Anyone interested in the history of the old west and western mining should visit the South Park City Museum in Fairplay. Visitors aware of the town’s gold-mining roots will find it impossible to miss the remains of the industry that mark the surrounding country side. In “Fair Play” every man would have an equal chance to stake a claim. The town was named by gold prospectors who settled it in 1859 when they were driven from nearby Tarryall by miners who had staked more claims than they could work. This about Fairplay, from the town’s website: Son of a gun if I didn’t land in another gold mining area. Here’s a broader view, showing that I landed pretty much smack dab in the middle of CO:Ī couple of landings ago (Carlin NV), I featured gold mining. Here’s my landing map, showing my proximity to Fairplay: CO 61/59 4/10 1 159.8.įor the 16th time, I landed in the S Platte R watershed on to the Platte (49th hit) on to the Missouri (327th hit). To find out more about A Landing A Day (like who “Dan” is and what the various numbers and abbreviations mean), please see “About Landing,” (and “Abbreviations” and “Cryptic Numbers”) above.ĭan – Well, this old time WBer that actually dipped its toe into US-land has sashayed back to OS-land. ![]() I do some internet research to hopefully find something of interest about my landing location. I call this “landing.” I keep track of the watersheds I land in, as well as the town I land near.
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