Early history of Colorado, Montana and Idaho : Denver, 1884.

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Early history of Colorado, Montana and Idaho : Denver, 1884.

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Notes on the 1858 gold discovery in Colorado; beginnings of Denver and other towns; organization of Colorado Territory; early legislation; help afforded Colorado by Horace Greeley; development of the mining economy. The Montana section touches on the gold discoveries at Bannack, 1862; large-scale migration of Colorado miners to Montana, 1862; the Alder Gulch find; and organization of the Territory. The Idaho portion comments on the Lemhi mines and Salmon City from 1866, with much local history of the Lemhi Valley.

Originals : 86 leaves ; 20 & 24 cm., bound as 35 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (88 exposures) : negative (Rich. 113:14) and positive.

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