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Page 126
If we got to the top what would we see on the other side ? " asked ... The whole
area was called the Argentine District , and this road connected the camps on
both sides of this mountain and linked Georgetown with Montezuma and Sts .
John .
If we got to the top what would we see on the other side ? " asked ... The whole
area was called the Argentine District , and this road connected the camps on
both sides of this mountain and linked Georgetown with Montezuma and Sts .
John .
Page 368
On the far side it would appear again , and we would continue to pick our way up
over the rocks and across dry gullies and “ draws . " After a couple of more miles
the trail was marked only by stakes set at intervals , one on the right and the next
...
On the far side it would appear again , and we would continue to pick our way up
over the rocks and across dry gullies and “ draws . " After a couple of more miles
the trail was marked only by stakes set at intervals , one on the right and the next
...
Page 514
Leaving our car , we hiked through fields of Indian paint brush and golden pea to
the weathered buildings ranged on either side of the gulch road . Some of the
cabins were in good repair , but others were caved in ; and one , whose walls
had ...
Leaving our car , we hiked through fields of Indian paint brush and golden pea to
the weathered buildings ranged on either side of the gulch road . Some of the
cabins were in good repair , but others were caved in ; and one , whose walls
had ...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Leadville the Cloud City of the Rockies | 41 |
Dredge Country | 105 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado |
| Author | Muriel Sibell Wolle |
| Illustrated by | Muriel Sibell Wolle |
| Edition | 2, revised |
| Publisher | Sage Books, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
| ISBN | 0804006725, 9780804006729 |
| Length | 583 pages |
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