and the tires taking cruel punishment on the jagged stones . My ...
... soon high on the mountainside . In one place a huge rock slide had covered it , and for nearly a quarter of a mile we crunched over boulders , the car at a crazy angle and the tires taking cruel punishment on the jagged stones . My ...
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... Soon the damsels began to arrive , some on burros and some on foot . " The music was provided by a fiddle and a banjo , and the ball opened with the San Juan Polka , " which resembled a Sioux War dance . Soon the iron clads ' of the ...
... Soon the damsels began to arrive , some on burros and some on foot . " The music was provided by a fiddle and a banjo , and the ball opened with the San Juan Polka , " which resembled a Sioux War dance . Soon the iron clads ' of the ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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