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Page 39
So, with an adventurous companion I started off. Reaching Central City, we got a
good running start up Eureka Street s steep hill past the Hendrie and Bolthoff
Foundry, the first in the state, up beyond the waterworks and the picnic grove
below ...
So, with an adventurous companion I started off. Reaching Central City, we got a
good running start up Eureka Street s steep hill past the Hendrie and Bolthoff
Foundry, the first in the state, up beyond the waterworks and the picnic grove
below ...
Page 51
"That means he wants one for himself," I thought as I started to dupilcate the first
drawing; but I was wrong, for as soon as I agreed to do a second one he ran
nimbly up to the bronze lady and clutching her in his arms staggered across the
room ...
"That means he wants one for himself," I thought as I started to dupilcate the first
drawing; but I was wrong, for as soon as I agreed to do a second one he ran
nimbly up to the bronze lady and clutching her in his arms staggered across the
room ...
Page 501
Leaving the car in the shade, Rebecca, Francis and I started up the trail toward
the mine. It was a steady pull all the way, but the trail was broad and well built
and the meadows above and below were carpeted with flowers. There were ...
Leaving the car in the shade, Rebecca, Francis and I started up the trail toward
the mine. It was a steady pull all the way, but the trail was broad and well built
and the meadows above and below were carpeted with flowers. There were ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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