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Colorado Springs, Colorado: Century One Press, 1975. Softcover. Good. Colorado Springs, CO: Century One Press, 1975. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 96. Perfect-bound booklet, Tan card covers with black lettering. Clipping laid in at rear recounts the author's death by drowning in the very stream -- Chalk Creek -- about which she writes. Some staining and rippling to covers, mostly around spine. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Includes fascinating section on "Stage Coach Rules -- 1870": "If the stage teams run away or are pursued byIndians, stay in the coach and take your chances. Don't jump out for you will either be injured or scalped; In cold weather abstain from liquor for you are subject to freezing quicker if under the influence than if you are cold sober; If chewing tobacco, spit to the leeward side; Don't swear, snore, or lap over on neighbords when sleeping; Don't discuss politics or religion. Don't point out sites where robberies or Indian attacks have taken place.

Colorado Springs, CO: Century One Press, 1975. Book. Illus. by Photographs. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG/N, colored, illustrated paper wraps, perfect bound, 96 pages. Interior clean, binding tight. Wraps show slight finger soiling. History of the Chalk Creek Gulk area of Colorado..