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Independence
1879
Independence Pass, Colorado
Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
A gold camp near the top of Independence Pass, abandoned in stages as winters at 10,900 feet made their argument. In the storm of 1899 the last residents dismantled their homes into seventy-five pairs of skis and left together down the valley.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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