From: birdbrain@dontemailme.com   
      
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   monaco6178@hotmail.com says...   
      
   >    I'm just wondering what was considered the most remote town or city in   
   >the old west around 1870's?  Or too many to name?   
      
   It would be virtually impossible to decide this question,   
   if one considers the vast number of small communities   
   that came and went in conjunction with mining acitivities   
   in remote locations. I'm thinking particularly of those in   
   the highest reaches of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.   
   Places like Silverton and Lake City still exist today,   
   albeit as mere ghosts of their once bustling selves.   
   Today, with paved access roads, it's hard to imagine the   
   challenge of getting heavy ore milling and mining   
   equipment to these remote sites. To say nothing of the   
   occasional piano or organ that found it's way to the   
   homes of the more sophisticated.   
      
   But while it's easy to get the feel of the still   
   standing old mining towns, many more have disappeared   
   with only the old mine tailings and occasional   
   remains of collapsed buildings to bear testament to   
   a once active community.   
      
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