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Page 133
From another resident we learned that the hotel with the post office was originally
called the Summit House and that the two-story white structure across the street,
with the ornate porch, was built in 1879 and called the Rocky Mountain House.
From another resident we learned that the hotel with the post office was originally
called the Summit House and that the two-story white structure across the street,
with the ornate porch, was built in 1879 and called the Rocky Mountain House.
Page 135
Yet I had been told that there never was a town called Peru. Perhaps the
buildings around this Peruvian mine constituted "Peru!" Similar confusions in
sites and names and the renaming of towns were a constant source of interest
and despair ...
Yet I had been told that there never was a town called Peru. Perhaps the
buildings around this Peruvian mine constituted "Peru!" Similar confusions in
sites and names and the renaming of towns were a constant source of interest
and despair ...
Page 453
Finally he pegged out a claim which he called the Chance, and he proceeded to
work it for nearly six years without bothering to record it. In December, 1890,
Womack got E. M. De la Vergne and F. F. Frisbie sufficiently interested in his gold
...
Finally he pegged out a claim which he called the Chance, and he proceeded to
work it for nearly six years without bothering to record it. In December, 1890,
Womack got E. M. De la Vergne and F. F. Frisbie sufficiently interested in his gold
...
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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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