Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies

Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies

Author: Robert L. Brown

Publisher: Caxton Press

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780870043420

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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This book features information and travel directions for sixty of Colorado's ghost towns and mining camps. There is an informal history of each town, along with early and contemporary photographs to aid in site identification.


Jeep Trails to Colorado Ghost Towns

Jeep Trails to Colorado Ghost Towns

Author: Robert L. Brown

Publisher: Caxton Press

Published: 1963

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780870040214

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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Settle into your four-wheel-drive vehicle or a chair and take off for the mining camps of Colorado! This book is an illustrated history of fifty-nine towns famous during the gold and silver rushes of the 1800s, with directions on how to get to each.


Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps

Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps

Author: Sandra Dallas

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780806120843

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Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom


Colorado Ghost Towns

Colorado Ghost Towns

Author: Robert L. Brown

Publisher: Caxton Press

Published: 1972-07

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780870045301

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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This is the third in Robert Brown's series of picturesque guidebooks to another era. In text and photographs he has captured the sense of the historic as well as the nostalgic of a new selection of ghost towns and mining camps that dot the back country byways and high mountain valleys of Colorado.


Colorado & the Rockies For Dummies

Colorado & the Rockies For Dummies

Author: Nicholas Trotter

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2005-07-22

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 0471748552

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Want to roam incredible National Parks or luxuriate at a posh resort? Ride the rails or ride the range? Explore quaint small towns or booming big cities? Ski the slopes or browse in the shops? Whether you want urbane luxury, back-country adventure, or something in-between, you’ll find it between the pages of this friendly guide that gives you the scoop on: Rock climbing, whitewater rafting, trout fishing, mountain biking, skiing, and golfing The Natural Wonders and wide range of environments The breweries and their signature brews Local delicacies such as buffalo, rattlesnake, and Rocky Mountain oysters 3 great itinerary options Like every For Dummies travel guide, Colorado & the Rockies For Dummies includes: Down-to-earth trip-planning advice What you shouldn’t miss—and what you can skip The best hotels and restaurants for every budget Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages


Treasure Tales of the Rockies

Treasure Tales of the Rockies

Author: Perry Eberhart

Publisher: Ohio University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780804009355

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Reprint. Originally published: 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: Sage Books, 1969.


Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots

Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots

Author: Caroline Bancroft

Publisher: Big Earth Publishing

Published: 1961

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780933472242

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Forty-two of Colorado's romance-packed high country towns have their stories told with old and new photos, history, and maps.


Finding Gold in Colorado - Prospector's Edition

Finding Gold in Colorado - Prospector's Edition

Author: Kevin Singel

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-05-26

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 9781719553469

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Travel guide book inspired by the gold prospecting origin of Colorado. Includes touring information on all the major towns founded as gold mining camps as well as summaries of each town's origin story. Includes reviews and recommendations on historic districts to visit, mines to tour, driving tours of ghost towns and places to gold pan. Includes information on 16 historic districts, 31 museums, 18 mines, 186 gold panning sites across the state of Colorado. Thoroughly researched to confirm public access to the panning sites (no private property or areas subject to mining claim has been included - unlike other books.)Written by a long-time Colorado resident and gold prospector. Based on years of research and field work.Get your share of the gold by prospecting for it in historic, urban, and remote locations across the gold districts of Colorado.