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3) Images of the San Juans: historic selections from the Ruth and Marvin Gregory photograph collection
Author
Publisher
Western Reflections
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
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Images of the San Juans is a rare treat--a collection of over 250 photos, many never before published, of the life and times of the people of the San Juan region of southwestern Colorado. These photographs were taken from the extensive collection of Ruth and Marvin Gregory, a couple whose love for the San Juan Mountains is evident. Their friend, Ouray historian, P. David Smith, has supplied the captions as only he can--with great care, with, and wonder....
Author
Publisher
Western Reflections, Inc
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
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Description
Roger Henn, storyteller extraordinaire, relates tales of early miners, lost gold mines, boyhood adventures, ghost stories and other delightful and informative lore about times long ago in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado.
Author
Publisher
Western Reflections Pub
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
The well-written letters of Eben Olcott reveal a very different side of the rough and rowdy mining frontier that captured Colorado in the 1880s. San Juan Gold illuminates the details of daily life from the perspective of an educated, successful mining engineer.