President William Howard Taft addresses a crowd before the opening ceremony for the Gunnison Tunnel at the Montrose County Fairgrounds in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The president stands behind a fence draped with flag bunting and fans. A...
Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Presidents--United States--1900-1910.; Public speaking--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--1900-1910.; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Public appearances.
President William Howard Taft addresses a crowd before the opening ceremony for the Gunnison Tunnel at the Montrose County Fairgrounds in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado . The president stands behind a fence draped with flag bunting and fans....
Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Presidents--United States--1900-1910.; Public speaking--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--1900-1910.; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Public appearances.
A Native American (Ute) Chief John McCook, stands next to a concrete tepee in Ouray Memorial Park near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The tepee covers a spring and was erected in honor of Chipeta and Chief Ouray. Portions of the painted...
Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1940.; Ute Indians--Men--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1940.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Men--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1940.; Monuments &...
Men with pitchforks thresh wheat while one man tends to wheat sacks on A.E. Buddecke's ranch near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows piles of wheat.
Buddecke, A. E.--Homes & haunts.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ranchers--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Threshing--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Wheat--Colorado--Montrose...
A boy leans against a mud-chinked log cabin in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows another log building. Label on photo reads, "R C Diehl Residence Montrose, Colorado 1882."
Diehl, R. C.--Homes & haunts.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
Panoramic view of Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows trees and cultivated land. Montrose commercial buildings, houses, churches, and smokestacks are in the distance.
Montrose High School, in Montrose, Colorado, is a two story, brick building with a series of rough cut stone courses along the foundation. Other features include an arched entry, overhanging eaves, keystones, and quoins. A plaque near the top of...
A sign reads "M. A. Masters General Contractor Paving District No. 1 Montrose, Colorado" near the site of paving operations along Main Street in Montrose, Colorado. A work crew is leveling cement which is being poured from a mixer, while others...
View along Main Street in early Montrose, Colorado. Shows a horse-drawn carriage, bicycles, and two men talking. Signs include: "The Humphries Mercantile Co. Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats & Shoes," "Montrose National Bank," and C. J. Getz, Pharmacist,...
A group of men stand on a wooden plank sidewalk in front of the T. B. Townsend Block in Montrose, Colorado. Two projections on the roof of the building are inscribed with, "Furniture," and, "Montrose Hardware Co." The semicircular projection in the...
Storefronts--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.
Men, probably J.E. Pelton, J.A. Curtis, M.F. Hovey, E.B. Anderson, and an unidentified man, stand by a rowboat (City of Montrose) and the Gunnison River, in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. Cliffs are in sun and shadow.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Cliffs--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Discovery &...
Men portage a wooden rowboat, "The City of Montrose," over boulders and rocks in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boats--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Discovery & exploration--American--Colorado--Montrose...
A group of Montrose, Colorado, citizens pose in front of drilling equipment that drills an artesian well in Montrose County. The drill is composed of cables and steel bars. Electrical cables are attached to a steam-powered tractor; a puff of...
Men stand in the back of a gondola car and use shovels to transfer ore from a narrow gauge railroad car to a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad standard gauge car in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows metal material stacked in a...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad shops &...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge locomotive 318 (2-8-0) and a seven car freight train leave Montrose for Ouray in Montrose County, Colorado. Shows a pile of scrap rails from dismantled Rio Grande Southern track partly covered...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.;...
View of the original house owned by North American Indian (Southern Ute Tribe) Chief Ouray and his wife (Uncompahgre Ute Tribe) Chipeta on their ranch near Montrose (Montrose County) Colorado. The abandoned building is constructed of adobe brick,...
Chipeta, 1843-1924--Homes & Haunts.; Ouray--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--Structures.; Ute Indians--Structures.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Abandoned buildings.; Adobe buildings.; Houses.
President William Howard Taft addresses a crowd before the opening ceremony for the Gunnison Tunnel at the Montrose County Fairgrounds in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The president stands behind a fence draped with flag bunting and fans. A...
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Public appearances.; Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Presidents--United States.; Public speaking.; Rites & ceremonies.; Spectators.
Cowboys are on horseback by a corral on a ranch near the Cimarron River in probably Montrose County, Colorado. Cattle, wood frame buildings and horse-drawn wagons are nearby.
Cimarron River (Montrose County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle herding--Montrose County--Colorado--1890-1900.; Corrals--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--Montrose...
Freight cars are lined up in front of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad depot in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. People wait in a buggy to cross the tracks; covered wagons are parked by town buildings in the background. Rooftop sign reads:...
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
The Methodist Episcopal Church in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is a brick building with stone trim and windows with latticed gothic arches. The entry is square tower with a rosette and an ornate, imbricated belfry, finials, and a windvane....
The Decoration Day parade in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, includes a marching band in cavalry uniforms. Men carry drums, rifles, swords, and a United States flag. Brick and frame businesses with cornices flank the street; spectators crowd...
Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1880- 1890.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
In Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, men, girls, and dogs pose with a pump house behind them. A frame tower supports the well shaft used to access artesian well no. 2; a projecting boom is over sheds with flywheels, pipes, and tanks. A...
View of the Montrose Placer Mining Company flume, in Montrose County, Colorado, under construction. A man is by stacked lumber; the Dolores Creek is below, at the bottom of sandstone cliffs. The water was used for hydraulic gold mining.
Dolores Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.
Gravestone of Chipeta, Ute Native American, wife of Chief Ouray, inside a fenced plot with a gate, along Highway 550, Montrose County, Colorado; died August 16, 1924, buried at this site 1925.
Montrose County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1930.; Chipeta--Tomb.
Cowboys sit on horseback by a corral on a ranch near the Cimarron River in probably Montrose County, Colorado. Cattle, wood frame buildings, and horse-drawn wagons are nearby.
Cimarron River (Montrose County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Beef cattle--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Corrals--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--Montrose...
Men on a wheat stack throw wheat into a thresher with pitchforks at what is identified as A.E. Buddecke's ranch near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Men sit on grain sacks piled on the ground. A horse team and wagon are near the wheat stack.
Close-up of Native American (tribe unknown) petroglyphs on a rock face in Shavano Valley (Montrose County), Colorado. A shadow is cast on the rock. A printed sign reads "Indian Hieroglyphies [sic], Shavano Valley, Montrose Co. Col."
Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Shavano Valley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Antiquities--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Rock...
Close-up of Native American (tribe unknown) petroglyphs on a rock face in Shavano Valley (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows animal figures, possibly corn symbols, and other symbols. A printed sign reads "Indian Hieroglyphies [sic], Shavano Valley,...
Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Shavano Valley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Antiquities--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Rock...
Men from Company K of the 10th (Tenth) Infantry under Captain J.A.P. Hampson are lined up in front of sleeping quarters at Cantonment on the Uncompahgre, later renamed Fort Crawford, near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Men wear military...
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 10th (1855- )--1880-1890.; Cantonment on the Uncompahgre (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Barracks--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1890.; Infantry--American--Colorado--Montrose...
Men probably from Company G or K of the 19th (Nineteenth) Infantry under George K. Brady are lined up at the Cantonment on the Uncompahgre, later renamed Fort Crawford, near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Men wear military uniforms, hold...
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861- )--1880-1890.; Cantonment on the Uncompahgre (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Infantry--American--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1890.; Military...
Men, girls, and a dog pose in front of a wooden pump house in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. A frame tower with a ladder is above the well shaft. A flywheel, cables, pipes, water tank, and smokestack are nearby.
Native American (Ute) women, men, boys, and a girl pose in a row, probably near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Men have braids and wear wide brimmed hats, suits, ties or scarves, suspenders, and woven blankets. One man has a watch fob and...
Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.
Aerial view of the central business district in Montrose, Colorado. Signs include: "The Montrose Hardware," "Busy Corner Pharmacy," "Montrose Fuel Company," and, "Camel."
On a rainy day in Montrose, Colorado, a crowd gathers at the Montrose race track to see, "Baldwin's balloon." Horse-drawn carriages, tents, and a full grand-stand line the outer portion of the track. The master of ceremonies is in a covered gazebo...
A man sits at a sewing machine in this interior view of the Montrose Mercantile Company, in Montrose, Colorado. He is surrounded by various items including: blankets, trousers, shirts, gloves, women's clothing, and, in the background, Reeves and...
A Reeves and Mather display inside the Montrose Mercantile Company, in Montrose, Colorado, features a dining room set and a bedroom set. The dining room set includes a table for ten, place settings, dishes, a side board, and a piano. The bedroom...
The first junior band of Montrose, poses in Montrose, Colorado. The young men are wearing plain dark uniforms and billed caps. Eldest member sitting in the center of the group is the director. Instruments include: tuba, trombone, french horn,...
The eighteen members of the Montrose marching band pose in Montrose, Colorado. A tuba, valve trombones, trumpets, french horns, a snare drum, and a bass drum are represented. The members of the band wear decoratively stitched uniforms with...
Several men and three women stand in the post office in Montrose, Colorado. The room is long and rectangular in shape. Mail boxes line one of the walls and are filled with various types of mail; mostly newspapers and magazines. "Colorado Peach,"...
Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Post offices--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Postal service employees--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Postal services--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.
View of grading and rubble removal prior to paving operations along Main Street in Montrose, Colorado. Signs along the street include: "Busy Bee Drugs, Candy, Ice Cream," "Americord Tires," "Plumbing and Heating," "Eat Here," "Pastime," "Movies,"...
Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Road construction--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.
Bottom half of the front page of "The Messenger," a newspaper published in Montrose, Colorado, from 1882-1890 features an advertisement that reads: "Robuck & Crecelius, livery, feed and sale stables. We do a general transfer business and take...
Welcome arch on main street of Montrose, Colorado; constructed for President Taft's visit and the grand opening of the Gunnison Irrigation Tunnel. Double arch is decorated with flag bunting, bundles of grain and pumkins; reads: "Welcome, Gunnison...
John E. Pelton, J.A. Curtis, M.F. Hovey, Will W. Torrance, and E.B. Anderson pose with oars by the Gunnison River, in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. Wooden rowboats named "City of Montrose" and "John C. Bell" are...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Discovery & exploration--American--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.;...
A girl and a boy pose with a toy sailboat on the porch of a house in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. A trees and a picket fence surround the house.