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“To Honor Men Who Dig For Gold”

by | Sep 11, 2017 | Western Books, Western Books & Movies

Ghost Towns of the West (Voyager Press, $24.99) by Philip Varney and Jim Hinckley, is a must for lovers of history and solitude. The book features towns in 11 states and includes maps, color photos and text. Silver Plume, Colorado, got its colorful moniker from an ode to ore with plume-shaped silver streaks: “The knights today are miners bold, Who toil in deep


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