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Just as they were leaving I told them my plight and said that since I saw they were
from Black Hawk maybe they would know someway that I might get to Central .
This thin disguise worked , and while I ran for my suitcase they filled the tank of ...
Just as they were leaving I told them my plight and said that since I saw they were
from Black Hawk maybe they would know someway that I might get to Central .
This thin disguise worked , and while I ran for my suitcase they filled the tank of ...
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It was the janitor of the courthouse who told me about the lynching that occurred
there in 1880 . I had wanted to sketch the courtroom , but it was locked and no
one seemed to know the whereabouts of the key . Finally , with the help of the ...
It was the janitor of the courthouse who told me about the lynching that occurred
there in 1880 . I had wanted to sketch the courtroom , but it was locked and no
one seemed to know the whereabouts of the key . Finally , with the help of the ...
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An old prospector , Clarence Reckmeyer of Black Hawk , told me about
Hughesville Hughesville . " The mines were discovered in 1870 or before , ” he
said . “ At one Gilpin County time two hundred lived there and a small
schoolhouse was ...
An old prospector , Clarence Reckmeyer of Black Hawk , told me about
Hughesville Hughesville . " The mines were discovered in 1870 or before , ” he
said . “ At one Gilpin County time two hundred lived there and a small
schoolhouse was ...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Falsefront Silver Plume | 5 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
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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