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U.S. post offices … now with clickability! | Derek Watkins

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US post offices … now with clickability! Click the image to go to the map – Java-capable browser required.). I’ve never done any interactive mapping before, and wanted to test the waters using Processing. After the positive reactions to my post office expansion video. I thought some people might find an interactive version interesting or useful. I’d welcome any criticisms or suggestions on the design – particularly regarding the user interface and implementation of interactivity. Great work again Derek, ...

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Mountain Runner: Springtime in the Indian Peaks.

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Running. Learning. Breathing in the sweet mountain air. Springtime in the Indian Peaks. Shadow reading the news. Despite other changes in my daily life with my decision to invest full-time energies into my historic preservation work. My running routine continues to be Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday. That has served me well for 15 years or so, I enjoy it, and it's become an important part of my week. Outside my back door in the Indian Peaks. Pasque Flowers, 04.30.14. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). From pi...

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Switzerland Trail of America: Gold Mining 2009.

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Switzerland Trail of America. Working notes for the history of a mountain community. Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Underground mining operations in Ballarat, Australia. After being closed for nearly half a century, gold mines along the Switzerland Trail Railroad are about to be reopened. The price of gold. Has closed above $1200 per ounce, making it now profitable. It's worth noting here that this is not the first indication of a resurgence in gold mining. I heard about this from Malachi. Arrived because ...

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Switzerland Trail of America: Publications

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Switzerland Trail of America. Working notes for the history of a mountain community. Friday, December 15, 2006. Ed Tangen, The Picture Man. Excursions from Peak to Peak. Inn and Around Nederland. Narrow Gauge in the Rockies. Nederland, A Trip to Cloudland. Rocky Mountain Mining Camps:The Urban Frontier. Silver, Gold and Black Iron: A Story of the Grand Island Mining District. Silver Saga: The Story of Caribou, Colorado. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Switzerland Trail of America Foundation.

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Switzerland Trail of America: Interviews and conversations.

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Switzerland Trail of America. Working notes for the history of a mountain community. Friday, December 15, 2006. Marti Anderson 01.11.2006. John Mellblom, surveyor,. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Switzerland Trail of America Foundation. Before the roads, before the coming of the motorcar, the mountain country of the American West existed largely in the imagination of the people. And the photographs of early adventurers like William Henry Jackson. Then came the railroads. Where we are in Colorado.

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Switzerland Trail of America: The Panic of 1873.

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Switzerland Trail of America. Working notes for the history of a mountain community. Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The Panic of 1873. By the late 1860s and early 1870s railroads began appearing in the Rocky Mountains, where industrialization had already been developing. The Denver Pacific Railroad laid its first track in 1869, and in 1872 the Colorado Central Railroad extended its line up Clear Creek Canyon to Blackhawk, at the southern end of the mineral field west of Boulder. Conditions were ripe fo...Betwe...

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Switzerland Trail of America: Rand McNally 1895: Boulder County and Colorado.

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Switzerland Trail of America. Working notes for the history of a mountain community. Monday, April 28, 2014. Rand McNally 1895: Boulder County and Colorado. The New 11 x 14 Atlas of the World. Time would see the rebuilding of the narrow-gauge rail system, in 1896 under new ownership and management. The Colorado and Northwestern Railway, a new name, a new day. The Switzerland Trail of America. Slogan, brand name, had yet to be born. Where is Caribou Town now? 35 years from Native American to European.

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Switzerland Trail of America: Boulder County STA Map.

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Switzerland Trail of America. Working notes for the history of a mountain community. Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Boulder County STA Map. Doing some other research I've just encountered a map created from our data being used by the Boulder County Open Space Department. I'm thrilled to see it being used, and consider it a huge success for the efforts we've been making to restore this historic treasure to its proper place in local consciousness. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Then came the railroads.

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Switzerland Trail of America: Rocky Mountain Mining Camps: The Urban Frontier.

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Switzerland Trail of America. Working notes for the history of a mountain community. Friday, December 15, 2006. Rocky Mountain Mining Camps: The Urban Frontier. Rocky Mountain Mining Camps: The Urban Frontier. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967. Available from your public library, or. Reference at The Open Library. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Switzerland Trail of America Foundation. And the photographs of early adventurers like William Henry Jackson. Then came the railroads.