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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 ... Her people know the danger from fire and her
city council is not behind in taking the step to prevent the destruction of the town .
Bachelor had its fires , the first in January , 1892 , when the Free Coinage Hotel
and Lundy and Sherry ' s saloon ... Her people know the danger from fire and her
city council is not behind in taking the step to prevent the destruction of the town .
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
Leadville the Cloud City of the Rockies | 41 |
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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