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AUGUST 2022

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  LOOKING ACROSS THE MOORE PLACE AT BULL HILL The "high country" - evergreens, aspens, meadows, afternoon rains and lightning.       This track is a shortcut from the Gold Camp road to the road leading down to Beaver Creek, and our summer dwelling - the cabin. Saves driving an extra couple of miles. Victor is just the other side of Bull Hill. Cripple Creek a few miles to the right. THE WIDOW WOMAN'S PLACE      When we first started summering the cattle in the "high country" in the early 1950's, this is where we stayed! (The disparaging name came with it.) While it was in a bit better shape then, it was pretty much the same as you see it. It's located in a pasture called "The Moore Place".      Off to the right, behind the pole fence, is a spring-fed water tank where we got our water; the outhouse was about where the white boards are. We only used two rooms: the one with the window on the left side was the main room, and next to it a...