All octavo Audubons available from the Gold Hill General Store were acquired in the late 1970s from Goodspeed's Book Shop in Boston, Massachusettes. The birds are first edition—all script is italic; sewed binding clearly evident; page edges are gold. All quadrupeds are original—script is block letters except titles (italic); sewed binding clearly evident. Please call the store for details and prices 303-443-7724, ask for Hugh, or email hughsmoore@msn.com.
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Welcome to the Mountains! Now Behave!
"A funny, rude, to the point book of knowledge by a 30-year mountain resident to help you enjoy your stay." Kennedy writes, "In it I give a brief detail of the joys and dangers you may face, including the animals, weather, roads and most important, The Locals…" |
Stories of Sunshine: Life in a Mining Camp Howard's book is a fascinating collection of stories and details from the old mining town of Sunshine, four miles down the road from Gold Hill, with numerous recollections from early residents and many historical photographs. 1994. 99 pgs. $14.95 [signed by the author] |
Early Gold Hill Ten years after writing his history thesis on early Gold Hill at Dartmouth College, Balsley published this abridged version "to make available some of what had been forgotten" about this historically important but often overlooked community. 1971. |
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A Story of Gold Hill Colorado: Seventy-odd Years In the Heart of the Rockies Montgomery was born in Gold Hill in 1885, daughter of a miner and Gold Hill's first schoolteacher. This is her account of the development of Colorado's first mining settlement. Written by Montgomery in 1930, this is its third reprinting, 1998. 37 pgs. $9.00 |
Gold Hill Inn Compendium This is a collection of stories from the Gold Hill Inn restaurant since it began operating in 1962, plus recipes from the original Gold Hill Inn cookbook and various poems by local residents. 117 pgs. $12.50 |
The Mining Camps: Salina & Summerville A history of these two mining towns on the way up to Gold Hill, "beginning with their settlement in the 1870s and ending when the last rail of The Swizerland Trail of America [railroad] was hauled away in 1920." Includes 223 photographs, 96 family stories, 31 mine accident reports. Hardcover. 2005. 442 pgs. $39.50 |
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Frontier Boulder Johnson Books, 1983. |
Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps Sage Books, 1959. First Edition. |
God's Country U.S.A.: Wall Street Colorado Robinson Press, 1982. |
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The Switzerland Trail of America Pruett Press, 1978. |