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  • Continental Divide from Horse Ranch, Estes Park
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    View towards Continental Divide of Rocky Mountains from Horse Ranch (or Sheep Lake), Estes Park, Colorado; clouds top the peaks.
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    Rocky Mountains--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.
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    [1909?]
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  • Sloan place and family
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    Two children, Ray and Lottie Sloan sit in a buggy behind horses in Prairie Divide (Larimer County), Colorado. A woman, Mrs. Sloan stands by the horses and her husband, Billie Sloan, sits on horseback. Shows a chinked log cabin house with a plank...
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    Larimer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Homesteading--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Sloan, Billie.; Sloan, Lottie.; Sloan, Ray.; Sloan...
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    [between 1882 and 1893?]
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 1 and 2, 1923 January-February
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    Newsletter produced every two months by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1923 January-February
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  • Continental Divide from Tolland, Denver & Salt Lake Ry
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    View of the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains from Tolland, Colorado (reached via the Moffat Road); standard-gauge railroad tracks at left foreground; meadow at mid-ground; small buildings and trestle at distant center; tracks ascend...
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    Railroad tracks--Colorado--1910-1920.
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    [1915?]
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  • Great Divide Colo.
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    View of Great Divide, Moffat County, Colorado; shows people near general merchandise building, parked automobiles, Great Divide Cash Store, post office, and hotel; horses graze near wagons.
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    Great Divide (Colo.)--1910-1920.
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    September 21, 1917
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  • William A. "Bill" Southworth at the Continental Divide, Loveland Pass, Colorado
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    Tenth Mountain Division soldier, William A. "Bill" Southworth poses for a portrait at the Continental Divide. He is wearing a khaki uniform with a white belt, which was not army issue. The signs at the side of the highway identify the place: the...
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    Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1940-1950.; Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
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    [1943,1944]
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  • James Peak from Continental Divide, Moffat Road
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    Overview of snowy James Peak (elevation 13,294 feet) and two lakes taken from Continental Divide on Moffat Road, Colorado; other peaks in distance. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific (later called Denver & Salt Lake Railroad).
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    Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
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    1904
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  • Pike's Peak from Divide, Colo. Midland
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    Agricultural fields viewed from Colorado Midland Railway near Divide, Colorado; Pikes Peak, distant background; barbed wire fence enclosing cut and stacked crops.
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    Divide (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Barbed wire--Colorado--1890-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--1890-1920.; Fences--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
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    [between 1890 and 1919]
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  • The Hundley stage line to Cripple Creek, via C.M. Ry.
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    Men pose at the Colorado Midland Railway and Hundley stage line meeting point at a depot in Divide (Teller County), Colorado. Men wear suits and hats and pose on top of horse-drawn stagecoaches that read: "Mail Express" and "Cripple Creek."...
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    Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Divide (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Divide--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Divide--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Divide--1890-1900.
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    [between 1892 and 1893]
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  • Spring Creek party at Great Divide barbecue
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    Women, men and children, most in hats, gather around a picnic blanket at Great Divide (Moffat County), Colorado. Shows young children and a baby in a baby carriage, wagons and sagebrush. John A. Breach kneels, he holds his cup upside down. He wears...
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    Great Divide (Colo.)--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Great Divide--1910-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Great Divide--1910-1920.; Breach, Glen T.; Breach, John A.; Breach, Susannah.
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    1917
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  • Billie Sloan place near Prairie Divide, Larimer Co., Colo.
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    View of the Billie Sloan ranch near Prairie Divide in Larimer County, Colorado. Shows a ranch house and outbuildings in a valley.
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    Larimer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.
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    [between 1882 and 1893?]
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  • Cntinental [sic] Divide, Moffat Road
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    View of two elevations of standard gauge railroad track, one winding along mountainside and other in valley below; shows snowy mountainous area of Rollins Pass and Continental Divide center background and trees denuded from slopes either from...
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    Mammoth Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--1900-1910.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
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    [1904?]
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  • Continental Divide from Vasques[sic] Pass, Camp Shaffer
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    View towards Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado from Vasquez Pass, Camp Shaffer; two men on mountain trail above timberline, view down valley with mountains in background.
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    Vasquez Pass (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1890-1910.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1890-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Berthoud Pass sign, Grand County, Colo.
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    View of the Berthoud Pass sign located at the top of the Continental Divide in Grand County, Colorado. The sign reads "Continental Divide, Berthoud Pass, Elevation 11,307 Feet.
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    Mountain passes--Colorado--Grand County--2010-2020.; Berthoud Pass (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Grand County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Mountain passes--Colorado--Grand County--Pictorial works.; Berthoud Pass (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Grand County...
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    2010
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 8 and 9, 1923 August-September
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    Newsletter produced monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1923 August-September
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  • West Port[al] CD office man at office door
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    Men smile and pose at night by a metal building and a sign: "Office Platt Rogers, Inc. Contractors - Continental Divide Tunnel at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand...
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    Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Men--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Night--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
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    [between 1940 and 1947?]
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  • EPCD Portal
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    View of the East Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Larimer County, Colorado. Shows tracks, pipes, rocks and signs that read: "U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation,...
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    Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.
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    [between 1941 and 1951?]
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  • WPCD locomotives in yard
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    View of the locomotive yard at the West Portal construction site of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. Shows men, mine locomotives, corrugated sheds, power station, a...
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    Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
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    [between 1940 and 1942?]
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  • Alva B. Adams Tunnel
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    View of the West Portal of the Continental Divide Tunnel (Alva Adams Tunnel), a part of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, during construction on the east end of Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. The work was undertaken by the United States...
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    United States. Bureau of Reclamation--Facilities.; Water diversion--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1940.; Water tunnels--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1940.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
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    [between 1939 and 1940?]
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  • The city of hay stacks, Sidney, near Steamboat Springs
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    View of Mayer Ranch, Sidney, Routt County, Colorado, with North Park Range of the Continental Divide. Haystacks and cattle surround the ranch house and outbuildings.
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    Sidney (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Haystacks--Colorado--Sidney--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Sidney--1900-1910.
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    between 1908 and 1909
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  • Exhibit of O. H. Bryan at Great Divide
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    Display of farm products inside a tent at Great Divide, Moffat County, Colorado; grain sheaves, potatoes, corn, and squash are exhibited on blanket-covered shelves.
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    Bryan, O. H.--Homes & haunts.; Great Divide (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farm produce--Colorado--Great Divide--1910-1920.
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    [1917]
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  • Home o[f] E. G. Price near Great Divide Colo.
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    Close, exterior view of a two-story, wooden frame house and barn near Great Divide, Moffat County, Colorado.
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    Price, E. G.--Homes & haunts.; Great Divide (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Great Divide--1910-1920.
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    [1917]
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  • Continental Divide
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    Colorado mountain lake surrounded by peaks on the Continental Divide.
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    Continental Divide (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1930.
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    [between 1900 and 1923]
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  • On the Continental Divide
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    Two men atop rocky slope on the Continental Divide.
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    Continental Divide (Colo.)--1900-1930.
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    [between 1900 and 1923]
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  • Wall of the Continental Divide
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    View of a rocky wall of the Continental Divide; shows three men in suit jackets and hats in foreground on a sloping snowfield.
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    Continental Divide (Colo.)--1910-1930.
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    [between 1919 and 1923]
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  • Continental Divide, Estes Park
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    View along dirt road on snow-covered Continental Divide, near Estes Park, Colorado; shows post fence, powerlines, and footpath.
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    Continental Divide (Colo.)--1920-1930.
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    [between 1920 and 1925]
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  • Climax at top of Fremont Pass
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    View of the snowcovered mining town of Climax, Fremont Pass on the Continental Divide, Lake County, Colorado; includes Colorado and Southern station number 1147, depot section house, railroad tracks, stacks of lumber, water tower, and molybdenum...
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    Climax (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fremont Pass (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Climax--1920-1930.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Climax--1920-1930.
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    ca. January 1929
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  • Divide Depot Colorado Midland Railroad, "All change for Cripple Creek," Midland Terminal Railroad.
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    Men dressed in winter clothes stand in front of the depot building at Divide, Colorado, in Teller County. A Colorado Midland Railroad train is stopped on the tracks in front of the building. Patches of snow are on the ground.
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    Divide (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations-- Colorado--Divide--1890-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
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    [1896?]
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  • Berthoud Pass
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    A single automobile is parked at a hair-pin curve on the north side of Berthoud Pass, prior to its being paved. The Continental Divide is to the east.
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    Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1930.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1930.
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    [between 1915 and 1930]
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  • The Snowy Range
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    Mountains identified as the Snowy Range, part of the Continental Divide, stand behind the town of Fraser, Colorado, as seen from the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys.
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    Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1950.
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    [between 1917 and 1941]
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  • Leaving God's wonderland
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    Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-143] Storm on the Continental Divide, [ARL-144] Look, that's where we were!!!, [ARL-145] End of season." The photographic prints on album page show: dirt road and storm clouds over the Continental...
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    Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.
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    1936
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  • Main Street, Happy Valley No 2.
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    View west of Main Street in Eldora (Happy Valley), Colorado; men stand by frame buildings. The Continental Divide is in the distance.
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    Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1900?]
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  • Nevadaville, Colo.
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    A large mine shafthouse stands in the foreground of this view of Nevadaville, Colorado, located north of Central City between Quartz and Gunnell hills in Gilpin County. The town's Episcopal and Methodist churches stand near each other at the far...
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    Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.
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    [1899?]
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  • Eldora Valley
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    The snow-capped peaks of the Continental Divide stand in the distance of this view of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Eldora experienced its mining boom for about two years starting in 1897, when gold tellurides and sulphides were discovered on...
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    Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.
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    [between 1935 and 1950?]
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  • Gold Hill
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    Houses stand along three main dirt roads in Gold Hill, a mining district about 12 miles northwest of Boulder in Boulder County, Colorado. Gold Hill was one of the first gold mining camps in Boulder County. By the 1950s, it was used mostly as a...
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    Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold Hill (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gold Hill--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Gold Hill--1930-1940.
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    [1939?]
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  • Tennessee Mt. 1940
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    The tops of several trees with bare branches protrude into the foreground in this view looking toward the Continental Divide from Tennessee Mountain on the border of Boulder and Gilpin counties in Colorado. Two small lakes, possibly Lake Eldora and...
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    Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
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    [1940?]
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  • RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
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    Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, close view; smoke. Photographed: Dallas Divide, Colorado, September 13, 1946.
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    Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
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    1946
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  • RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
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    Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end; light engine (no cars) at road crossing; scenic. Photographed: Dallas Divide, Colorado, September 16, 1946.
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    Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
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    1946
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  • RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 455, engine type 2-8-2
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    Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, with westbound freight train. Photographed: Dallas Divide, Colorado, May 24, 1951.
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    Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1950-1960.; Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
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    1951
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  • RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2
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    Almost head on; with helper engine 461; approaching summit; smoke. Photographed: Dallas Divide, Colorado, September 16, 1946.
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    Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
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    1946
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  • RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2
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    Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, close view; engine 464 uncoupled; engine 461 close behind. Photographed: Dallas Divide, Colorado, September 16, 1946.
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    Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
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    1946
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  • RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2
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    Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end; at road crossing; entire train visible. Photographed: Dallas Divide, Colorado, September 16, 1946.
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    Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
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    1946
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  • RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
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    Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, close view; engine 461 in middle of train; obstructed by gondola. Photographed: Dallas Divide, Colorado, 1951(?).
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    Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1950-1960.; Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
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    [1951?]
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  • RGS narrow gauge motor car number 6
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    Three-quarter view of left side of motor car, from front end; Work Goose meeting engine 464. (The Work Goose never carried passengers or freight. It was used in maintenance of way service.) Photographed: Dallas Divide, Colorado, September 13, 1946.
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    Railroad motor-cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
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    1946
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  • RGS narrow gauge motor car number 3
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    Three-quarter view of left side of motor car, from front end, distant view; Galloping Goose meeting engine 464, which was running light (without cars). Photographed: Dallas Divide, Colorado, September 13, 1946.
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    Railroad motor-cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
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    1946
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  • RGS narrow gauge motor car number 3
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    Left side view of motor car, distant view; Galloping Goose on trestle. Photographed: between Placerville and Dallas Divide, Colorado, September 15, 1946.
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    Railroad motor-cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Placerville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Dallas Divide--1940-1950.; Rio Grande...
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    1946
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Donaghe, Mary Virginia
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Mesa Verde national park
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1920 October
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    Newsletter produced monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1920 October
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 6 and 7, 1920 June-July
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    Newsletter produced monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1920 June-July

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