Notes of a missionary priest in the Rocky Mountains : sketches
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- Notes of a missionary priest in the Rocky Mountains : sketches
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- 1898
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Notes of a missionary priest in the Rocky Mountains : sketches
Author: Gibbons, James Joseph
Year: 1898
CONTENTS FIRST SKETCH First Experiences in the San Juan - Land of mountains and plains - Home of the Cliff-Dwellers - Mummy apostrophized - Trip to Telluride - Young Canadian falls over a precipice - A flourishing mining camp - Silverton in Christmas attire - The "Gloria in Excelsis" - The sacred strains in the midnight air - Perilous night ride. 7 - 25 SECOND SKETCH Funeral in the Rockies - A daring and expert horseman - The cowboy and the wild broncho - Sensational drilling contest - Chattanooga's two inhabitants - Sunset on Ophir's range - Disaster befalls a tenderfoot - Skeleton recalls a tragedy - "Marry in haste, and repent at leisure" - Mountains echo the "Requiescant in pace" - A sudden storm. 26 - 38 THIRD SKETCH From Dallas to Telluride - A genial stage-driver - A hero of the Crimea - Fatal accident at the Sheridan - A picturesque canon - Dreadful catastrophes - Train of burros - Sequel of right line movement - Religious services at Telluride - Summoned in haste to a deathbed. 39 - 55 FOURTH SKETCH A Social and Religious Center - Hospitable family on the Divide - Pastoral scene - Excursion party in the interests of science and religion - A few shots from a rifle bring rel
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