Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... BORAX BEDS Illustrated with Photographs . DOWN THE DEVIL'S SLIDE . Story EL VAQUERO . Verse FICTITIOUS HISTORY OF THE WORLD . Continued FICTITIOUS HISTORY OF THE WORLD ( Continued . ) FIELD FLOWERS . ( Verse ) FREDERICK REMINGTON'S ...
... BORAX BEDS Illustrated with Photographs . DOWN THE DEVIL'S SLIDE . Story EL VAQUERO . Verse FICTITIOUS HISTORY OF THE WORLD . Continued FICTITIOUS HISTORY OF THE WORLD ( Continued . ) FIELD FLOWERS . ( Verse ) FREDERICK REMINGTON'S ...
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... BORAX BEDS The Homeric Industry of the American. I T WAS IN the obscure illumination which precedes the dawn that Bris- bane woke from an uneasy slumber in the thicket under the tupelo trees bordering the river . The acute in- stinct of ...
... BORAX BEDS The Homeric Industry of the American. I T WAS IN the obscure illumination which precedes the dawn that Bris- bane woke from an uneasy slumber in the thicket under the tupelo trees bordering the river . The acute in- stinct of ...
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Bret Harte. DEATH VALLEY BORAX BEDS The Homeric Industry of the American Desert BY ROBERT E. · 1. RINEHART I N THE HISTORY of man's hunt for mineral wealth there is no romance more fascinating than the grim story of Death Valley's borax ...
Bret Harte. DEATH VALLEY BORAX BEDS The Homeric Industry of the American Desert BY ROBERT E. · 1. RINEHART I N THE HISTORY of man's hunt for mineral wealth there is no romance more fascinating than the grim story of Death Valley's borax ...
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... borax in- dustry . The world has never seen more remark- able transportation than this borax haul- ing from Death Valley to Mojave . It was freakish in every detail . The route led across a burning desert , free from any sign of ...
... borax in- dustry . The world has never seen more remark- able transportation than this borax haul- ing from Death Valley to Mojave . It was freakish in every detail . The route led across a burning desert , free from any sign of ...
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... borax freighting , Mojave was as roaring as a pay - dirt camp . Teamsters give bustle and bank to a town , and the borax carters did their part by Mojave . Gambling hells and bar - rooms ran wide open from one sunrise to the next . The ...
... borax freighting , Mojave was as roaring as a pay - dirt camp . Teamsters give bustle and bank to a town , and the borax carters did their part by Mojave . Gambling hells and bar - rooms ran wide open from one sunrise to the next . The ...
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