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- Charles Goodman Gallery
- A light-colored tent set up in Bonanza, a mining camp in Saguache County, Colorado, has signs reading: "Photograph Gallery. Views of Bonanza Exchequer Sedgwick & Round Mountain. For Sale Here." A man with his thumbs hooked under his suspenders...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Goodman, Charles, d. 1912.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Decoration Day, Montrose, Colo.
- The Decoration Day (Memorial Day) parade in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado, includes a drum corps in cavalry uniforms, they carry snare or bass drums. Men in uniform carry an American flag and rifles or swords. An officer is on horseback....
- Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Mancos, Colorado
- People stand and pose outside the Hotel Lemmon in Mancos (Montezuma County), Colorado. A log, one story house has a sign that reads "Hotel Lemmon" on a low-pitched roof. A two story frame building is adjacent to the log structure and has a...
- Hotel Lemmon (Mancos, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mancos (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Mancos--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Mancos--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1895?]
- Mancos, Colo.
- Panoramic view of buildings and farms in Mancos (Montezuma County), Colorado. Shows cultivated, fenced fields, barns, the frame, two-story Union Hall and Schoolhouse, and the brick George Bauer mansion. Trees are in the mountains near Weber Canyon.
- Mancos (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Mancos--1890-1900.
- 1893 July
- Mancos Valley
- Panoramic view of farms, frame barns, houses and livestock in fenced plots in Mancos (Montezuma County), Colorado. A Denver & Rio Grande Railroad freight car is on railroad tracks near an old, frame, makeshift depot building. Shows Weber Canyon and...
- Mancos (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Mancos--1890-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Mancos--1890-1900.
- [1893?]
- Creede, Colo.
- Aerial view of buildings, houses, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks and train, and probably Willow Creek in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Buildings are in a valley near a rocky cliff wall and on a hillside near trees. Patches of snow are on...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 Nov
- Golconda extension placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine in Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado. Shows wood plank building, log cabin, and tent. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men are in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Sluices--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Golconda placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine near Summitville in Rio Grand County, Colorado. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men work near the trench. Mount Hesperus (Hesperus Mountain) is in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hesperus Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.;...
- 1893
- Head of San Miguel Valley from Bridal Veil Trail, Telluride in Distance
- Panoramic view of the San Miguel River valley, the San Juan Mountains and buildings in Pandora. Telluride is in the distance. Shows bushes beside probably Bridal Veil Creek and an aerial view of the slanted roof at the Pandora Mill of the Smuggler...
- Bridal Veil Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pandora (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Pandora--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Pandora--1880-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--Pandora--1880-1890.
- 1887 July 1
- Bonanza
- Men and women pose on a dirt street in Bonanza (Saguache County), Colorado. Frame buildings have false fronts and signs that read: "F.F. Roby Assayer" and "Second Hand Goods." Miners hold pick axes, shovels, sledge hammers and pose near a pile of...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Assayers--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Freighting out-fit, Rico, Colo.
- Pairs of oxen harnessed to covered wagons stand or lie on a dirt street in Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. Oxen have yokes and are connected by chains. A boy wears a hat and sits nearby. Commercial buildings on the street have signs that read:...
- Rico (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Ox teams--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Pack Train
- View of a pack train probably in the San Juan Mountains in Colorado. Shows burros loaded with long pieces of lumber on a trail cut into a steep cliff or hillside as they approach a log bridge.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1890.; Bridges.; Donkeys.; Packtrains.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Placer mining
- Men pose near monitor nozzles probably for a U.S. Gold Placers mining operation near the San Miguel River in Montrose County or San Miguel County, Colorado. Piles of large rocks anchor the nozzles and the water pipe that supplies the monitors.
- Gold mining.; Hydraulic mining--1880-1890.; Miners.; Rivers.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- U.S. Gold placer no. 6, San Miguel River : building flume
- Men work on a flume for a U.S. Gold Placers mining operation beside the San Miguel River in Montrose or San Miguel County, Colorado. The workmen pose near a wooden flume that is under construction. Shows piles of lumber.
- San Miguel River (Colo.-Utah)--1880-1890.; Construction.; Flumes.; Gold mining.; Hydraulic mining.; Laborers.; Rivers.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- D&RG engine #267, Cimarron, Colorado
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Railway narrow gage steam locomotive and tender, # 267 (2-8-0), in Cimarron (Montrose County), Colorado. Men and boys pose on or near the locomotive and a woman poses in the window of the cab. The woman wears a floral...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Cimarron (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys.; Railroad employees.; Railroad locomotives.; Women.
- 1885 August
- Ironton, Colo. and Red Mountain, no. 54
- Aerial view of the mining town of Ironton (Ouray County), Colorado. Frame and log commercial buildings and cabins line a single dirt street. Red Mountain looms over the town. The mountain side above the town has been deforested. Dead and downed...
- Deforestation.; Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns.; Cutover lands.
- 1886 September 8th
- Officer's quarters Cantonment on Uncompahgre, no. 107
- View of the officer's quarters at the Cantonment on the Uncompahgre (later Fort Crawford) near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows the wood frame officers quarters, a corral and a stable surrounded with a wooden fence. Snow covers the...
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861-).--Buildings--1880-1890.; Cantonment on the Uncompahgre (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Forts & fortifications--American.; Housing.; Military facilities.
- 1886 November 19
- Ouray, Colo. from Mt. Sneffel's Road
- View northeast over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the town in the Uncompahgre River Valley, Cascade Falls, and steep mountain slopes.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- July 1886
- Ouray, Colo. from R. R. Station
- View southeast over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, from Denver & Rio Grande Railroad station; shows a freight / passenger train, the Uncompahgre River, the public school, the Beaumont Hotel, and Abrams Mountain.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- July 7, 1888
- Ouray, Colo. from south west side of town
- View northeast from the Oak Creek drainage over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado; shows the town in the Uncompahgre River Valley, Cascade Falls and Cascade Mountain.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Placerville, Colorado
- View of Placerville, settlement's 1881 location, before the flood of 1909, San Miguel County, Colorado; shows sheds, dwellings, businesses, people posing on dirt street, laundry lines, a sign "Capitol Hotel," and a man lying on a loaded wagon by...
- Placerville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- October 1887
- Buddecke and Diehl's Opera House Montrose, Colo.
- The interior of the Buddecke & Diehl Opera House, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has paper light shades, kerosene lanterns and pine garlands hanging from the ceiling. Painted scenes and flourishes flank the stage and form a backdrop;...
- Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Stage props--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Cascade Avenue Montrose, Colo No. 16
- Cascade Avenue in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is crowded with horses, buggies, men and children. Boards cover the ditch in the foreground; a waterwagon is further back. Signs and building identification read: "Grocers," "Buddecke & Diehl,"...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1887 May 2
- Cimarron, Colo looking down
- Cimarron, Montrose County, Colorado, flanks the Cimarron River. Frame residences, trees, sheds, tents, and stock pens comprise the town. Freight cars and ties are on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks; a water tower is further back. Jagged hills...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Cimarron (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Cimarron--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Cimarron--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Cimarron--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Cimarron, Colorado D. & R. G. R. R.
- Cimarron, Montrose County, Colorado, flanks the Cimarron River. Frame residences, trees, sheds, tents, and stock pens comprise the town; a low bridge spans the water upstream. Passenger coaches of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad approach the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Cimarron (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cimarron River (Montrose County and Gunnison County, Colo.--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Cimarron--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Cimarron--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Colorado D. & R. G. R. R.
- Cimarron, Montrose County, Colorado, flanks the Cimarron River. Frame residences, trees, sheds, tents, and stock pens comprise the town; a low bridge spans the water upstream. Passenger coaches of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad approach the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Cimarron (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Cimarron--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Cimarron--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Company I, 2nd Regiment Colorado National Guards, Montrose, Colo
- Uniformed men pose with rifles, bayonets, white gloves, cavalry or bowler hats, and drums, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. Behind them, the two-story opera house is a brick building with an arcaded porch, and a cornice with lettering:...
- Colorado National Guard--1880-1890.; Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Militias--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Opera...
- 1888 February 22
- First building in Montrose, Colo erected Sept 1881 by Evans Wilrup
- Children pose in front of a log and mud cabin, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. A boy has a planter hat and wagon, a girl wears a print dress and wide brimmed hat. A barrel is nearby; rooms extend from the original structure on both sides.
- Wilrup, Evans--Homes & haunts.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Barrels--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Ironton and the Red Mountains (Ouray Co., Colo.)
- Ironton, Ouray County, Colorado, consists of frame buildings and boardwalks flanking dirt thoroughfare, set in a valley between hills covered with felled timber.
- Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- September, 1888
- Ironton, Colo, looking down
- Ironton, Ouray County, Colorado, is a dirt street flanked by businesses and dwellings. People and horses are at the edge of town; a log house is in the foreground, and mountains are in the background.
- Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.
- September, 1888
- Main St Dallas, Colo
- Dallas, Ouray County, Colorado, is a line of frame businesses. Signs read: "Saloon," "Restaurant," "Drugs," "Groceries," "Meat Market," "Montrose Merc Co's Branch House," and "Dallas [Ho]te[l]." Plows, lumber, and covered wagons edge the boardwalk,...
- Dallas (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Dallas--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Dallas--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Montrose Register
- A frame business in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has storefront windows and signs: "The Montrose Register." Men and boys in suits and planter hats pose on the boardwalk.
- Montrose Register (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Montrose, Colo
- People pose with a buggy and canvas covered merchant's wagon, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. A frame barn has a false-front and lettering: "Studebaker Wagons," "Magnolia Livery Feed and Sale Stables," "Schuttler Wagons & Buggies," and...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Stables--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888 July 23
- Montrose, Colo, From Flouring Mill
- Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, consists of dwellings, businesses, and the public school. Hills are in the background; Denver & Rio Grande[?] railroad tracks are in the foreground.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Montrose, Colorado
- Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, consists of dwellings and businesses. Trees and a bridge are in the foreground; low bare hills are in the background.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Parade in Montrose, Colorado
- On Main Street, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, men in uniforms pose with rifles and United States flags. Spectators include children, women, and a man in tophat. Frame and brick businesses line the dirt thoroughfare; bare fields are in the...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1880- 1890.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888 February 22
- Photographed at Ironton, Colorado
- In Ironton, Ouray County, Colorado, people and a dog pose by a log business with signs: "B. Ware and I. Steele. Plain Sewing;" and "Pawn Brokers Co." The men are in suits with gold chains; the women wear flounced skirts with draped overdresses,...
- Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Pawnshops--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.
- September 8, 1886
- Pueblo, Colo So. Side
- In Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, the Union Street bridge spans tracks and freight cars of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Buildings to the north have signs: "Commercial Hotel," and "Fargo Hotel." Factories with smokestacks are in the...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Public School, Montrose, Colo
- The public school in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is a two-story brick building with stone trim and hipped roofs. A square tower has an imbricated, tapered belfry, dormers, widow's walks, and a windvane. Children and a man in a suit pose by...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Telluride, (Colo.) band in Bridal Veil Park Ingram and Bridal Veil Falls in background No. 43
- Men pose in suits and planter, top, or bowler hats in Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. They hold musical instruments including tubas, cornets, trumpet, trombones, and a bass drum. Ingram Peak edges meadow behind them, with Bridal Veil Falls...
- Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.
- September, 1886
- View on Silverton and Red Mountain Railroad at Red Mountain Town, Colo.
- Red Mountain City, Ouray County, Colorado, consists of frame businesses and dwellings flanking a dirt street. People are near the livery and grocery. Tracks of the Silverton Railroad are in the foreground, among trees. In 1939 the town burned to...
- Silverton Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo. : Town)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.
- September, 1888
- Decoration Day Montrose, Colo
- 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.
- 1888
- Silverton, Colo. from reservoir
- Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, is at the base of Sultan Mountain. The Las Animas River is to the east, and the embankment of the reservoir is in the foreground. Town buildings include the school: a four- story structure with belfry. A man...
- Embankments--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888 September 20
- Artesian Well No 2 Montrose, Colo
- 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...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Artesian wells--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1887 May 1
- Billy Marchant's Place, Montrose, Colo
- Billy Marchant's business in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has stovepipes and a false front with signs: "Baths and Lodging." A hand-operated pump in the foreground feeds wooden barrels by an exterior stove; men and boys pose, holding a broom...
- Marchant, Billy--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1884 October 20
- Salida
- View over the Denver & Rio Grande railroad yards, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows tracks, freight cars and sheds, with wood trestle bridges over the Arkansas River and businesses and residences in distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1880
- U. S. Gold Placers No 18, A.
- U. S. Gold Placers mining operation No. 18, A. near the San Miguel River, Montrose County, Colorado. Two miners use hydraulic nozzles (monitors) fitted with rock counterbalances.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold miners--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel...
- December 16, 1887
- View in La Plata Mountains at Sparticus Placer Camp Colo.
- View of a placer mining tent camp in the mountains of La Plata County, Colorado.
- Mining camps--Colorado--La Plata County--1890-1900.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--La Plata County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--La Plata County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--La Plata County--1890-1900.
- 1893
- View up East Willow Creek above Creede
- View of miners cabins on East Willow Creek north of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; East Willow Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--Mineral County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mineral County--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Mineral County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Amethyst boarding camp Creede, Colo.
- View of the camp and mine tramway by the Amethyst Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Mine camps--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892