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- Uncompagre [sic] Peak
- View of Uncompahgre Peak with tree-covered mountainside, Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ouray-Silverton toll road, Uncompaghre [sic] bridge (around the circle)
- A view of the Otto Mears Ouray to Silverton toll road and a bridge in Uncompahgre Gorge (Ouray County), Colorado. A man in a horse-drawn carriage poses on a bridge. A log building is nearby. Shows a waterfall above a river.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 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?]
- Remnant of snow slide
- A man stands near the Uncompahgre River and looks at a tunnel that has eroded through a pile of snow left from an avalanche near the Ouray-Silverton Toll Road in Ouray County or San Juan County, Colorado.
- Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Avalanches--Colorado--1880-1900.; Men--Colorado--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ouray
- Panoramic view of the Uncompahgre Gorge and south Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows switchbacks on Canyon Creek Road and probably a portion of the Otto Mears Toll Road. Frame buildings in Ouray include the San Juan Coal, Lumber and Supply...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Uncompahgre Gorge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Ouray, looking through the gap
- A man sits on a hillside beside tree stumps near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Probably the Uncompahgre River and horse or mule drawn covered wagons are on a dirt road in a valley near log cabins and fences. Buildings are in Ouray and snow is on...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Uncompagre Peak
- View of Uncompahgre Peak near Lake City, Colorado, taken from timberline; stunted pine trees at left foreground, patchy snow fields and rocks at mid-ground, with 14,306-foot peak rising in background.
- Uncompahgre Peak (Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Ouray Colo.
- Southeast view of Ouray, Colorado from western hillside; shows Denver and Rio Grande narrow-gauge tracks, station, boxcars, and Uncompahgre River with bridges. Identifiable buildings include County Courthouse and Library.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Ouray Colo.
- Southward view of Ouray, Colorado, shows Third (3rd or Main) Street with turret of Elks Club on east side of street. Businesses include: Arps Bros Hardware, Columbus Saloon, County Courthouse, and City Hall. Uncompahgre River is spanned by bridges,...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Baseball--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Oak Street looking north
- View north down Oak Street, Ouray, Colorado, shows a horse drawn surrey, four women in the front yard of the Indian Agent Walter Wheeler's log house, evergreens and the wood truss bridge below the hill across the Uncompahgre River.
- Wheeler, Walter F.--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Ouray
- Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, looking southwest over the Uncompahgre River bed to the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot and trains.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colo. looking S. E.
- View of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, looking southeast over Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot, trains, and Uncompahgre River. The flagpole and Beaumont Hotel tower roof show on Main (3rd, Third) Street.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad Stations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900]
- Ouray, school house
- View north down the Uncompahgre River Valley, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes a frame house, residential area and the public school. A family poses on a porch, with ornate scroll brackets, of their one-story house.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890]
- Nucla and Tabeguache Park- Colo
- Nucla, Montrose County, Colorado, is in Tabeguache Park, in the southern part of the Uncompahgre Plateau. The town's buildings are among trees.
- Nucla (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Uncompahgre Plateau (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ridgway from the East
- View of Ridgway, Ouray County, Colorado; shows brick buildings, tracks and cars of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, and the Uncompahgre River.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--1930-1950.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ridgway--1930-1950.
- [between 1934 and 1941?]
- View of the works of the Windham Silver Mining and Smelting Company, at Windham, Ouray County, Colorado. View looking northward, the Uncompahgre River in the foreground.
- Windham Silver Mining and Smelting company, Windham, Ouray County, Colorado, consists of frame buildings by the Uncompahgre River. A pack train descends a hillside.
- Windham Silver Mining and Smelting Company (Windham, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Windham (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Ore industry--Colorado--Windham--1870-1890.; Silver mining--Colorado--Windham--1870-1890.; Smelters--Colorado--Windham--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Canyon along Million $ Hiwy
- View of the Uncompahgre River and cliffs by the Million Dollar Highway (State Highway 550), Ouray County, Colorado.
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Million $ Hiwy
- View of the Million Dollar Highway (State Highway 550), Ouray or San Juan County, Colorado; shows a road on a cliff face, rock guard rails, a car, and the Uncompahgre River.
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Million $ Hiwy.
- View of the Million Dollar Highway (State Highway 550), in Ouray or San Juan County, Colorado; shows cliffs, rock guardrails, a car, and the Uncompahgre River.
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Million $ Hiwy.
- View of the Million Dollar Highway (State Highway 550), Ouray or San Juan County, Colorado; shows a road on a cliff face, rock guard rails, and the Uncompahgre River.
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Million Dollar Hiwy.
- View of Abrams Mountain and the Uncompahgre River valley in Ouray County, Colorado.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Uncompahgre Valley (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Million Dollar Highway valley scene
- Hay meadows and houses occupy this valley in Ouray County, Colorado; Ouray and Abrams Mountain are in the background. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks follow the Uncompahgre River.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Farms--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- D&RGW narrow gauge lines view on Ouray, Colorado branch line (Montrose to Ouray via Ridgway
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks by the Uncompahgre River, in Montrose or Ouray County, Colorado; shows hay fields and mountains.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1920-1940.; Rivers--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Abrams Mountain
- View of Abrams Mountain with a complex of mines and mining structures along the slopes above the Uncompahgre River, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Mining buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1910-1930.; Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1910-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray...
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Uncompagre [sic] Peak
- View of Uncompahgre Peak, Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Uncompagre [sic] Peak
- View of Uncompahgre Peak, Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Uncompagre [sic] Peak
- View of Uncompahgre Peak with tree covered mountainside, Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Underground sampling - Pony Express mine, Uncompahgre Nat'l. Forest
- View of three miners working in the Pony Express mine, Ouray County (Uncompahgre National Forest), Colorado. Two of the men use a spike and sledgehammer to drive a blasting hole as another looks on from a ladder.
- Blasting--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pony Express Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Uncompagre [sic] Peak
- View of Uncompahgre Peak, Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mining near Ouray Col[orado]
- View of mines along the Uncompahgre River near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray--1860-1870.; Ouray (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1860-1870.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1870]
- Uncompagre [sic] Canon, upper end
- View of Uncompahgre Gorge with dirt road and horsedrawn wagon with driver, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- [Ouray]
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad station and tracks, Uncompahgre River and Abrams Mountain.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- On the Ouray-Silverton stage road
- View of Ouray to Silverton, Colorado stage road in the San Juans; "Toll Road" originally built by Otto Mears in 1883; later became U.S. Highway 550 - "Million Dollar Highway"; possibly Uncompahgre River or Red Mountain Creek, left foreground, with...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Ouray, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of Ouray, Colorado & Cascade Falls possibly taken from above Oak Street; School, Beaumont Hotel, Elk's Club, City Hall; Fourth Avenue, dirt streets, wooden frame & brick residences & businesses; Uncompahgre River, center foreground;...
- Cascade Falls (Ouray county, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Ouray-Silverton stag [sic] road
- View of Ouray to Silverton, Colorado stage road through San Juan Mountains of the Rockies; "Toll Road" built by Otto Mears in 1883, later became U.S. Highway 550, also called "Million Dollar Highway"; possibly Promontory Point one-half mile south...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Ouray-Silverton stage road
- View of Ouray to Silverton, Colorado stage road in the San Juans of the Rockies; "Toll Road" built by Otto Mears in 1883; possibly Promontory Point one-half mile south of Bear Creek Falls; Uncompahgre River, 800 feet below trail at this point,...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Ouray, looking through the gap
- A man sits and watches two mule drawn Conestoga wagons by probably the Uncompahgre River near the town of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. A homestead with outbuildings and corrals is in the valley and the multi-story frame buildings of Ouray show...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Ouray...
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 316, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, Westbound; 8 cars. Photographed: near Uncompahgre, Colo., June 12, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Uncompahgre.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- Remnant of snow slide
- A man stands near the Uncompahgre River and looks at a snow bridge from an avalanche in Ouray County or San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a wooded hillside with standing pines and fallen trees.
- Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--1880-1890.; Snow--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Park along Paradox Road near Iron Springs, Uncompaghre Plateau
- View of a man and a dog in a horse-drawn wagon in a meadow near a place identified as Iron Springs on the Uncompahgre Plateau in Colorado.
- Uncompahgre Plateau (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Meadows--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 15
- Mt. Sneffles [sic] from near Dallas
- View of a valley, probably the Uncompahgre River, farmland and Mount Sneffels from near Dallas (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows trees, rocks, brush, split rail fences, a dirt road and wooden bridge.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Bridge over the Uncompagre [sic] near Ouray
- A horse-drawn wagon stops on a bridge over the Uncompahgre Gorge and a waterfall on the Otto Mears Ouray to Silverton Tollroad, Ouray County, Colorado. A massive rock divides the creek, mountains are in the distance.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Uncompahgre Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- A forest service trail in the Cimarron Country
- A man sits by pack horses on a forest trail in the Uncompahgre National Forest, in Montrose or Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Uncompahgre National Forest (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pack animals--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Canyon road cribbing at Sta. 87, Uncompahgre Project, Colo
- Men work with picks and shovels on the road south of Ouray near the Uncompahgre River Gorge in Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.; Mountain roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.; Road construction--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- A trail through the National Forest in the Ouray Mtn. region
- A man on horseback leads a pack horse on a trail through the Uncompahgre National Forest in probably Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Uncompahgre National Forest (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray County--1910-1920.; Pack animals--Colorado--Ouray County--1910-1920.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Ouray County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Ouray and Silverton Toll Road
- Men, one on horseback pause on the Otto Mears Toll Road in Ouray County, Colorado. The dirt road traverses a rocky cliff. Probably the Uncompahgre River is in a canyon beside the road.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Dirt Roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Ouray - Silverton stage road, Colo
- View of the Ouray - Silverton road, the Otto Mears toll road, in Ouray County, Colorado; people in a buggy stop on a cliff by a valley. Utility lines traverse the rock. Probably the Uncompahgre River is in a canyon beside the road.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Dirt Roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--Ouray...
- 1901
- Ouray - Silverton stage road, Colo
- View of the Ouray - Silverton road, the Otto Mears toll road, in Ouray County, Colorado; the road tops a rock cliff by a valley and the Uncompahgre River.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Dirt Roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--Ouray...
- 1901
- Ouray and Silverton toll road
- View of the Ouray - Silverton road, the Otto Mears toll road, in Ouray County, Colorado; log retaining structures bridge sections of the road. The Uncompahgre River is in the valley below.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.; Dirt Roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- View on toll road 4 miles above Ouray, Colo
- View of the Ouray - Silverton, Otto Mears toll road Ouray County, Colorado; bridges span gaps in the cliff high above probably the Uncompahgre River.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Ouray...
- 1888 July 6