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... lived in that house years ago when it was a boardinghouse ; and at the end she wrote , ' We loved every old building . Happy children were we . ' In Fairplay I found an old miner who knew the history of Leavick . " The tramway you saw ...
... lived in that house years ago when it was a boardinghouse ; and at the end she wrote , ' We loved every old building . Happy children were we . ' In Fairplay I found an old miner who knew the history of Leavick . " The tramway you saw ...
Page 133
... lived a delightful old lady to whom I had been directed . She ushered me into her cosy parlor and offered me a rocking chair . Taking one herself , she asked in a sprightly voice what I wanted to know about Sts . John . " I knew the ...
... lived a delightful old lady to whom I had been directed . She ushered me into her cosy parlor and offered me a rocking chair . Taking one herself , she asked in a sprightly voice what I wanted to know about Sts . John . " I knew the ...
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... lived on a ranch close to the townsite and who knew its history , and to tell him we'd be up in the morning . I visited the county courthouse and consulted an old map , and I talked to a man who had lived in the camp for forty years but ...
... lived on a ranch close to the townsite and who knew its history , and to tell him we'd be up in the morning . I visited the county courthouse and consulted an old map , and I talked to a man who had lived in the camp for forty years but ...
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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