For Old and Young. The Midland Primer: A Handbook of Information of the Great State of Colorado and the Territory of Utah
Leadville, CO: Press of C.C.Davis & Co/, 1892. 35pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Damp staining to covers. Otherwise, very good. Item #7613
Illustrated work for the prospective tourist aboard the Colorado Midland Railway, with a brief description and information on Colorado, that is followed by information on the towns and areas the Midland passes through. (Manitou, Ute Pass, Glenwood, Grand Junction, etc.). The Colorado section is followed by a short section on Utah, with descriptions of Ogden and Salt Lake City.
"Now, the Midland's silver meshes, strung with cities like bright beads; Cripple Creek her gold fields offers, where the poorest man succeeds, - Mines and miners, farms and farmers, sheep and cattle on the plains; in the home, the ranche, the smelter, life is full and plenty reigns.." - Virginia Donaghe McClurg (from the Preface).
Price: $100.00