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The Hanging Tree
January 2001 by Rose Klemenok
The Big Swede was working his pan trying to get rid of the black sand. Usually there were others at the river, but on this day he was there alone. He figured that most of the other fellow miners were either doing their laundry, or working.Additional articles that might interest you...
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