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Page 153
The D. & R. G. was also aiming at Gunnison, and another railroad race began.
The D. & R. G. started from Salida and built through Poncha Springs and over
Marshall Pass, reaching Gunnison in 1881. The South Park reached that city in ...
The D. & R. G. was also aiming at Gunnison, and another railroad race began.
The D. & R. G. started from Salida and built through Poncha Springs and over
Marshall Pass, reaching Gunnison in 1881. The South Park reached that city in ...
Page 160
A camp of the same name, which lasted but a few years, was built near the mine,
and a spur of the D. & R. G. railroad was built to it to haul away the ore. As this
camp and railroad were but four miles from Whitehorn and only a little further
from ...
A camp of the same name, which lasted but a few years, was built near the mine,
and a spur of the D. & R. G. railroad was built to it to haul away the ore. As this
camp and railroad were but four miles from Whitehorn and only a little further
from ...
Page 207
The highway runs high above a mountain stream, and for part of the distance the
old road bed of the railroad parallels the dirt road. "Drive ten miles west of the
Butte and turn south on the road to the sawmill. Maybe you can drive to it, but
from ...
The highway runs high above a mountain stream, and for part of the distance the
old road bed of the railroad parallels the dirt road. "Drive ten miles west of the
Butte and turn south on the road to the sawmill. Maybe you can drive to it, but
from ...
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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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