Author : Charles Ramstetter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780964328358
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis John Gregory Country by : Charles Ramstetter
Download or read book John Gregory Country written by Charles Ramstetter and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Hamilton Gregory was his name. In 1859, in the roadless heart of the Rocky Mountains, he washed four dollars worth of gold from a pan of dirt and turned Denver into a ghost town. Thousands followed in his footsteps -- prospectors, roadbuilders, shopkeepers, farmers, schoolteachers, railroad men -- dreamers all, pouring up Gregory's trace like water rushing through a dike. This is their book -- what they saw and what they named, from Coal Creek to Clear Creek, from Dory Hill to the eastward prairies. It belongs, also, to the unclaimed names and to the dead men with no names.To tepee rings and forgotten trails, to the camping places of the ancient ones. And to the 21st Century. With over 200 photographs, extensive maps and historic information researched from hundreds of sources ...."--Back cover.