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Page 42
She told me of her first trip to Leadville to join her parents , when she was six and
her brother , who accompanied her , was sixteen . Her father had previously
ridden over on horseback from Idaho Springs in 1878 to make a place for his
family ...
She told me of her first trip to Leadville to join her parents , when she was six and
her brother , who accompanied her , was sixteen . Her father had previously
ridden over on horseback from Idaho Springs in 1878 to make a place for his
family ...
Page 335
It could be reached only by trail , and by the time I met my friends in Del Norte
they had arranged the entire trip . We were all to drive to Lost Trail Camp , at the
far end of the Rio Grande reservoir , and from there on we were to be the guests
of ...
It could be reached only by trail , and by the time I met my friends in Del Norte
they had arranged the entire trip . We were all to drive to Lost Trail Camp , at the
far end of the Rio Grande reservoir , and from there on we were to be the guests
of ...
Page 392
The Kansas tenderfoot says he wouldn ' t carry the mail for $ 5 , 000 a trip , after
one trip . Jan . 3 , 1880 — No mail yet from Silverton . . . . No mail from Rico in ten
days . The snow is nearly four feet deep and there are snowslides in every gulch
...
The Kansas tenderfoot says he wouldn ' t carry the mail for $ 5 , 000 a trip , after
one trip . Jan . 3 , 1880 — No mail yet from Silverton . . . . No mail from Rico in ten
days . The snow is nearly four feet deep and there are snowslides in every gulch
...
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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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