Excerpt from History of Clear Creek and Boulder Valleys, Colorado: Containing a Brief History of the State of Colorado From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Embracing Its Geological, Physical and Climatic Features; Its Agricultural, Stockgrowing, Railroad and Mining Interests, an Account of the Ute Trouble The history of Gilpin County was prepared by Capt. James burrell; that of Clear Creek County, by aaron frost, Esq.; Jefferson County, by Capt. E. L. Ber thoud, and Boulder County by amos bixby, Esq. The biographical department is instructive, as illustrating in numberless instances the career of truly self-made men, and is invaluable as a permanent record. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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