This collection of short stories paints vivid portraits of life in the enchanting landscapes of Colorado. From the bustling health resort of Springtown to the rugged prairie ranches and thriving mining camps, the tales capture the diverse tapestry of this remarkable region. With each story, readers will be transported into the heart of the action, experiencing the trials, triumphs, and adventures of the engaging characters who inhabit this land.

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Excerpt from A Colorado Colonel, and Other Sketches Something unusual was evidently taking place on those early - summer days when the soft winds swept like a caress over the prairies and in at the open windows of the Har grave cottage. An old green trunk had been brought from its hiding-place in the attic, and ransacked, repaired, and many times packed and repacked in order that it might go again into the busy world to which it had for many years now been a stranger, a trunk in whose tray was a bundle of letters and dim daguerreotypes daintily tied with a bit of blue ribbon on which were faded spots, tear-stains or time-stains, who knows? - things that were yet very precious to their owner, Rebecca Norwood, (aunt Be becca, she was generally called, ) the maiden aunt of Agnes Hargrave. They were about to go away for the summer, were Agnes and her aunt, and when two women, one of whom is an invalid of uncertain years, make ready for such a journey there is, as Col. Ferguson once said of a fright ful railroad wreck from which he barely escaped with his life, more or less mixed confusion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.