Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Love Finds You In Calico California Love Finds You In Calico California Elizabeth Ludwig "Seamstress Abigail Watts is a young woman ahead of her time as she determines to create the life she wants in a world dominated by men. After hearing news of a silver strike in Calico, California, A… OL17543370W
Mining frontiers of the Far West, 1848-1880 Mining frontiers of the Far West, 1848-1880 Rodman W. Paul "Long out of print, this study of western mining is now available with three new chapters by Elliott West. When originally published in 1963, Professor Paul's book offered the first comprehensive vie… OL1819971W
Golden Fancy:(Love and Adventure Collection #5) Golden Fancy:(Love and Adventure Collection #5) Jennifer Blake Serena Walsh is the beautiful and unwilling plaything of the fanatical Mormon, Elder Greer. Dragging her across the desolate prairie as he seeks a place for settlement, he does not count on her spir… OL1893800W
Coal camp days Coal camp days Ricardo L. Garcia In this fictionalized memoir based on the author's childhood, a six-year-old boy describes his life in a coal mining town in northern New Mexico during World War II. OL2018565W
The Griffith family & the founding of Georgetown The Griffith family & the founding of Georgetown Liston E. Leyendecker "The Griffith Family and the Founding of Georgetown describes four years (1859-1863) in the lives of the Griffiths and how they attempted to tame an isolated wilderness and harvest its mineral riches… OL4114321W
Life during the gold rush Life during the gold rush Victoria Sherrow Describes the events surrounding the discovery of gold in California, the huge migration it brought to the area, and the lifestyles of miners and mining towns. OL479769W
Remembered (Fountain Creek Chronicles #3) Remembered (Fountain Creek Chronicles #3) Tamera Alexander The owner of a freight business drives Veronique Girard, a beautiful French woman, to mining towns in Colorado so that she can search for her father, whom she has not seen in twenty-five years. OL5835931W