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In 1945 I visited North Star again, driving first to Whitepine to inquire about the
condition of the trough-like road to the deserted camp. It was Sunday morning
and the town was alive with people working in their tiny gardens, tinkering with
their ...
In 1945 I visited North Star again, driving first to Whitepine to inquire about the
condition of the trough-like road to the deserted camp. It was Sunday morning
and the town was alive with people working in their tiny gardens, tinkering with
their ...
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"For goodness sake stop him and tell him we want to go to Crystal with him and
that we'll be in Marble just as soon as we can drive up from Carbon- dale," we
urged, hanging up the receiver and dashing up the Crystal River highway as fast
as ...
"For goodness sake stop him and tell him we want to go to Crystal with him and
that we'll be in Marble just as soon as we can drive up from Carbon- dale," we
urged, hanging up the receiver and dashing up the Crystal River highway as fast
as ...
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NCE< DUTCHTOwN» 4MI ,Tfc #INDEPEN ~GOLDFIEl_l 'VICTOR Cripple Creek
HE Cripple Creek mining district is close to Colorado Springs, and were it not for
Pike's Peak which looms up behind the city, it could be reached by a short drive.
NCE< DUTCHTOwN» 4MI ,Tfc #INDEPEN ~GOLDFIEl_l 'VICTOR Cripple Creek
HE Cripple Creek mining district is close to Colorado Springs, and were it not for
Pike's Peak which looms up behind the city, it could be reached by a short drive.
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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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