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When fire destroyed the city in 1874, the Teller House was one of six buildings
which resisted the flames, with the aid of wet blankets which were hung at every
window. The fire started in the house of a Chinaman where incense was being ...
When fire destroyed the city in 1874, the Teller House was one of six buildings
which resisted the flames, with the aid of wet blankets which were hung at every
window. The fire started in the house of a Chinaman where incense was being ...
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This two-story, false-fronted white building, with its tall tower, houses one of the
five fire companies of Georgetown which flourished in the seventies and eighties.
In its dark interior fire fighting apparatus of an earlier era is neatly arranged, ...
This two-story, false-fronted white building, with its tall tower, houses one of the
five fire companies of Georgetown which flourished in the seventies and eighties.
In its dark interior fire fighting apparatus of an earlier era is neatly arranged, ...
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Bachelor had its fires, the first in January, 1892, when the Free Coinage Hotel
and Lundy and Sherry's saloon disappeared. Later that year another saloon went
up in flames, and again the town was threatened. The Creede Candle of March
10 ...
Bachelor had its fires, the first in January, 1892, when the Free Coinage Hotel
and Lundy and Sherry's saloon disappeared. Later that year another saloon went
up in flames, and again the town was threatened. The Creede Candle of March
10 ...
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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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