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  • Elk Creek Canyon, Mt. Evans, Elk Creek Falls
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    View of falls identified as Elk Creek Falls on probably North Elk Creek in a canyon near Mount Evans in Park County, Colorado. Two women stand and hold hands at the base of the falls near a rock ledge; a log is in the creek. The women wear long...
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    North Elk Creek (Park County and Jefferson County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Park County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Park County--1910-1920.; Holding hands--Colorado--Park County--1910-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Park County--1910-1920.;...
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    [between 1910 and 1920?]
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  • East Tennessee & Western North Carolina R.R., 4-6-0 #12 4-6-0 #11 on commuter train Elk Park, N.C.
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    View of narrow gauge East Tennessee & Western North Carolina locomotives number 12 and number 11, with a commuter train, at the depot in Elk Park (Avery County), North Carolina. A railroad worker stands on the tender of # 12. The depot has a sign...
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    East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Elk Park (N.C.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--North Carolina--Elk Park--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--North Carolina--Elk Park--1940-1950.; Railroads stations--North...
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    1942 November 18
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  • Nick Black Elk and family, Catholic catechist
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    Group studio portrait of a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man, identified as Black Elk, his wife, and his daughter, Lucy Looks Twice. Black Elk wears a suit, his wife wears a long dress decorated with elk's teeth and a hair pipe necklace, and his...
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    Catechists--1890-1910.; Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Oglala Indians--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Black Elk, 1863-1950--Family.; Black Elk, 1863-1950.; Lucy Looks Twice.
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    [between 1890 and 1910?]
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  • Wife of Big Elk
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    A Native American (Cheyenne) woman and Big Elk's wife pose near a doorway, 47 miles from Fort Keogh, Montana. The women wear moccasins, dresses, and blanket shawls. Big Elk's wife wears a cloth belt and beaded necklaces.
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    Cheyenne Indians--Montana--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--1890-1900.; Spouses--Montana--1890-1900.; Women--Montana--1890-1900.; Big Elk--Family.
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    1892
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  • 1920 Corbett & Ballenger's 48th Annual Denver City Directory
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1920.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1920
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  • 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1923.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1923
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  • Black Elk and son, Black Elk, Ogalalla Sioux who fought in Custer Battle
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    Outdoor portrait of Black Elk, (1863-1950) an elderly Native American Oglala Lakota Sioux spiritual leader who fought in the Little Bighorn, standing with his son, South Dakota; both wear shirts, breechcloths, leggings, and moccasins; Black Elk is...
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    Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Veterans.; Oglala Indians--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Aged...
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    1936
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 7 and 8, 1928 July-August
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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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    1928 July-August
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  • Scraper and awl
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    A Native American (Sioux) scraper tool made from elk horn and a steel blade. The scraper has a natural color, dots and lines carved into the handle portion, hollow depression and there is a thong piece of buckskin wrapped around the blade. This...
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    Arapaho Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Scrapers (tools)--1880-1900.; Cases (containers)--1860-1880.
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    [between 1860 and 1900]
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  • Red Mtn., Elk Range from Scofield [sic] Pass
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    View of Red Mountain in Elk Mountains from Schofield Pass above Marble, Colorado; meadow, snowfield, Rocky Mountains.
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    Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Red Mountain (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Schofield Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.
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    [between 1906 and 1920]
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  • Elk
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    Close-up view of male elk with antlers in snow-covered field, somewhere in Colorado; remaining herd of elk grazing on foothills behind; photograph attributed to McClure.
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    Elk--Colorado--1900-1920.
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    [between 1900 and 1920]
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  • Sioux Indians at Frontier Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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    Two boys stand next to a bass drum at the front of a panoramic view of Native American (Oglala Sioux) men, women and children, and white men at Frontier Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Sioux men and boys wear beaded and fringed leggings, hair pipe...
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    Dakota Indians--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1920-1930.; Oglala Indians--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1920-1930.; Cedar Rapids (Iowa)--1920-1930.; Children--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1920-1930.; Tipis--Iowa--Cedar...
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    1925, July
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  • Elk
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    View of a grazing elk with antlers.
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    Elk--1910-1920.
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    [between 1910 and 1920?]
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  • Two elk bucks
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    Two male elk stand in an open grassy field in an unidentified location.
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    Elk--1900-1910.; Meadows--1900-1910.
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    1908
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  • Wapiti (Elk)
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    Studio photograph of a taxidermic bull elk head. Shows a head with antlers on probably a fake rock podium scattered with dried vines and leaves.
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    Elk--1880-1900.; Taxidermy--1880-1900.
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    [between 1882 and 1900?]
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  • Chief Standing Elk 1st Lieut. to Chief Little Wound
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    Two Native Americans pose sitting near a broken wagon and tepees. Different identifications suggest the men are Standing Elk (Oglala Sioux) and Black Horse (Sioux). Standing Elk wears moccasins, leggings, a vest over a long sleeved shirt, and a...
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    Dakota Indians--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--1870-1900.; Oglala Indians--1870-1900.; Indian encampments--1870-1900.; Tipis--1870-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1900.; Black Horse.; Little Wound, Oglala Chief--Staff.; Standing Elk.
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    [between 1870 and 1900?]
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  • James Lone Elk
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    Studio portrait (sitting) of James Lone Elk, a Native American (Crow) man. He wears a vest decorated with metal beads, hair pipe breast plate, and two feathers in his hair.
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    Crow Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Lone Elk, James.
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    1899
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  • Elk Mountain Lodge located near Ashcroft, Colorado
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    View south over a small pond at Elk Mountain Lodge to the distant old mining camp of Ashcroft (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado; includes Elk Mountains with light snow reflected in foreground water; lodge comprised of several...
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    Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
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    Summer 1948
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  • Elk Park, Animas Canon D.& R.G.RY.
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    A Denver & Rio Grand Railway engine and caboose stop along the narrow gauge tracks near the Animas River at Elk Park, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows felled trees, tree trunks, boulders, meadows and probably Snowdon Peak in the distance. Workmen...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Snowdon Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--San Juan...
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    [between 1880 and 1886?]
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  • Buffalo borders at carcass of freshly killed cow elk
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    Two cowboys in woolies chaps and felt hats kneel beside a headless elk carcass killed by wolves. One cowboy holds up a bison head. Two saddled horses frame the men and carcass on the ground. Dogs sniff the ground behind the men.
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    Wolves--Control--1920-1940.; Bison--1920-1940.; Cowboys--1920-1940.; Elk--1920-1940.; Horses--1920-1940.
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    [between 1929 and 1934?]
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  • Frisking Elk, Dakota, similar view
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    Frisking Elk, Dakota, 1/2 length seated studio portrait, wearing one feather in hair, one earring, braids wrapped in fur, necklace around throat, fur sash, and embroidered shirt with fringed sleeves.
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    Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Frisking Elk.
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    [188-?]
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  • Frisking Elk, Dakota, wearing furs, bust
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    Frisking Elk, Dakota, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing one feather in hair, one earring, necklace around throat, braids wrapped in fur, fur sash, and embroidered shirt with fringed sleeves.
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    Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Frisking Elk.
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    [188-?]
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  • Frisking Elk, similar view
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    Frisking Elk, Dakota, 1/2 length seated studio portrait, wearing one feather in hair, one earring, braids wrapped in fur, necklace around throat, fur sash, and embroidered shirt with fringed sleeves.
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    Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Frisking Elk.
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    [188-?]
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  • East Tennessee & Western North Carolina R.R., 3/4 view #11 4-6-0 close-up Baldwin 1916 62 tons, Elk Park, N.C.
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    Two railroad employees pose at the cab of narrow gauge East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad locomotive number 11 (Baldwin 1916, 4-6-0) in Elk Park (Avery County), North Carolina. A coal car and passenger coach are behind the engine.
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    East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Elk Park (N.C.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--North Carolina--Elk Park--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--North Carolina--Elk Park--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--North...
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    1942 November 18
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  • Elk Falls Ranch, Montie Montana, single horse catch with flip, son Montie Jr. "up"
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    Mounted members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies watch cowboy actor and rodeo star, Montie Montana, lasso a horse ridden by his son Montie Jr., while turning a summersault at the Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch in Park County, Colorado. A barn is in...
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    Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Park County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Actors--Colorado--1950-1960.; Cowboys--Colorado--Park...
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    1954 July
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  • Elmer Berg's Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch
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    View of the Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch in Park County, Colorado. The wooden lodge has log siding. A sign on the building reads: "Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch Lodge." A flag pole is beside the lodge with an American Flag and the "3R" flag. A van with...
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    Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch (Colo.)--Buildings--1940-1950.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Park County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dude ranches--Colorado--Park County--1940-1950.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Park County--1940-1950.;...
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    1949 July
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Places. Colorado. Peaks [From: Hart, John Lathrop Jerome: "Fourteen Thousand Feet ...]
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  • 1905 Corbett & Ballenger's 32nd Annual Denver City Directory
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1905.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1905
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  • 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1900.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1900
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  • Two Elk Cliffs
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    A view of a Denver and Rio Grande Railway locomotive, tender and freight cars beside the Eagle River, Eagle County, Colorado. Shows boulders, logs in the river, pine and aspen trees on the cliff. A rock outcrop identified as Two Elk Cliffs is in...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Eagle...
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    [between 1880 and 1886?]
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  • Choker
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    A choker (Native American Sioux) made of dentalium shell and rawhide. Worn by Cedar Elk when young.
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    Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1880.; Chokers--1870-1880.; Necklaces--1870-1880.; Cedar Elk--Associated objects.
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    [between 1870 and 1879]
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  • Yankton
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    Portrait of Standing Elk, Native American Dakota Sioux man, seated, wearing a feather in his hair, a shirt with a neck scarf, and a blanket wrapped around his waist; he holds a tomahawk.
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    Dakota Indians--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Standing Elk.
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    [between 1860 and 1880?]
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  • Mrs. Lone Elk, Sioux
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    Sitting studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) woman, identified as Mrs. Lone Elk. She wears a blanket around her legs, a long hair pipe necklace, a dark shirt with elk tooth decoration, bracelets, and cross-shaped earrings.
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    Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
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    1899
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  • Elk Park. Animas Canon
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    View of Elk Park (San Juan County), Colorado, and the Animas River. Shows Denver and Rio Grande Railway tracks and a mountain identified as Snowden Peak.
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    Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; Elk Park (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Elk Park--1880-1900.
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    [between 1882 and 1900]
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  • Near Hahns Peak, Colorado
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    Four men travel in a horse-drawn cart down a rocky road by Elk River near Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado.
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    Elk River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hahn's Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Routt County--1880-1900.
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    [between 1880 and 1900]
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  • Lava cliffs & Elk Mountain
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    A fence with wood posts stands in a field in the foreground of this view of the Lava Cliffs and Elk Mountain near Hot Sulphur Springs in Grand County, Colorado.
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    Grand County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cliffs--Colorado--1890-1910.; Fences--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1910.; Meadows--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1904?]
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  • On the trail to Elk Falls Ranch
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    Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies are on a trail ride near the Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch in probably Park County, Colorado. The men on horseback are dressed in western attire that includes cowboy hats. They travel on a dirt road....
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    Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Park County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Park County--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Park County--1950-1960.;...
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    1954 July
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  • 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1899.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1899
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  • The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 9, 1914 February 14
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    Newsletter produced semi-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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    1914 February 14
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 7, 1919 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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    1919 July
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  • A bunch of elk on J.B. Dawson's Ranch, Routt Co., Colo.
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    Herd of elk in corral, John Barkley Dawson's Ranch, near Hayden (Routt County), Colorado; log posts for corral railing.
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    Dawson, John Barkley--Homes & haunts.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Corrals--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Elk--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.
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    [between 1913 and 1915]
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  • Elk Creek Canon Near Pine Grove Colo.
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    A narrow, rutted dirt road winds through canyon near Pine Grove (later Pine), Colorado; shows Elk Creek, pine trees, and rock walls of canyon.
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    Elk Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pine Grove (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Pine Grove--1890-1920.
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    [between 1890 and 1920]
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  • Elk Creek Canon Near Pine Grove Colo.
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    View of a narrow, rutted, and pine tree-lined dirt road winding through Elk Creek Canyon near Pine Grove (later Pine), Colorado.
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    Elk Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pine Grove (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Pine Grove--1890-1920.
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    [between 1890 and 1920]
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  • Elk Creek Canon Near Pine Grove Colo.
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    View of a rutted dirt road in Elk Creek Canyon near Pine Grove (later Pine), Colorado.
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    Elk Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pine Grove (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Pine Grove--1890-1920.
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    [between 1890 and 1920]
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  • Marking of Ute Pass Trail
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    Native American (Ute) men and children and a white man sit in a convertible automobile on Pikes Peak Avenue, in Colorado Springs, probably part of a parade for the marking ceremony of the Ute Pass Trail, El Paso County, Colorado. Native American...
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    Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Colorado...
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    1912 August 12
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  • Snow Mass [sic] Mtn & Elk Lake Elk Mtns
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    View of Elk Lake, headwaters of Left Fork of Rock Creek, and Snowmass Mountain in Gunnison County, Colorado.
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    Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Snowmass Mountain (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Gunnison County--1860-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--Gunnison County--1860-1880.
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    [between 1865 and 1875]
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  • Mrs. Bluebird, Sioux
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    Standing studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) woman, identified as Mrs. Bluebird. She wears moccasins, a full length hide dress with elk tooth fringe, a decorative beaded yoke, a waist sash, and carries a blanket over her right arm.
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    Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.; Bluebird, Mrs.
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    [between 1880 and 1910?]
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  • Sioux Indians
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    Two young Native American (Sioux) girls pose on a grassy plain. One wears moccasins, a dark dress with elk tooth ornamentation, and a beaded necklace. The other wears a full length hide dress with fringe and elk's teeth, a belt with round disk...
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    Dakota Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Girls--1880-1910.
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    [between 1880 and 1910?]
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  • Denver parade
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    An automobile decorated with flowers, bunting, and a taxidermy elk head drives in a parade near the corner of possibly 17th (Seventeenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. Spectators line the sidewalks near buildings decorated with U. S....
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    Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
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    [between 1915 and 1920?]
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  • Elk in Routt Co., Colo.
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    Male and female elk graze in Routt County, Colorado.
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    Routt County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Elk--Colorado--Routt County--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1900]

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