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Statue of Barney Ford in Breckenridge, Colorado Ford, a onetime runaway mulatto slave, who discovered gold on what is now Barney Ford Hill nearby, made a fortune

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  1. America
  2. Barney Ford
  3. Barney Ford Hill
  4. Barney Ford Statue
  5. Breckenridge
  6. Color
  7. Colorado
  8. Digital Photographs
  9. Gold Mines
  10. Oro Mine
  11. United States

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