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(For map see inside of front cover) Breckenridge LaTE one afternoon my
companion and I drove toward Breckenridge along the Blue River. On either side
of the highway were swampy meadows and beyond them low pine-studded hills,
while ...
(For map see inside of front cover) Breckenridge LaTE one afternoon my
companion and I drove toward Breckenridge along the Blue River. On either side
of the highway were swampy meadows and beyond them low pine-studded hills,
while ...
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other standing among some big trees at the river's edge. Both are gone now as
well as all traces of the gold camp of the sixties which was located at this spot. In
those days there were hundreds of claims extending up the stream for miles, ...
other standing among some big trees at the river's edge. Both are gone now as
well as all traces of the gold camp of the sixties which was located at this spot. In
those days there were hundreds of claims extending up the stream for miles, ...
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Moss and C. D. Posten pulled out of the California gold fields in 1856 and came
gophering around the mouth of the La Plata river where they found good gold
placers. Moss didn't return again until the summer of 1873, when he brought a
party ...
Moss and C. D. Posten pulled out of the California gold fields in 1856 and came
gophering around the mouth of the La Plata river where they found good gold
placers. Moss didn't return again until the summer of 1873, when he brought a
party ...
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Contents
Central City panorama | 6 |
Preface | 8 |
Gold in the Hills 2 Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
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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