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- Georgetow [sic] from Argentine Central R.R.
- View north to Silver Plume, Colorado, from Argentine Central Railway completed grading; shows Georgetown Loop with narrow gauge railroad tracks in valley below.
- Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- 1905
- On the Argentine Central R.R.
- View of grade on Leavenworth Mountain, Colorado, completed for Argentine Central Railway; shows valley with lake and some snow down below.
- Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Leavenworth Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- 1905
- On the Argentine Central R.R.
- View of Argentine Central Railway grade with snow on completed grading; Colorado.
- Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- 1905
- Idaho Springs, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of Idaho Springs, Colorado; wooden frame & brick buildings; Rocky Mountains, background.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- [189-?]
- Rounding Inspiration Point, Clear Creek Cañon
- A Colorado and Southern Railway passenger train rounds Inspiration Point alongside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; the narrow gauge line ran from Denver to Central City via the Georgetown Loop; a mileage post reads "23 miles to Denver."
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [1905?]
- Silver Plume from switch back, Argentine Centra [sic] R.R.
- View of switchbacks or completed grading up Pendleton Mountain for Argentine Central Railway's narrow gauge track; shows Silver Plume, Colorado, and Georgetown Loop narrow gauge track.
- Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pendleton Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [1905]
- Picturesqe [sic] Big Thompson Canon
- A Stanley Steamer automobile is on the Loveland / Estes Park road in Big Thompson Canyon, Larimer County, Colorado; Big Thompson River is flanked by sheer rock walls.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Castle Rock, Golden, Colo.
- View of rock formation "Castle Rock" located on South Table Mounain near Golden, Colorado; shows mesa or butte overlooking Golden, wood frame residences and building hidden from view by trees, barbed wire fence enclosing pasture or field, funicular...
- Rock formations--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1912 or 1913]
- Central City in the 80?
- View of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows Main Street businesses: First National Bank Block, Undertaking, Jeweler; Temple of Fashion; Nevada Street: Armory Hall with sign: "Westman & Newell Hay Grain Feed & Coal," "Boarding Stable,"...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.
- [194-?]
- Central City, Colo.
- View northwest from the rocky bluff of Central Hill over Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with St. Aloysius Academy, long wooden stairs that lead down to Pine Street left of St. Patrick's Church; west facades of businesses on Lawrence and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [194-?]
- Narrows, Wiliams [sic] Canon
- View of dirt road in the Narrows, Williams Canyon, El Paso County, near Manitou Springs, Colorado; steep rock ledges overhanging narrow dirt road, small stream.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Roads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Seven Falls, Cheyenne Cañon
- Vertical image of Seven Falls in Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado; shows sightseers on steep wooden stairway to top of falls.
- Seven Falls (Colo.)--1890-1910.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stairways--Colorado--1890-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- Overview of Georgetown, Colorado; photo taken from railroad tracks.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Gold dredging in Clear Creek valley
- Hydraulic dredge machine in operation in Clear Creek valley, Colorado.
- Gold dredging--Colorado--1890-1910.; Clear Creek Valley (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dredging--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Industrial School for Boys, Golden, Colorado
- Distant view of Lookout Mountain School for Boys (formerly State Industrial School for Boys), Golden, Colorado, an early state reformatory for juveniles; shows buildings, railroad track, and cut hay in field.
- Juvenile detention homes--Colorado--Golden--1890-1910.; Reformatories--Colorado--Golden--1890-1910.; Golden (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Golden--1890-1910.; Colorado State Industrial School for Boys.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Placer mining in Clear Creek
- Hydraulic hose and sluice box placer mining operation along banks of Clear Creek, Colorado; shows miner standing behind wooden frame shack and three post winch above adit.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Placer mining in Clear Creek
- Miner operating paddle wheel driven sluice box along the banks of Clear Creek, Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Stanley Mines, Idaho Spgs., Colo.
- Distant view of Stanley Mines, Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows mill and mine buildings, wooden frame residence, and Colorado and Southern's narrow gauge track paralleling South Clear Creek; legend according to oral history has it that the square...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Where gold was firs [sic] discovered in Colo., near Idaho Spgs.
- Miner with gold pan, pick, and shovel panning on banks of Clear Creek near Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows canvas frame tent and sluice box in background.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold miners--Colorado--Clear Creek--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Clear Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Irrigation Flume in Clear Creek Cañon
- Wooden irrigation flume in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, with water being released into Clear Creek.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Flumes--Colorado--Clear Creek--1890-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Clear Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- East on Miner St. from 14th Ave. Idahoe [sic] Spgs., Colo.
- View east on Miner Street from Fourteenth Avenue, Idaho Springs, Colorado; includes horse drawn wagons and carriages, Page's Hotel de Paris and Ford's Grocery, numerous window awnings over boardwalk, gazebo or band stand at center right, telephone,...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Pike's Peak
- View of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak near Manitou Springs, Colorado, taken from front-range plain; creek in foreground, trees at mid-ground, and foothills and the peak with patchy snow in background.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Snowy Range from Bellview Mtn. [graphic]
- The right side of the panorama view from a rocky slope of Mount Bellview, Gunnison County, Colorado, looks over vast expanse of mountains with a snowy range in distance.
- Bellview, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado Gunnison County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Elk Creek Canon Near Pine Grove Colo.
- A narrow, rutted dirt road winds through canyon near Pine Grove (later Pine), Colorado; shows Elk Creek, pine trees, and rock walls of canyon.
- Elk Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pine Grove (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Pine Grove--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Elk Creek Canon Near Pine Grove Colo.
- View of a narrow, rutted, and pine tree-lined dirt road winding through Elk Creek Canyon near Pine Grove (later Pine), Colorado.
- Elk Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pine Grove (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Pine Grove--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Elk Creek Canon Near Pine Grove Colo.
- View of a rutted dirt road in Elk Creek Canyon near Pine Grove (later Pine), Colorado.
- Elk Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pine Grove (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Pine Grove--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Fern Lake
- Fern Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Larimer County, Colorado; Continental Divide peaks with patches of snow in background.
- Fern Lake (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1890-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1890-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930]
- Cathedral Spires, Garden of the Gods
- View of rock formation, Cathedral Spires, Garden of the Gods, Colorado; surrounded by other rock croppings and dirt road.
- Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1940.; Rock formations--Colorado--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1935]
- Silver Plume, Colo
- Bird's eye view of Silver Plume, Colorado, looking west; shows wooden frame residences and outbuildings, backside of brick buildings downtown, board fencing, mine dump tailings on hillside, and public school built in 1894.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1894 and 1910]
- Idahoe [sic] Springs, Colo.
- View of Idaho Springs, Colorado, taken from Newhouse Tunnel's end of valley; includes wooden frame residences, mining structures, telephone poles and wires, tents, outbuildings, and unpaved or dirt streets.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1905]
- High Bridge over the Loop, above Georgetown, Colo., C. & S. Ry
- Complete view of Colorado & Southern Railway's High Bridge with narrow gauge track underneath bridge in Clear Creek Canyon above Georgetown, Colorado; part of Georgetown Loop; retouched double header passenger train crossing bridge; Clear Creek...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890- 1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Snowy Range from Sunrise Peak
- View towards Snowy Range of Rocky Mountains from Sunrise Peak near Silver Plume, Colorado; clouds top the peaks.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Silver Plume and Georgetow [sic] from Sunrise Peak
- Bird's eye view towards distant Silver Plume and Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado and across Rocky Mountains from Sunrise Peak; Silver Plume and Georgetown in canyon below; aerial mine tram with carts, foreground right; switchback road on...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Georgetown Loop, C. & S. Ry.
- Photograph of a painting of Georgetown Loop, Colorado and Southery Railway; artist is unknown; shows High Bridge with train passing over and additional train past Loop.
- Bridges--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1899 and 1927]
- High Bridge, Georgetow [sic] Loop
- Looking up Clear Creek Canyon back to High Bridge on the Georgetown Loop; Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track; mine dumps or tailing at center.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1940.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1940.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1899 and 1935]
- High Bridge, Georgetown Loop
- Wide angle view of the High Bridge (300 feet long, 96 feet above Clear Creek, and set on a two percent grade) on Georgetown Loop in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track; mine dumps or tailings at center.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1940.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1940.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1899 and 1935]
- The Loop, Georgetown
- Bird's-eye view of Colorado and Southern's narrow gauge track in Clear Creek Canyon from Georgetown, Colorado, including the High Bridge (300 feet long, 96 feet above Clear Creek and set on a two percent grade) and the Loop; trains on tracks...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1940.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1940.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1899 and 1935]
- Newhouse Tunnel, Idaho Springs, Colo.
- View of Newhouse Tunnel, mine dump tailings and smelter east of Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge track and siding beside Clear Creek, Bertha Gold Mining and Milling Company wooden frame building, and Sun and...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1904]
- Idahoe [sic] Springs, Colo.
- The center of the panorama view of Idaho Springs, Colorado, includes: the Argo Mine with tailing and timber piles and ore cart tracks in foreground, residences along Colorado Boulevard, Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks, Clear Creek, Wykoff...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Muldoon's Platte Cañon
- Muldoon's homestead in Platte Canyon, Colorado; shows couple on wooden plank bridge, Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge track, stream, canyon, wooden frame house, outbuildings, and picket fences.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Country life--Colorado--1900-1910.; Homesteading--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Picnicing at Silverpume [sic] on the C. & S. Ry.
- Large group of picnickers at Silver Plume, Colorado, reached via the Colorado and Southern Railway; shows tables and chairs amidst pines with large wooden frame building (picnic pavilion) with numerous doors hidden from view by trees in background,...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food vendors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Tourists at Silver Plume, C. & S. Ry.
- Picnickers and sightseers at Silver Plume, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway. Shows tables and chairs amidst trees; men, women and children fashionably dressed; picnic baskets on tables; a large wooden frame building (picnic...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food vendors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Golden, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of Golden, Colorado, looking west to foothills; shows wooden frame residences, out buildings, backyard vegetable gardens, a church, and the edge of Bella Vista (St. Bernard) Hotel center right. Cumulus and cirrus clouds top the...
- Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gardens--Colorado-- Golden--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Mendota Mine, Silver Plume, Colo.
- Mendota Mine, Silver Plume, Colorado; shows mine buildings, office, adit, smelter, and tailings dump against mountainside.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Silver mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Pavilion, Silver Plume
- Enclosed picnic pavilion by Clear Creek, Silver Plume, Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- State School of Mines, Golden, Colo.
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado; shows Hall of Chemistry, brick building on campus, and cement sidewalk with mature landscaping.
- Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Office Shawnee Lodge, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Interior view of office area, Shawnee Lodge, Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows wooden table with four chairs and paperwork on top, stone or rock fireplace with rocking chairs nearby, Native...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1910.; Lodges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1910.; Offices--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Shawnee Lodge (Shawnee, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Porch party, Shawnee, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Interior view of Shawnee Lodge, Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows screened-in backporch with two tables, wicker and rocking chairs, group of four women playing cards, other women and one man...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lodges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Shawnee Lodge (Shawnee, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Sun parlor, Shawnee Lodge, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Interior view of Shawnee Lodge, Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway. The Lodge opened in 1899; shows sun parlor room with one woman in a rocking chair, two women on porch swing, one woman looking through...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1910.; Lodges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Shawnee Lodge (Shawnee, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Helen Hunt Falls, No. Cheyenne Cañon
- Helen Hunt Falls (waterfall) in North Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado; woman seated on wooden railing of boardwalk over stream, foreground.
- Helen Hunt Falls (Colo.)--1900-1910.; North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boardwalks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]