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- Hull fishing, Weber River
- A man identified as Arundel C. Hull holds a fishing pole and stands beside the Weber River in Utah. Shows a tree, rocks and scree in the narrow canyon.
- Weber Canyon (Utah)--1860-1870.; Weber River (Utah)--1860-1870.; Canyons--Utah--1860-1870.; Fishing--Utah--1860-1870.; Photographers--Utah--1860-1870.; Rivers--Utah--1860-1870.; Hull, Arundel C., 1846-1908.
- [1869]
- Brown Company's Works at Georgetown, Colo.
- Smoke rises from a smokestack at what is identified as "Brown Company's" reduction works in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men stand beside wooden mine or processing buildings. Shows a tower on scaffolding and vented, gable roofs.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Stewart's reduction works at Georgetown, Colo.
- View of wooden mine processing buildings, identified as "Stewart's reduction works," beside Clear Creek in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a horse-drawn wagon beside the reduction works, and brick chimneys on the buildings. Snow is...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- "Barton House" at Georgetown, Colo.
- Men and women pose in front or on the second-story balcony of the Barton House hotel in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men sit on a horse-drawn stagecoach. The frame hotel has a hipped roof with dormer windows, brackets and overhanging...
- Barton House (Georgetown, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; People--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Georgetown Silver Works at Georgetown, Colo.
- Men pose in front of frame silver processing buildings identified as the "Georgetown Silver Works" in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a smokestack, icicles on a wooden flume and frame buildings with vented, gable roofs.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Douglas Mt. near Georgetown, Colo., Stagecoach
- Men in hats and overcoats pose beside a horse-drawn stagecoach in front of Douglas Mountain in Jefferson County near Georgetown, Colorado. Shows snow on the ground and men in the driver's seat wrapped in blankets.
- Douglas Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Men--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1870.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Georgetown Colorado in 1867
- View of frame houses, log cabins and commercial buildings in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows snow on the streets and in the valley. Commercial buildings read: "Billiards," and "Livery Feed & Sale Stable." Shows the painted, frame...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Sid's Store at Blackhawk, Colo.
- View of storefronts in Black Hawk (Blackhawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. A round clock hangs from an iron hook outside a frame building with a false front and a sign that reads: "Enterprise Book Store." Signs on brick buildings read: "F.W....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Book stores--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Prof. Hill's Works at Blackhawk, Colo.
- Men stand outside frame processing buildings at Professor Nathaniel P. Hill's Black Hawk Smelter in Black Hawk (Blackhawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Vented buildings have smokestacks. Men use shovels and wheelbarrows to move ore piles.
- Hill, N. P. (Nathaniel Peter), 1832-1900--Homes & haunts.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Smelters--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Blackhawk Company's Stamp Mill at Blackhawk, Colo.
- Smoke rises from a smokestack at what is identified as the Blackhawk Company Stamp Mill on Selak Street in Black Hawk (Blackhawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Brick and frame mill buildings are beside stacks of wood and ore piles. Shows the frame...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Inclined railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Mills--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Mountains near Georgetown, Colo.
- View of snow on the ground in a valley near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows trees and probably Leavenworth Mountain in the distance.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Leavenworth Mountain (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1860-1870.; Valleys--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- "Bobtail Lode" at Central City [sic], Colorado
- View of frame mine buildings at the Bobtail Mine in Blackhawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows road grades, tailings piles, mine entrances, log cabins and frame buildings with smokestacks on a treeless hillside.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Bobtail Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Tailing embankments--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Gregory Point near Central City, Colo.
- View of frame mine buildings, smoke above processing mills and tailings piles in what is identified as "Gregory Point," between Central City and Black Hawk (Blackhawk, Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gilpin County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of frame houses and commercial buildings in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Buildings on Main Street include the Wells Fargo & Co. building with a sign on the roof that reads: "Overland Stage Line," the frame "Concert Hall, Billiard...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- between 1867 and 1868
- Central City, Colorado
- View of brick, stone and frame commercial buildings and houses in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows fences, houses, road grades and mine operations on treeless hillsides. Buildings include a church with a bell tower and cross and the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Boulder, Canyon, Colo.
- View of pine trees and steep rock walls in a narrow canyon in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Canyons--Colorado--Boulder County--1860-1870.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Boulder Canyon, Colo.
- View of Boulder Creek in a narrow canyon in Boulder County, Colorado. A man poses on a rock beside the creek. Shows trees and steep canyon walls.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Boulder Creek (Weld County and Boulder County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Canyons--Colorado--Boulder County--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Boulder Canyon near Denver
- View of a dirt road grade beside Boulder Creek in a narrow canyon in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows rocks and trees on hillsides.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Boulder Creek (Weld County and Boulder County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Canyons--Colorado--Boulder County--1860-1870.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Boulder County--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- A canyon in mountains near Denver
- View of a road grade beside a creek in an unidentified canyon, possibly in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows trees, rock walls in the canyon and fallen trees in the creek.
- Canyons--Colorado--1860-1870.; Dirt roads--Colorado--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Foot hills in Boulder, Colo.
- View of The Flatirons in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows sandstone rock formations, tree covered hillsides and grassy hills.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Flatirons, The (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mountains--Colorado--Boulder County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Pete's store at Golden City, Colorado
- Men, boys and dogs pose on the covered porch of a grocery store and one-story false front building with a painted sign that reads: "Clark and Doolittle" in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men and boys wear hats or caps and sack suits....
- Clark & Doolittle (Golden, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Castle Rock (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Golden (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.; People--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.; Rock...
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Golden, Colorado in 1868
- Side view of the two-story Loveland Block, (W.A.H. Loveland Building and Territorial Capitol Building) with a gambrel roof, dormer windows and Queen Anne arches in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. The stone Astor House Hotel on 2nd (Second)...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Golden, Colorado
- View of buildings and houses in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows the back of the W.A.H. Loveland Building, the stone Astor House Hotel on 2nd (Second) Street (later 12th, Twelfth Street), and probably a flour mill. Shows Clear Creek in...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Sam Dugan [i.e. Sanford Dougan] hanged by vigilantes at Denver
- Sanford Dougan, was lynched by a mob after being accused of murder in Denver, Colorado. He hangs from a tree and is dressed in a coat, slacks and boots. Shows a hat on the ground, handcuffs, a noose, and a hatchet stuck in the tree trunk. Frame and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Dead persons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Hangings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Dougan, Sanford.
- 1868 December 2
- Wolf [sic] Hall, Denver, Colo.
- The three-story Wolfe Hall school building, an Episcopal school for girls at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. Boys stand in front of a picket fence. The brick building has windows with hood molding, sills and tracery,...
- Wolfe Hall (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- United States Branch Mint at Denver
- Men pose in front of the brick United States Mint at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Holladay Street (later Market Street) in Denver, Colorado. Men wear hats or caps and suits. The building has a central tower with battlements and a round window, a...
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Flags--American--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Denver in 1868
- View of a wooden bridge over the South Platte River, possibly at 15th (Fifteenth) Street, near the confluence with Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. Horses drink from the river. Shows buildings and houses in Denver in the distance, wheel ruts in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Cache a [sic] la Poudre Valley
- View of trees, bushes and rocks in a valley near the bed of the Cache La Poudre River in probably Larimer County, Colorado. Shows a butte and rounded hills in the distance.
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buttes--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.; Rivers--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Hog backs near Steamboat Buttes
- View of trees and grass in a valley probably beside the Cache la Poudre River in Larimer County, Colorado. Eroded rock walls are near a hogback near probably Steamboat Rock.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cuestas--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.; Valleys--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- View near Steamboat Buttes
- View of a hogback and grass covered, rounded hills probably near Steamboat Rock in Larimer County, Colorado.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cuestas--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- View near Steamboat Buttes
- View of hogbacks on sagebrush covered hills near what is identified as "Steamboat Buttes," probably Steamboat Rock in Larimer County, Colorado.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buttes--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.; Cuestas--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Steamboat Buttes between Denver and Cheyenne
- View of a treeless valley, mesas, buttes, and probably Steamboat Rock in Larimer County, Colorado. Shows a small log building beside probably the Overland Trail wagon grade near Ten Mile Creek or Lone Tree Creek.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Overland Trails--1860-1870.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Street view in Green River, Wyoming Territory
- Men wear sack suits and overcoats, and hats or caps and pose in a row in front of businesses in Green River (Sweetwater County), Wyoming. Shows a saddled horse, a wagon, and commercial signs that read: "Dixon & Grimes Groceries and Provisions,"...
- Green River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Clothing stores--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.; General stores--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Rock Creek, Wyoming Territory
- View of a rocky ridge and the Overland Trail wagon road in Rock Creek (Albany County), Wyoming.
- Overland Trails--1860-1870.; Rock Creek (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Rock Creek--1860-1870.; Trails & paths--Wyoming--Rock Creek--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Buttes on Bitter Creek, Wyo. Terr.
- View of rocky buttes and the mostly dry Bitter Creek in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
- Bitter Creek (Sweetwater County, Wyo. : River)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Buttes--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Streams--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Picnic Rock near Black Buttes, Wyo. Terr.
- Men and a woman pose near a rock butte identified as "Picnic Rock" near Black Buttes and Black Buttes Stage Station on the Overland Trail (Sweetwater County), Wyoming. Men in sack coats include an African American (Black) man. A woman wears a skirt...
- African Americans--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Overland Trails--1860-1870.; Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; People--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Trails &...
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Black Buttes on Bitter Creek
- View of rocks and sparse bushes in a valley and on Black Buttes in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
- Black Buttes (Sweetwater County, Wyo.); Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Buttes--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Valleys--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Benton, Wyoming Territory
- View of log and frame buildings and canvas tents in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. Shows a Union Pacific Railroad building or depot, freight cars, and businesses with signs that read: "U.P.R.R.[?]" and "N.C. Worth." Shows covered wagons parked on...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1860-1870.; Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Railroad facilities--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.
- 1868
- The first engine of the U.P.
- Men pose on Union Pacific Railroad pony locomotive no. 1 (later named the "Utah") and on the platform at a passenger depot probably in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. A conductor in uniform stands beside men in sack suits or vests. The frame...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Railroad depots--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Railroad employees--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Jack Morrow at Benton, Wyo. Terr.
- Men sit or stand in a row and pose in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. One of the men perched on a barrel is identified as Jack Morrow. Clothing includes vests, sack suits, bow ties and wide brimmed hats or caps. Signs on frame and canvas buildings...
- Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Liquor stores--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Morrow, Jack.
- 1868
- Street view of Benton, Wyoming Territory
- Men in sack suits and hats or caps pose outside businesses in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. Signs on frame and canvas buildings read: "T.A. Kent & Co. Wines & Liquors," "Chicago Ale," "Bank," "Crockery" "Apples @ $1500," "A.H. Huyett, Wholesale...
- Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Barrels--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Dirt roads--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Tents--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Cottonwood trees at Fort Steele, Wyo. Terr.
- View of a man reclined in a grassy field beside Cottonwood trees on the North Platte River at Fort Fred Steele (Carbon County), Wyoming. Shows probably a bull buffalo skull on the ground nearby.
- Cottonwood--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.; Fort Fred Steele (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Trees--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Bridge across North Platte at Fort Steele
- Men, probably construction workers, stand on a wooden Union Pacific Railroad bridge over the North Platte River at Fort Fred Steele (Carbon County), Wyoming. Men, horses and wagons, and probably an adobe building are in the valley.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1860-1870.; Fort Fred Steele (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Bridge construction--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.; Railroad bridges--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Fort Steele, Wyoming Territory in 1868
- View of frame buildings and canvas tents beside the North Platte River at Fort Fred Steele (Carbon County), Wyoming. Shows probably telegraph wires and barrels stacked beside buildings.
- Fort Fred Steele (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.; Rivers--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.; Tents--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Outlaws hanged at Laramie by vigilantes, Big Ned, Con Wagner, Ace [sic] Moore
- Three men, left to right: Big Ned [Wilson], Asa Moore and Con Wagner, hang from wooden beams beside a log wall in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows men in vests or jackets, slacks and boots and arms bound with rope.
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Criminals--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dead persons--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Hangings--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Moore, Asa.; Wagner, Con.; Wilson, Ned, Big Ned.
- 1868 October 18
- Steve Young, hanged at Laramie by vigilantes
- A man identified as Steve Young and known as "Long" Steve Young, hangs from a telegraph pole on a dirt road in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. "Long" Steve Young wears a vest, a jacket, boots and has his legs bound with rope. Shows a hat on the...
- Thornburgh (Hotel : Laramie, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Criminals--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dead persons--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.;...
- 1868 October 19
- Freund's Gun Store at Laramie, Wyo. Terr.
- Men wear suits and hats and pose with guns in front of the "Freund & Bro" gun store in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. The hewn log building has a false front and painted signs that read: "Guns, Pistols, Ammunition & c.," "Rifles and Shot Guns...
- Freund & Bro. (Laramie, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Hunting--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Rifles--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- Dance house at Laramie
- Men, women and boys pose outside a canvas tent painted to read "Keystone Hall" in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Men and boys wear sack suits or vests and hats. Women wear dresses with full skirts. Shows frame and canvas buildings and wooden...
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Boys--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dance halls--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Tents--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Women--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Railroad shops at Laramie
- View of railroad buildings and construction workers at Union Pacific Railroad tracks and shop buildings in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows a stone roundhouse and repair shop, an unfinished railroad bed, stacks of lumber and railroad ties, a...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Railroad shops & yards--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Railroads--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Laramie, Wyoming Territory in 1868
- View of Union Pacific Railroad passenger cars on tracks in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows sparse wooden, log and canvas buildings in Laramie.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Railroad passenger cars--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- 1868