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- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Blackhawk lies at the mouth of Chase Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A railroad track forks in the foreground with one portion leading to the Polar Star Mill at right. The Empire Mill stands in the midground, and the Boiler Room...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Central City
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Landmarks: the Teller House, Central City Opera House, and St. James's Methodist Church. Signs: "Teller House" and "Temple of Fashion Dry Goods Carpets."
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880?]
- Clear Creek House, Black Hawk, Colo.
- Early view of Clear Creek, the Clear Creek House (sign), and the Eagle Mill operating on North Clear Creek, Colorado, situated between Gregory Gulch and Chase Gulch near Black Hawk. In the near right foreground is a small carriage with "views"...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; North Clear Creek (Gilpin County-Jefferson County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek--1860-1870.
- [1860?]
- Black Hawk, Colorado
- Panoramic view of tailings piles and mine buildings, smokestacks, houses, and commercial buildings in Blackhawk (Black Hawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf freight cars are on Colorado Central Railroad tracks. Shows the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Black Hawk, Colorado
- Panoramic view of frame and brick buildings on Gregory Street in Blackhawk (Black Hawk), Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows the Presbyterian Church with a spire on a hillside, and commercial buildings with signs that read: "Wholesale & Retail...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Black Hawk, 1929
- View of North Clear Creek in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows industrial waste scattered about, a crumbling stone structure (unidentified), and residences. A bridge is visible in the center and a large, three-story structure, is behind it.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Blackhawk, Colorado, 1880-1899 (prints)
- The large Gregory-Buell Mill complex is in the foreground in this view of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. Several businesses face Gregory Street in the left foreground, including "The Colorado Shoe" and the Black Hawk Bakery, which has an...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bakeries--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Presbyterian...
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Black Hawk
- Reproduction of an engraving by T. Johnson, shows a head and shoulders portrait of a Sauk (Sac) Native American, identified as Black Hawk. He wears a blanket wrapped around one shoulder, a hair pipe necklace, earrings, a medal with a bust on it, a...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Sauk Indians--1880-1890.; Black Hawk, Sauk chief, 1767-1838.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Valentine House, Chase Gulch
- View of an L-shaped Carpenter Gothic style house in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows a steeply pitched roof, elaborate bargeboard carvings, (mimmicked over the windows), open verandas, finials at the rooftops, and horizontal clapboard siding. A...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1970-1980.
- 1971 May 30
- Black Hawk
- View of Gregory Street businesses and buildings in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, timber piles, wagons, and frame houses. Signs on brick or frame commercial buildings read: "Liquor Store, Jason E. Scobey," "Black Hawk...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.; Trestles--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Blackhawk - Iron City Stamp Mill (Int.)
- mortars and amalgamated with the gold in the ore. The stamps were periodically stopped and the amalgam was retrieved and then sold to banks or the mint.; The interior of a stamp mill, possibly the Iron City Stamp Mill in Blackhawk, Colorado, shows...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ore-dressing--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Pressler Ranch and pines
- A dirt road leads back to a ranch west of Black Hawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A large barn stands in the left midground near a small ranch house. Tall pine trees stand in the right foreground.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Barns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1920.; Pines--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- Mountain City, Colo.
- A train leaves a trail of smoke behind it as it crosses above Gregory Diggings in Gilpin County, Colorado. The large vein in the hillside in the right midground is where John H. Gregory first discovered gold in Colorado in 1859. Houses stand on...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- CB&Q train, engine number 2838, engine type 4-6-2
- Train #47, The Black Hawk. Photographed: approaching St. Paul, Minn, July 30, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Minnesota--St. Paul.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1934
- Gilpin County Courthouse, Central City, Colo.
- View of the old Gilpin County Courthouse located at 203 Eureka Street, Central City, Colo. The simple Italianate style structure has decorative brackets, round arched windows, pressed and corned brick and is dominated by square corner towers with a...
- Gilpin County Courthouse (Central City, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Gilpin County Administration Center (Central City, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Courthouses--Colorado--Central City--2000-2010.; Central City (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Gilpin County Courthouse (Central...
- 2002
- Picturesque Indian chiefs in claims against government
- White and Native American (Sioux) men pose in a marble lined hallway in Washington D. C. Suits are worn by all but two men who wear traditional Native American outfits which include headdresses, moccasins, pouches, pipes, furs, and beads. Label on...
- Dakota Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; Delegations--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; War claims--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
- 1926 February 18
- Castle Rock, Colo.
- The tailings from a mine spill down the hillside adjacent to Castle Rock near Blackhawk, Colorado. Railroad tracks wind around the bottom of the hillside in the foreground. A large ranch, possibly that of the Gundy family (a Gilpin County pioneer...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Quartz Valley (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Blackhawk - Iron City Stamp Mill
- Several unidentified men stand outside the Iron City Stamp Mill in Blackhawk, a mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado. The tracks of the Gilpin Tramway, which was used to haul ore from nearby mines to the depot in Blackhawk, cross the foreground....
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ores--Transportation--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Carriages &...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Lee Hill Stage Station
- An unidentified man sits on the ground in front of a fence on Lee Hill Road in Boulder County, Colorado. The man is possibly waiting for a stagecoach. He holds binoculars in his right hand and wears a hat. The dirt road leads back to two large...
- Roads--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Colorado, mountain scenery
- View to the northwest of the east side of Bates Hill as it descends to North Clear Creek in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows the processing mills that cover the creek to process ore from mines further up the gulch. Nathaniel Hill's Boston and Colorado...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Thunder Hawk, Dakota, 3/4 length
- Thunder Hawk, Dakota, 3/4 length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop; wearing two feathers in hair, breastplate, blanket wrapped around waist.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Thunder Hawk.
- [188?]
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Black Hawk, Colo., March 21, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 71, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; ready to be moved to Central City for display. Photographed: Black Hawk, Colo., April 12, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 71, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end; ready to be moved to Central City for display. Photographed: Black Hawk, Colo., April 12, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; eastbound; 6 cars. Photographed: Black Hawk, Colo., March 21, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; eastbound; 4 cars, 15 MPH. Photographed: Black Hawk, Colo., March 21, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 69, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; 9 cars. Photographed: Near Black Hawk, Colo., June 12, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; eastbound; 8 cars. Photographed: Below Black Hawk, Colo., June 12, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; 3 cars, 15 MPH, engine backing. Photographed: Near Black Hawk Colo., April 16, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; eastbound; 5 cars, 20 MPH. Photographed: Below Black Hawk, Colo., April 16, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; eastbound; 14 cars, on last run. Photographed: Leaving Black Hawk, Colo., May 4, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; eastbound; 14 cars, on last run. Photographed: Below Black Hawk, Colo., May 4, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; eastbound; 14 cars, on last run. Photographed: Below Black Hawk, Colo., May 4, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 71, engine type 2-8-0
- Mixed; 2 cars for exhibition at Central City, Colo. Photographed: Black Hawk Colo., April 12, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 71, engine type 2-8-0
- Mixed; 2 cars right side. Photographed: Black Hawk, Colo., April 12, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 71, engine type 2-8-0
- Mixed; 2 cars left side. Photographed: Black Hawk, Colo., April 12, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- High Hawk Council Chief
- Studio portrait (standing) of High Hawk, a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man. He holds a war club and wears a blanket, hair pipe breast plate, fur pelts around his shoulders, and feather headdress.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Clubs (Weapons)--1890-1900.; Headdresses--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; High Hawk.
- 1899
- Thunder Hawk, Dakota, 3/4 length
- Thunder Hawk, Dakota, standing, 3/4 length studio portrait with painted backdrop; two feathers in hair with bandana headband; breastplate; blanket wrapped around chest extending to knees.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Thunder Hawk.
- [188?]
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; 1 car, with caboose. Photographed: Backing up to Black Hawk, Colo., May 4, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- Afraid of Hawk, Ogallala Sioux
- Seated portrait of Afraid of Hawk, Native American Oglala Sioux man, (Lakota) posed with an animal fur and wearing a cotton shirt, hair pipe breastplate, neck scarf, long loose hair with feathers and bead string, and armbands.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Afraid of Hawk.
- 1899
- Afraid of Hawk, Ogallala Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of Afraid of Hawk, Native American Oglala Sioux man, (Lakota) wearing a feather headdress, checked cotton shirt, hair pipe breastplate, bandolier and braids.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Afraid of Hawk.
- 1899
- Pipe bag
- Front view of a pipe bag made by Native American Sioux Driving Hawk of Lower Brule, South Dakota. The bag is decorated with designs of blue, red and white beadwork, tin jinglers, a chicken feather dyed red, horsehair dyed red, blue poster paint and...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.; Bags (Containers)--1880-1920.
- 1915
- Vest
- Shows a child's vest made by Native American Sioux, Little Hawk, from Rosebud, South Dakota. The buckskin vest features steel beads and geometric and triangular designs made from light blue, white, green, navy blue, opaque red and orange beads.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1875-1895.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1875-1895.; Vests--1875-1895.
- [between 1875 and 1895]
- Fish Hawk - a famous Umatilla Indian
- Head and shoulders portrait of Fish Hawk, Native American Umatilla, with loose hair and wrapped in a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Umatilla Indians--1890-1910.; Fish Hawk.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Thunder Hawk
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Thunder Hawk, Dakota male, wearing headdress with two feathers, leather jacket and blanket, standing in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Thunder Hawk.
- [188-?]
- Thunder Hawk, Dakota, standing
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Thunder Hawk, Dakota male, wearing headdress with two feathers, jacket and blanket, standing.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Thunder Hawk.
- [188-?]
- Operation at Black Hawk. This man makes $1.50 to $2.50 per day
- View of a hydraulic placer gold mine in Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a miner, sluices, shaker pans, machinery, and town buildings.
- Mining machinery--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1900.; Sluices--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1900.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Black...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Charging Hawk
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Charging Hawk, Crow male, seated, wearing fur cap and decorated vest and holding sword.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Charging Hawk.; Crow Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Golden flint mill. Black Hawk.district colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Newspapers. Colorado. Black Hawk. Gilpin