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Author Barney, Libeus, 1829-1899.

Title Letters of the Pike's Peak gold rush : (or, Early day letters from Auraria) : early-day letters by Libeus Barney, reprinted from the Bennington Banner, Vermont, 1859-1860 / by Libeus Barney ; with an introduction by Thomas Hornsby Ferril and a facsimile of the famous Buell-Dillingham map of the Colorado gold region.

Imprint San Jose, Calif. : Talisman Press, 1959.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Bartolini  917.8883 B265l, 1959    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition [Colorado Centennial ed.].
Description 97 p. : ill., map (in pocket) ; 25 cm.
Note Includes a reproduction of the t.p. of the original copy, now in possession of the Library, State Historical Society of Colorado, published in book form in Denver, ca. 1907, under title: Early-day letters from Auraria (now Denver) written by Libeus Barney to the Bennington Banner, Bennington, Vermont, 1859-1860.
"Designed and printed by Robert Greenwood and Newton Baird at the Talisman Press in an edition of 975 copies, May, 1959"--Colophon.
Includes index.
"Facsimile of the Buell-Dillingham map", inserted in pocket inside back cover, entitled: Map of the gold regions in the vicinity of central city, Gilpin County, Colorado Territory / from actual survey by John J. Pratt and Bela S. Buell.
Subject Colorado -- Description and travel.
Auraria (Colo.) -- Description and travel.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado -- Auraria.
Auraria (Colo.) -- Social life and customs.
Denver (Colo.) -- Social life and customs.
Gold mines and mining -- Colorado -- Gilpin County -- Maps.
Colorado -- Maps.
Added Author Pratt, John J., 1833-1898.
Buell, Bela S.
Added Title Early day letters from Auraria
Map of the gold regions in the vicinity of central city, Gilpin County, Colorado Territory.

 
    
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