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The Saga Of "Auntie" Stone And Her Cabin, With The Overland Diary Of Elizabeth Parke Keays
NOLIE MUMEY
Other works by NOLIE MUMEYPublication: Johnson Publishing Company, 1964, Boulder
First edition. 4to. Limited edition of 500 signed and numbered copies of which this is number 228. Tan cloth, titles stamped on two leather labels on the spine and a picture of "Auntie" Stone's cottage stamped on a leather label on the front cover, pictorial front and rear endpapers, xix [5], 25- 128 pp., frontispiece, preface, illustrated, footnotes, chronology, genealogy, index. The story of Elizabeth Hickok Robbins Stone (1801-1895), a pioneer woman who built and owned the first dwelling, operated the first hotel, built the first flower mill, and erected the first brick kiln in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado. Along with the overland diary of Elizabeth Parke Keays who traveled from Bloomington, Illinois across the plains to Fort Collins Colorado in 1866. Fine copy.
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