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Page 152
... town and wound over the Divide to the distant mining camps . These roads brought business to St. Elmo before the railroad reached the little city . Freighters ' wagons passed constantly along its main street , the oxen and mules ...
... town and wound over the Divide to the distant mining camps . These roads brought business to St. Elmo before the railroad reached the little city . Freighters ' wagons passed constantly along its main street , the oxen and mules ...
Page 160
... town in which he opened a general store . In fact Poncha was a well - established town before Cleora or Salida , which were railroad towns further down the valley , were even thought of . Both the mining boom and the arrival of the ...
... town in which he opened a general store . In fact Poncha was a well - established town before Cleora or Salida , which were railroad towns further down the valley , were even thought of . Both the mining boom and the arrival of the ...
Page 165
... town , doing considerable business with the surrounding camps and handling their ore in its smelter . A letter written early in August , 1879 , mentions " a large encampment of men four miles above Maysville , cut- ting and hauling ...
... town , doing considerable business with the surrounding camps and handling their ore in its smelter . A letter written early in August , 1879 , mentions " a large encampment of men four miles above Maysville , cut- ting and hauling ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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