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- Ouray
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows dirt streets, the Beaumont Hotel, the school, houses, commercial and civic buildings. A sign reads: "Del Monico." The Amphitheater, a glacial cirque, is in the distance.
- Cirques (Glacial landforms)--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Birds eye view of Ouray, Colo.
- Aerial view of streets, commercial buildings, houses, and the Uncompahgre River in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows Ouray toll road (the Otto Mears Toll Road), layered rock walls of the Amphitheater, and trees in the San Juan Mountains.
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1893?]
- Ouray Col.
- View of Ouray (Ouray County) Colorado. Landmark buildings include: the public school, Western Hotel, County Courthouse and the Beaumont Hotel. The Amphitheater rock formation is in the distance.
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Ouray Colo.
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows frame and masonry buildings on Main Street (Third Street), Hayden Mountain, and the Uncompahgre River.
- Hayden Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Burro Train, Ouray, Colo., U. S. A.
- View of Cascade Trail above Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, and a pack train. The Denver & Rio Grande Depot is beyond houses and businesses below.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Cascade Trail (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Beaumont Hotel
- Exterior view of the Beaumont Hotel (Cascade Falls in the background), designed by architect Mr. O. Bulow and built in 1886 at the intersection of Fifth (5th) Avenue and Main (Third, 3rd) Street in Ouray, Ouray County Colorado. Architectural...
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cascade Falls (Ouray county, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Bulow, O.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- In town for supplies, Ouray, Col., U. S. A.
- View north of Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows a pack train assembling in front of the Beaumont Hotel. The burros are loaded with milled lumber.
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Lumber--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.;...
- 1890
- Mrs. Kitty Heit made enough money at Bon Ton Rest. to build St. Elmo Hotel
- Kittie Heit stands on the boardwalk with four men in front of her Bon Ton Restaurant, Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Shows dog and parrot in bird cage on boardwalk.
- Heit, Kitty O'Brien--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1.; Bon Ton Restaurant (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [1897 or 1898]
- St. Elmo Hotel
- Possibly Kitty O'Brien (Heit) stands with others on the snow cleared boardwalk of her St. Elmo Hotel, next door to her Bon Ton Restaurant, Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The 1898 two story brick hotel features painted wood central...
- St. Elmo Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Heit, Kitty O'Brien.
- [between 1898 and 1900]
- St. Patrick's Church
- View of St. Patrick's Catholic Church on Sixth (6th) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, The front gable church built in 1877, features clapboard siding, front entry belltower topped with a cross, shingle roof and stained glass windows.
- St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Chipeta Park, Ouray
- A tall rock and concrete fountain sprays in a pool of water, at the hot springs, Chipeta Park, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Chipeta Park (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fountains--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Old time stage coach in front of Beaumont Hotel, Ouray
- A stagecoach loaded with passengers drawn by a six horse team pauses in front of the Beaumont Hotel, Fifth (5th) Avenue and Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The Gothic style brick and stone trim hotel, designed by architect...
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Bulow, O.
- [between 1888 and 1890]
- Western Hotel
- Men and a dog stand under the balcony of the Western Hotel, 220 7th (Seventh) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Three story hotel built by John Johnstone and Fred Mayol in 1892, features light colored clapboard siding with contrasting trim...
- Western Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Western Hotel, Ouray
- Men pose under the balcony of the Western Hotel, 220 7th (Seventh) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Three story hotel built by John Johnstone and Fred Mayol in 1892, features light colored clapboard siding with contrasting trim boards,...
- Western Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colo.
- View west on Eighth (8th) Avenue, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, of a street crowded with teams of horses and mules hitched to wagons loaded for the mines. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot and trains show across the Uncompahgre River in...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Horse teams--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.;...
- 1892
- Ouray, Colo.
- Excursionists sit under a tree, near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A combination Denver and Rio Grande freight and passenger train is in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Sightseers--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Portrait of two Ouray men
- Standing portrait of two men, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows them in (possibly) Knights of Pythias uniforms with cross isignia, thigh length coats, wrist guards, gloves, caps, swords and seaths hanging from their belts. Painted backdrop...
- Knights of Pythias--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1896]
- Ouray, Colo.?
- A group of excursionists stand beside a Denver and Rio Grande passenger car near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Sightseers--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- House of Wm. Weston, had gold fish pond
- View of William Weston's one-story home in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows a couple with a carriage, possibly William at the fence gate, his wife inside the fence holding a deer, and another man in the background standing next to two horses. ...
- Weston, William 1844-1920--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [1891]
- Ouray, 1/4 m. of depot
- View south on the Denver and Rio Grande Southern tracks to Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the public school tower and residences in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Southern--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1899]
- 7th Ave.
- View along Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the schoolhouse with 1893 addition and two identical frame houses with front gables and side porch entrances. A banded cliff is in the background.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Percy Weston house
- Four women in heavily-skirted dresses pose on the porch of Percy Weston's two story house in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, with possibly Percy standing next to a Victorian baby carriage beside them. The house features a widows walk with flared...
- Weston, Percy--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1890- 1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Baby carriages--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [1891]
- Arrival of mail, Virginius highest established P. O. in U. S., altitude 12,500.
- A postman in a sack jacket and bowler hat poses with his burro loaded with a mail sack, at the Virginius Mine, Mount Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado. Three men sit in background; sacks of ore are near the ore cart tracks, and a...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Letter carriers--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- July 10, 1890
- Ouray
- View east over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes and Cascade Falls. Landmark buildings include the County Courthouse, Beaumont Hotel and the public school.
- Cascade Falls (Ouray county, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [1886]
- Jeffers Building
- Facade view of the Albert Jeffers store, (building later housed the Kiesel's Millinery, and the Village Diner) 633 Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, features two upper bay windows, bracketed overhanging cornice, triangular rooftop sign...
- Jeffers, Albert--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Ouray, Co.
- View east over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes. Landmark buildings include: the public school, Western Hotel, County Courthouse and the Beaumont Hotel.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colo.
- A man in pajamas sits up in a bed covered with white bed linens, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, in a room with floral patterned wallpaper.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Sleepwear--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- The great gold belt, Ouray, Colo. U. S. A.
- A miner and his wife pose with other miners by the entrance to a tent on a mountain near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Ouray and Mt. Abram [sic]
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado and snow-covered Abrams Mountain. Shows stable, residences and unpaved street.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Jeffers Bldg., 1959 Village Diner
- Possibly Albert Jeffers, in a tall bowler hat, poses with his son in entry of his store, 633 Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The ornate building features: two upper bay windows, bracketed overhanging cornice, triangular rooftop sign,...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Jeffers, Albert.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Owned by Mrs. McLean
- Mrs. McLean stands on the porch of her Cottage Home boarding house, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, with a group including her daugther in a white blouse and Fred McLean on the front steps with a dog. The house features clapboard siding, hip roof, a...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; McLean, Fred, Mrs.; McLean, Fred.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Run by Mrs. McLean in alley back of Van Horn House
- A man and woman stand with their bicycles on the porch of the Cottage Home boarding house, Ouray, Colorado. The house features clapboard siding, hip roof, a front gable with decorative shingles, a balcony above the porch both with balustrades.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colorado
- A view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado shows houses, bridges, roads and railroad grades.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 6 A.M. snow storm
- View of Main Street after an early July snowstorm in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. A striped arch, probably for the Fourth of July, spans the snow covered street, a street light hangs from the center of the arch. Shows the Jeffers Building, with...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Arches.; Commercial streets.; Snow.
- 1897 July 3
- Ouray
- Overlook view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows buildings and streets surrounded by mountains.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Opera House, Ouray
- View of the Wright buildings on corner of Main (Third, 3rd) Street and Fifth (5th) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado includes Ed Wright's 1881 white two story false front commercial building and the ornate two story Opera House built in 1888 by Ed and George...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Opera houses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Ouray residence
- A man stands in front of a woman who sits on the front stoop of a two story wood frame house, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The house features a steeply hipped roof with side second floor dormers cut into roofline.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Group portrait
- Howe Ridemoor, Albert Arps, eight other men and a boy sit on the Ouray County Courthouse front steps, Ouray, Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Arps, Albert.; Ridemoor, Howe.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Ouray
- Two girls pose in front of their two story schoolhouse on Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado. Architect William Quale of Denver designed building, built in 1883 by local contractor Francis Carney with pressed brick and...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Ouray
- Students pose in long rows outside their two story schoolhouse on Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Architect William Quale of Denver designed the 1883 building, built by local contractor Francis Carney...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Ouray
- Two men pose in a carriage drawn by two horses in intersection of Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th) Avenue in front of the schoolhouse, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Architect William Quale of Denver designed the 1883 building, built by local...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [1893]
- Old Methodist Church, later moved to Colonna [sic]
- View of the Methodist Church, northwest corner of Fifth (5th) Avenue and Fourth (4th) Street, Ouray, Colorado, shows the 1878 wood frame church with weathered clapboard, front gable, projecting entry and belltower, tall steeple and a decorative...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Ouray fire
- Townspeople survey the vast destruction of a fire, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. View includes a man and woman on horseback, groups of men, a person on a timber supported boardwalk leading to a plank road, charred trees, parts of stoves and wooden...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Ouray
- Panoramic view over Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the San Juan Hardware Company store, Beaumont Hotel, the Delmonico, County Courthouse, public school, railroad tracks and residences.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1899]
- Sky Rocket Mill
- View southeast near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, from above Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks, of Sky Rocket Mill and the Uncompahgre River.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Ouray San Juan Hardware, pre 1899
- View over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes San Juan Hardware Company store, Beaumont Hotel, the Delmonico, County Courthouse, public school and Cascade Falls.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1899]