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Colorado outings

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This bound volume contains letters written by A.A. Butler while on a month long trip through Iowa and Colorado in the summer of 1898. Butler started from Red Wing, MN. and traveled on the Mississippi River through most of Iowa; his final destination was Colorado Springs, CO. While in Colorado, Butler visited Manitou Springs, Colorado, and several notable places including Pike's Peak. He and his group of friends hiked several of the canyons around the Colorado Springs area. Pasted throughout the volume are images cut out from magazines, and other printed sources, maps and photographs. The majority of these images are photographs of Colorado mountains and scenery taken by his traveling companion, Leonard. The letters are written to his mother and sister, Caroline W. Butler
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1898.
Call number
mssHM 60316
Creator
Butler, A. A(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from N. Kovach, February 22, 1947.
Associated people
Butler, Caroline W.
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