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Rhymes Of The Rockies Denver & Rio Grande Railroad

Rhymes Of The Rockies

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad

Other works by Denver & Rio Grande Railroad

Publication: Poole Bros, nd ca 1887, NP

8 1/2" x 6 3/4" in color pictorial wrappers with wrap-around illustration. 66 pp. including wrappers, preface, illustrations. A book of poems, descriptive of the scenes among the Rocky Mountains as viewed from trains of The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Before each poem is a picture and description of the place described in the poem. Includes poems about Palmer Lake, Garden of the Gods, Manitou, Cheyenne Canon, Veta Pass, Sierra Blanca, Wagon Wheel Gap, Toltec Gorge, homes of cliff-dwellers, Royal Gorge, Mount of the Holy Cross, the Black Canon, Marshall Pass, etc. Lightly soiled throughout with chipping to spine and light wear to extremities. Still very good. A nice item with much information.

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