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Prospector and his burro in camp

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Colorado Digitization Project
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Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive
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1940?-1949?
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Gimlett, Frank E., 1865-1952
 Animals, pack
 People
 Scenes, camp
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Postcard showing a prospector and his burro standing in front of his tent, probably in Colorado. The caption on photograph NMHFM-231 identifies this person as Frank Gimlet, the hermit of Arbor Villa. Gimlet, aka Frank E.Gimlett, lived on the site of the abandoned mining town of Arbourville, Chaffee County. He authored “Over Trails of Yesterday,” a series of tales and poems, and entertained tourists in the 1940s.
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