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CHAPTER FOUR (For map sec inside of front cover) Brcckcnridpc J^ATE one
afternoon my companion and I drove toward Breckenridge along the Blue River.
On either side of the highway were swampy meadows and beyond them low ...
CHAPTER FOUR (For map sec inside of front cover) Brcckcnridpc J^ATE one
afternoon my companion and I drove toward Breckenridge along the Blue River.
On either side of the highway were swampy meadows and beyond them low ...
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Just beyond Idaho Springs is the site of Fall River, and short detours from the
highway at this point lead to Alice or to Freeland and Lamartine. Next beyond Fall
River the main road passes through Dumont, Downieville and Lawson, finally ...
Just beyond Idaho Springs is the site of Fall River, and short detours from the
highway at this point lead to Alice or to Freeland and Lamartine. Next beyond Fall
River the main road passes through Dumont, Downieville and Lawson, finally ...
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other standing among some big trees at the river's edge. Both are gone now as
well as all traces of the gold camp of the sixties which was located at this spot. In
those days there were hundreds of claims extending up the stream for miles, ...
other standing among some big trees at the river's edge. Both are gone now as
well as all traces of the gold camp of the sixties which was located at this spot. In
those days there were hundreds of claims extending up the stream for miles, ...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Victor its dumps and the Ajax mine frontispiece | 3 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado |
| Illustrated by | Muriel S. Wolle |
| Edition | 2, revised |
| Publisher | Swallow Press, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
| ISBN | 0804006725, 9780804006729 |
| Length | 583 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Travel / Special Interest / General |
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