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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 ...
Page 208
Up the old wagon road? It's a good thing you didn't try the railroad grade, cause
it's all washed out in spots and the trestles are gone. Five miles, too, that way.
You'd have had to crawl down from the grade to cross the stream. Hard going!
Up the old wagon road? It's a good thing you didn't try the railroad grade, cause
it's all washed out in spots and the trestles are gone. Five miles, too, that way.
You'd have had to crawl down from the grade to cross the stream. Hard going!
Page 404
His guide, a powerful Swede, walked ahead breaking the road. . . . He had
Doolan tied to him by a ten-foot rope for the night was dreadfully dark, with the
wind blowing a hurricane and the snow drifting so that they could not see a foot
ahead of ...
His guide, a powerful Swede, walked ahead breaking the road. . . . He had
Doolan tied to him by a ten-foot rope for the night was dreadfully dark, with the
wind blowing a hurricane and the snow drifting so that they could not see a foot
ahead of ...
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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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