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  1. Exploring the Wet Mountain Valley -1948 Eighth Post

    Exploring the Wet Mountain Valley -1948 Eighth Post

    Miss Kettle's house in Westcliffe Miss Kettle (one of my father's school teachers) had a house in Westcliffe. We went up Round Mountain, a small mountain in the valley, and looked for garnets. (I don't think we found any). From Round Mt. 1948 - Silver Cliff closest to us and the upstart...
  2. Silver Cliff - My Father's Birthplace in 1948 - Seventh post

    Silver Cliff - My Father's Birthplace in 1948 - Seventh post

    My father was born December 1904 in a ghost silver mining town called Silver Cliff. Silver Cliff is in the Wet Mountain Valley between the Wet Mountains on the east and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains (part of the Rockies) on the west. Wet Mountain Valley looking toward the Sangre de...
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