Kirkpatrick, Orion E. History of Leesburg Pioneers. Pyramid Press, 1936.
2nd Edition. Front end paper missing. Previous owner's name on copyright page. Signed by author. Two inch tear inside front gutter. Light soil on cover. Owner's margin note in ink on page 100. Hardcover, blue cloth. 172 pages.About Leesburg from wikipedia:
Leesburg was established after gold was discovered at the Leesburg Mine on July 16, 1866. The mining town was named for General Robert E. Lee because most of the settlers were Southerners.[5] It once had a population of 7,000, including Chinese; 100 business firms; and a main street a mile long. Miners dug over 400 miles of ditches to carry water to sluice out gold. By 1930 placer mining was carried on nearly entirely by hydraulic methods. The mine produced nearly $16,000,000 in gold prior to 1938.[6]
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