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Yuma, Leslie Colorado 1887-91 Handwritten Letters - Lot (4)
Yuma, Leslie Colorado 1887-91 Handwritten Letters - Lot (4)
Yuma, Leslie Colorado 1887-91 Handwritten Letters - Lot (4)
Yuma, Leslie Colorado 1887-91 Handwritten Letters - Lot (4)

Yuma, Leslie Colorado 1887-91 Handwritten Letters - Lot (4)

$ 4.75

Availability: 41 in stock
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1900
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: Used - See Listing For Details
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller

    Description

    Yuma, Leslie Colorado 1887-91 Handwritten Letters - Lot (4)
    Lot of (2) letters ea. from Yuma and Lesile (now a Yuma County ghost town) from John & Delia Hoflund to Cousin Fred Hoflund in Orion, IL
    .
    Appx. 4pp each with a few postal covers.
    Fascinating content:
    "The hailstones were as large as pigeon eggs."
    Found a nice claim w/ quite a number of prairie dogs.
    Bad crops, no rain.  Cattle look like "walking scarecrows."
    "I'm afraid the boom for Colorado is almost dead."
    "We have seen several antelopes..."
    Severe winter - "most of the people destitut
    e."
    Sad death of writer's young son - blind, paralyzed, with epilepsy.
    Condition:
    Overall VG+, covers with wear
    .