San Juan

DESCRIPTION: "I located a claim in Creed, And my title did not stick," so the singer sells his traps and ends up at Cripple Creek, then sells out again to go to San Juan. He tells of deserts, and hostile Navajos; he and his party barely survive
AUTHOR: Barney Riley (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 ([Denver] MIner's Magazine, August 1901, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: mining hardtimes travel
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 111, "San Juan" (1 text)
File: LDC111

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