The primary objective of this index is to contain a comprehensive listing of place names or sites in Colorado that would direct the researcher
to recent and readily available publications. Included in this publication for each site or place name,...
Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
View of railroad tracks under construction by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) from the Union Pacific Railroad line to Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows railroad construction workers near the...
Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...
View of a mill building at an unidentified coal mine, probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal cars on narrow gauge tracks, coke ovens, a frame mill, an elevator and powerhouse smokestacks in a valley. Mesas are nearby.
Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
View of a mill building of an unidentified coal mine probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal cars on narrow gauge tracks, a frame mill, an elevator and powerhouse smokestacks in a valley. Mesas are near the mine.
Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
View of a narrow gauge double slip switch on Golden Circle Railroad tracks in Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Shows a signal, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad freight cars on tracks, a log cabin, mine buildings and tailings, and utility poles on...
Golden Circle Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1900.
View of the town of Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows wood frame commercial buildings and residences, the Methodist Episcopal Church, a school, outhouses, a head frame near a tailings pile, narrow gauge tracks and wagons.
View of Huntsman's Bridge over Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon (Jefferson County), Colorado. Colorado Central narrow gauge tracks are on the bridge, shows a stone retaining wall.
Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek...
View of the entrance to Revenue Tunnel Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Three men sit on ore carts drawn by a mule along on narrow gauge tracks. A man stands in a building doorway near the tunnel.
Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.;...
A soldier stands on a wooden platform in front of Union Pacific Railroad locomotive "451" and Denver and a Rio Grande Western freight car on tracks built by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field...
Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.
Men in uniform march in formation on a dirt road at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks constructed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA), an airplane hangar that reads "[U].S....
Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Military...
View of the narrow gauge "Emma Nevada" Grizzly Flats Railroad locomotive, "Coach 5" passenger car and a caboose at the home of Ward Kimball in Los Angeles (Los Angeles County), California. Shows an engine shed, a windmill and and smoke above the...
Kimball, Ward--Homes & haunts.; Grizzly Flats Railroad--1940-1950.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1940-1950.; Railroad facilities--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950.; Railroads--California--Los...
At Idlewild, Colorado, a horse-changing station for the stagecoach on the Western Slope of Berthoud Pass, crew chief J. J. Argo is packing up his men to locate the site of the 2.6 mile main range tunnel for the narrow gauge electric line to Hot...
Idlewild (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad construction workers--Colorado--Idlewild--1900- 1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Idlewild--1900-1910.; Argo, J. J.
View west from tunnel six of two elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track winding through foothills of Rocky Mountains above Colorado Springs, Colorado; also called Cripple Creek Short Line; passenger...
Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
Men in overalls, boots and hats pose beside a Gilpin Railroad Company locomotive on narrow gauge tracks in Gilpin County, Colorado. Engineers pose in the cab. Shows a railroad switch and signal beside the tracks in the canyon.
The 485 Denver & Rio Grande Western train is stopped on the tracks in front of the depot in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County. Puffs of smoke rise off the train's smokestack; steam rises off the tracks. A conductor stands next to the engine. ...
Durango (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
View of Phantom Curve, in Conejos County, Colorado; shows the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge track grade and eroded volcanic formations.
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Conejos County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Conejos County--1880-1900.
Tracks of the narrow gauge Gilpin Tramway run from the foreground under a trestle in the background on the north side of Quartz Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. Three men are on the trestle, possibly from the Columbia Mine near Central City. Snow...
Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.
Denver and Rio Grande Locomotive Number 99 "Kokomo" and Number 46 "Badito" eastbound special excursion train (narrow gauge; type 4-4-0 Baldwin construction 5425 in 1880 and type 2-8-0 Baldwin construction 4981 in 1880) with diamond stack on La Veta...
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Dump Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Huerfano...
Men in suits and hats pose beside a narrow gauge locomotive and a water tank on the Gilpin Tramway Company railroad in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows smoke above the locomotive, a dog beside the men and a stone building in the distance.
View of a barrel transfer machine and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Signs on the steel beams read: "D.& R.G.W.R.R. Royal Gorge Route, Scenic Line," and "McMyler Interstate, Cleveland, Ohio."...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Railroad...
View of steel barrel transfer machinery with a sign that reads: "McMyler Interstate, Cleveland, Ohio" on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks near Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows narrow gauge freight car number "1253," filled...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Railroad...
View of mine buildings, tailings piles, piles of logs, and ore cars on a narrow gauge tipple in Caribou (Boulder County), Colorado. Wooden, metal, and tar paper structures on a hillside are probably part of a silver mine. Cars are parked near a...
View of the Yankee Girl Mine near Red Mountain, Guston (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows a shaft house, standard gauge railroad tracks, tailings, wood frame buildings and a mountainside clear cut of trees.
View of frame mine buildings, houses and probably narrow gauge Golden Circle Railroad tracks in Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Shows the "K.G.T. Ore Hauling" building beside railroad bridges and freight cars.
View of the tipple at the Sopris Mine in the Colorado Fuel and Iron coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows narrow gauge tracks and coal cars.
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1900.; Tipples--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1900.
Men stand on narrow gauge tracks at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of El Moro in Las Animas County, Colorado. A narrow gauge engine and possibly a car associated with track laying are on the tracks. Workers are nearby. Industrial...
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1870-1910.; El Moro (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.; Railroad construction workers--Colorado--El...