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Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots The Author

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⇐PLAN OF TOURS From Central City

NEVADAVILLE HAD THIRTEEN SALOONS CORNISH COTTAGES COVERED THIS SLOPE AMERICAN CITY HUGS THE TREES KINGSTON IS IN TWO SECTIONS

From Idaho Springs

ALICE BOASTED OF ITS GLORY HOLE NORTH EMPIRE CLUNG CLOSE TO THE MINES THE CONQUEROR’S MINERS LIVED WELL

From Georgetown

WALDORF WAS A RAILROAD MINING TOWN PRETTY SAINTS JOHN WAS SECLUDED

From Boulder

WINDY CARIBOU NEARLY BLEW AWAY

From Estes Park

WARD DELIGHTED SUNDAY EXCURSIONISTS

From Grand Lake

LULU CITY BECAME A GHOST EVEN BY 1889 BEAR TRAP CHRISTMAS TREES CHOSE CABINS FOR BOXES

From Steamboat Springs

HAHNS PEAK COMMEMORATES ITS FOUNDER

From Glenwood Springs

FULFORD HAD AN UPPER AND LOWER TOWN UPPER FULFORD HAD A STURDY ASSAY OFFICE CRYSTAL CITY USED SPARKLING WATER POWER

From Aspen

LENADO BEGAN AS A SILVER CAMP LENADO’S NAME MEANS “WOODED” ASHCROFT WAS A BIGGER TOWN THAN ASPEN

From Leadville

INDEPENDENCE LIES BESIDE THE HIGHWAY THE “UNSINKABLE” MRS. BROWN LIVED HERE

From Fairplay

DID “SILVERHEELS” DANCE HERE IN THE 1860’S? RAILROAD GHOSTS HAUNT SOUTH PARK THE PARK’S MINING GHOSTS ARE MANY

From Cripple Creek

ALTMAN CLAIMED TO BE THE HIGHEST TOWN THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT HAS MORE GHOSTS

From Canon City

ROSITA’S HANDSOMEST HOUSE LIVED ON SILVER CLIFF CHOSE A MAGNIFICENT BACKDROP

From Salida

TURRET FACED THE COLLEGIATE RANGE BONANZA KERBER CREEK IGNORES THE GLORIOUS PAST

From Buena Vista

SAINT ELMO HAD A CLIFTON HOTEL WINFIELD

From Gunnison

TIN CUP’S TOWN HALL LOOKS CHURCHLY GOTHIC HAS TURNED FROM MINES TO PLANTS

From Lake City

THE GRANDEUR OF CAPITOL CITY IS DUST CARSON SNUGGLES AGAINST THE DIVIDE

From Creede

BACHELOR WAS FULL OF BRAWLING “BATCHERS” MAIN STREET REMNANTS ODD GRAVE SPAR CITY HAS A CHARMING MAIN STREET ITS OLD HOTEL AND JAIL ARE CHERISHED

From Del Norte

NINETY-YEAR-OLD SUMMITVILLE WON’T DIE

From Silverton

THE SUNNYSIDE WAS EUREKA’S MAINSTAY EVALYN WALSH McLEAN DID NOT SLEEP HERE

From Ouray

THE NATIONAL BELLE MARKS RED MOUNTAIN IRONTON WAS THE RAILROAD TERMINUS

From Telluride

PANDORA’S SETTING IS SUPERB MINING GHOSTS OF THE STORIED SAN JUANS

L’Envoi Acknowledgments

For Research Aid:

For Proofreading: For Photographs:

(See back cover for prices) GULCH OF GOLD COLORFUL COLORADO: ITS DRAMATIC HISTORY SILVER QUEEN: THE FABULOUS STORY OF BABY DOE TABOR AUGUSTA TABOR: HER SIDE OF THE SCANDAL TABOR’S MATCHLESS MINE AND LUSTY LEADVILLE THE UNSINKABLE MRS. BROWN FAMOUS ASPEN HISTORIC CENTRAL CITY DENVER’S LIVELY PAST THE BROWN PALACE IN DENVER SIX RACY MADAMS OF COLORADO COLORADO’S LOST GOLD MINES AND BURIED TREASURE ESTES PARK AND GRAND LAKE TWO BURROS OF FAIRPLAY

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