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Bert Mark letters from the shaft and trail: typescript

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Bert Mark letters from the shaft and trail: typescript

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Description: This typescript is made up a series of letters Bert Mark wrote back to his family from a ranch in Gunnison, Colorado. He talks about life on the ranch including taking part in a cattle drive. Mark also went to the Citizen's Mine in Timberline, near Pitkin, Colorado and worked for a little while. He talks about the hard work, life in the mining camp, trips to Pitkin, dances he attends and some women he met; he also visited some other mining camps in Colorado. The typescript includes some handwritten notes by the author. Also with this typescript is another manuscript entitled "Twelve Thousand Miles on One Hundred Dollars: Describing a Unique Trip through Europe," by C. H. Mark. This manuscript talks about a trip to Scotland and Germany.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1904-1905.
Call number: mssHM 75691-75692
Creator: Mark, Bert(Opens in new tab)

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Purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, January 19, 1982.

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23 cm :

Associated people

Mark, C. H.

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