Settlement of Denver : Denver, 1884.

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Settlement of Denver : Denver, 1884.

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Carpenter and joiner; to Colorado in January, 1859, from Indiana via Omaha; the Green Russell gold discovery of 1858; beginnings of Denver and Auraria; gold discoveries of 1859, from first-hand observation; beginnings of various famous mining camps; conditions which led him to take up farming, among the first to do so; early milling, lumbering, and coal-mining; first government; vigilance committees; first cattle raising; coming of trail herds from Texas.

Originals : 16 leaves ; 35 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (17 exposures) : negative (Rich. 115:15) and positive.

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