View east of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office, and depot at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet), Gunnison County, Colorado shows the small dilapidated front gable clapboard structure, rooftop sign, "Alpine Tunnel," remains of a railroad signal...
View looking west toward Alpine Tunnel station, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes abandoned railroad tracks, ruins of the hand-hewn stone engine house, two-story frame boarding house, railroad signal and telegraph office. Town was...
View from slope above shows the dilapidated boarding house hotel, Western Union Telegraph and Cable office and depot, and stone enginehouse at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado. Two-story boarding house, built by the Colorado...
Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1930-1940.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.
View of the Alpine railroad station, Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado, a combination frame depot, freight room and living quarters with a large group of men on the wooden plank depot platform with piles of bundled canvas sacks; shows Denver South...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1890.; Alpine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.
Summit of Alpine (Altman) Pass, west slope of Continental Divide, Alpine Station, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows a stone engine house under construction, log buildings which house tunnel workers in background, and the wagon road that crossed pass...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1890.; Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Alpine Station--1880-1890.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Alpine Station--1880-1890.
Shows a Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad engine, box-cars and side-cars on a rocky slope near Alpine Pass (Altman Pass), Gunnison County, Colorado. Men stand near the engine and on a box car. Rough hewn log cabins, timber and another train...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Gunnison...
View of a rock retaining wall and Denver, South Park and Pacific narrow gauge railroad tracks on The Palisades, a cliff on the west side of Alpine Pass, near Alpine Station in Gunnison County, Colorado.
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Palisades, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cliffs.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad tracks.; Retaining walls.
Exterior view of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 Fire House, located on Fifth (5th) Street near Rose Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The front of the building was built by the company in 1874, with storage for the hose carts on the first floor and a...
Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
View of Sixth (6th or Alpine) and Rose Streets in Georgetown, Colorado, including the Monti Building, a wood construction building built in 1867, with signs: "Cresto & Valentine the Worst Wines Liquors & Cigars," "Visit the St. James Authentic...
A long snow shed covers the main line of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad in front of the stone engine house at Alpine Pass, about a quarter of a mile west of the Alpine Tunnel, on the border of Chaffee and Gunnison counties in Colorado....
Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
View of a track of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad around a steep rocky cliff near The Palisades at Alpine Pass (Altman Pass), Gunnison County, Colorado. A stone wall in the center midground helps support the track bed.
Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Palisades, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Stone walls--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
View looking west on Alpine (Sixth) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. Storefronts are on both sides of the street; on the left Mrs. Hazel McAdams, the owner of the Hotel de Paris, walks onto the sidewalk. Behind her, on the building on the corner of...
Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
View of the ruins of Alpine Station near the West Portal of the Alpine Tunnel in (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows probably the abandoned depot, telegraph station and boarding house and the ruins of the stone engine house. Railroad ties are on the...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1950-1960.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gunnison County--1950-1960.; Railroad...
View of the Alpine Inn at 3551 Tejon Street in the Highland Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one story wood structure has a faux mansard roof with green shingles above the entrance. The windows are covered in white wood panels. A tree and...
Alpine Inn (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Electric signs.; Alpine Inn (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Electric...
Men sit and pose on a Denver, South Park & Pacific railroad Engine, labeled "42", and passenger car on a stone embankment at the west portal of the tunnel near Alpine Station in the Sawatch Mountains (Gunnison County), Colorado. View shows a...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Alpine Tunnel (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Tunnels--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado, street scene shows frame buildings, an American flag, a walled tent, "Mining Agency," and Badger Hotel. A spring wagon is in the street.
Alpine (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.
View of a horse race on Alpine Street (Sixth Street) in Georgetown, Colorado, on the Fourth of July. Groups of men stand in the street looking west; people sit on balconies under umbrellas. A uniformed man on a horse rides east. The street is...
Denver, South Park & Pacific Engine 42 (narrow gauge type 2-8-0; Cooke construciton number 1479; built in 1888), with one passenger car, runs along tracks built up with rock from surrounding slopes at the west portal of the Alpine Tunnel, showing a...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1890.; Pitkin County (Colo.)-- 1880-1890.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
Exterior view of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office, Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, features the small front gable clapboard structure with sign on roof apex "Alpine Tunnel." Snow covers the roof and icicles hang...
Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--Gunnison County--1900-1910.
View along the dirt main street in Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows large carriages in front of false front, log, and tent businesses, including the "Mining Agency," and the Badger Hotel. An American flag flies middleground.
Alpine (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.
Interior view of the dilapidated boarding house hotel, at the west portal of the Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes old bunk beds, one leans on another bed, a small table, debris, boarded up window, and a broken chair....
Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1940-1950.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison County--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.
Exterior view of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office, Alpine Tunnel, Gunnison County, Colorado, shows the dilapidated small front gable clapboard structure with an "Alpine Station, built 1884 by D.S.P.P. R.R., El. 11,546', abandoned 1910"...
Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad Engine 42 and an excursion car travel on a stone embankment at the west portal of the Alpine Tunnel in Gunnison County, Colorado. View shows a section of the Alpine Pass (Altman Pass) wagon road level with the...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Altman Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Roads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.;...
View of the ruins of Alpine Station near the West Portal of the Alpine Tunnel in (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows the abandoned telegraph station and boarding house and the ruins of the engine house. Railroad ties on the abandoned Colorado &...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1950-1960.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gunnison County--1950-1960.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Gunnison County--1950-1960.;...
View of The Palisades, a cliff beside Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad tracks near Alpine Station in Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows a stone support wall beside narrow gauge tracks, wagon roads and buildings in the valley. Snow is on steep...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Palisades, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Narrow gauge...
Tourists pose for a photo along the narrow gauge tracks west of Alpine (Altman) Pass, near Pitkin, Gunnison County, Colorado. A train of the Colorado & Southern Railway is in the background.
Colorado and Southern Railway.--1900-1910.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1910.
Tourists pose for a photo along narrow gauge tracks west of Alpine (Altman) pass, near Pitkin, Gunnison County, Colorado. A train ofthe Denver, Leadville, & Gunnison Railway Company is in the background.
Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--1900-1910.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1910.
Snowbanks surround two Denver, Leadville and Gunnison railroad trains that are stopped on railroad tracks near the East Portal of the Alpine tunnel in Chaffee County, Colorado. A man sits on the back platform on one train.
Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
Aerial view of The Palisades, a cliff beside Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad tracks near Alpine Station in Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows a stone support wall beside narrow gauge tracks, and wagon roads near buildings in the valley. Snow is...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Palisades, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Narrow gauge...
Aerial view of The Palisades, a cliff beside Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad tracks near Alpine Station in Gunnison County, Colorado. A man sits and poses on a boulder next to narrow gauge tracks. Snow is on steep slopes in the Sawatch...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Palisades, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Narrow gauge...
Men stand and pose beside a Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad engine, and on box-cars on a rocky slope near Alpine Station in Gunnison County, Colorado. Train cars read: "Tiffany", "D.S.P.& P.R.R.", "Summer & Winter, Refrigerator" and "Car...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
View of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 firehouse, Georgetown, Colorado, looking southeast. The building, built in 1874, is of wood construction with a sloping roof, and has a false cornice on the front. "Alpine Hose No. 2" is painted on the front....
Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bell towers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
View of the dining room at the Alpine Lodge, a hotel in Georgetown, Colorado; shows a large sideboard in the Renaissance Revival style (carved dark wood, backed with mirrors, and topped by an elaborate broken pediment), glass items on the shelves,...
A group of men stand on the raised wooden platform of the combination depot, freight room and living quarters of the Alpine Station Number 1070, (later known as Fisher) along Chalk Creek in Chaffee County, Colorado. The depot features clapboard...
Alpine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Water towers--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company.
A group of men pose in front of wood frame and log businesses in Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado. Four men sit on the boardwalk by the two- story false front Badger Hotel, named for the Badger State of Wisconsin, where owners Captain Ford and John...
A group of men stand on the raised wooden platform of the combination depot, freight room and living quarters of the Alpine Station Number 1070, (later known as Fisher) along Chalk Creek in Chaffee County, Colorado. The depot features clapboard...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Alpine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.
View of frame railroad depot with Denver South Park & Pacific railroad tracks, men, railroad cars and metal water tower, Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado.
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Alpine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.
View of probably a snow shed near the Alpine Tunnel on the Denver and South Park Railroad, Alpine Pass (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows two tunnel openings and timber ceiling planks. Logs lean against short posts to form possibly a snow fence...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
A view of Denver, South Park, and Pacific locomotive number 43 and railroad cars on the west side of Alpine Pass (Altman Pass) at Woodstock (Gunnison County), Colorado, shows three men on top of the locomotive. A stand of pines and log cabins are...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Woodstock (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.
A double-headed passenger train of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad is stopped near the snowshed at the east portal of the Alpine Tunnel between Chaffee and Gunnison counties, Colorado. Scene includes conductors, a wood building near the...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
View of the West Portal of the Alpine Tunnel in Gunnison County, Colo. Located above timberline near the town of Pitkin, the narrow gauge railroad tunnel was constructed in 1882 underneath the Continental Divide in order to connect to the town of...
A group of tourists pose next to railroad car on the Denver, Leadville & Gunnison excursion route near Alpine (Altman) Pass in Gunnison County, Colorado. Men, women and children sit and stand on the railroad tracks and the rocks next to the tracks....
Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--1890-1910.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Gunnison...
Exterior view of the Star Hook and Ladder Fire House at the east end of Sixth (6th or Alpine) Street, Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1886. The company was founded in 1874, the first in the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department. The building has a...
Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
View of the remains of the only smelter built in Alpine (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a tall, square, brick stack topped by stepped brickwork; two people walk among the ruins that include wood and brick; Aspen trees and the slope of a mountain...
Southeast view of Georgetown, Colorado toward, the road to Green Lake, to the left of Leavenworth Mountain. Visible landmarks include the Clear Creek County Courthouse, a white wood construction building with a false front with "Clear Creek Court...
View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school are partially visible at approximately...
View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the priest's residence, school, and hospital...
View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, and Alpine (6th, Sixth) Streets are visible; a tent with many burned...