{"product_id":"historic-landscapes-summit-county-colorado-bill-fountain-9781943829583","title":"Historic Landscapes Summit County, Colorado, Ghost Towns and Townsites Volume 3: Conger's Camp, Dyersville, and More","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistoric Landscapes: Summit County, Colorado Ghost Towns and Townsites Gonger's Camp, Dyersville, and More, Volume Three, focuses on six settlements located at dizzying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheights, surrounded by some of the highest mountains of Summit County. A few followed the usual boom and bust cycles; others never grew beyond the planning stage. The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elocations of several can be verified; others cannot. Where was Bloomfield, which never appeared on any maps? Where was Silver Lake? Follow Fountain's search for the true location.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did Quandary City, in the shadow of Quandary Peak (elevation 14,268) receive its name? What was the true location of Conger's Camp\/Argentine? Using authentic documents, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFountain solves some of the questions that have never been answered. The volume concludes with the detailed story of Dyersville and the discovery of the cabin Father John Dyer built\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor himself and his family. More mysteries solved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs in his other manuscripts, author Bill Fountain imagined what life would have been like in the decades from 1860 until the 1900s. He hopes that you, the reader, with the help of the detailed text and photographs, will do the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Fountain, Sandra Mather\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943829586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943829583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Summit Historical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Bill Fountain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46739177177343,"sku":"9781943829583","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7f072cc-205c-4d70-a9a8-8bb5d024ba37.jpg?v=1743277443","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/historic-landscapes-summit-county-colorado-bill-fountain-9781943829583","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}