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- 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]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- A car is stopped in front of a group of men working to remove a large slab of rock resting on the road, possibly Knife Edge Road that leads into Mesa Verde National Park. The road is built into a steep hillside that continues down from where the...
- Knife Edge Road (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- The old plank road
- View of plank road in sand dunes near Yuma (Yuma County), Arizona. Cars are in the distance.
- Yuma (Ariz.)--1920-1930.; Dunes--Arizona--Yuma--1920-1930.; Plank roads--Arizona--Yuma--1920-1930.
- 1926 August 21st
- Road crew, Costilla County
- Hispanic American men. employed on a WPA road project, pose near a tractor and a road grader on a dirt road probably in Costilla County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes and broad brimmed hats. The man who stands on the road grader is...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dirt roads.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery); Laborers.; Road construction.; Tracklaying vehicles.; Gallegos, Diego Antonio--Pictorial works.; Blue...
- [1935?]
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- Men use teams of horses to repair a road to Mesa Verde National Park. The winding road is split in the foreground and converges in the distance. On the upper portion of the road, a worker leads his team toward a possible rock slide area. Another...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 9 and 10, 1929 September-October
- Mesa Verde Road, ruins, Indians
- A dirt road leads the way to Mesa Verde National Park. Large shrubs and tall grass line the road. Dirt tracks have been packed down by vehicles traveling on the road. The front view of a car heading up the road is in the distance. A mountain ridge...
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1931?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- A dirt road on the east side of Park Point in Mesa Verde National Park winds through the sloping hillside. Snow lines the sides of the road, and vehicles have formed tracks in the middle of the muddy roadway. Snowcapped mountain peaks are in the...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1931?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- A group of men works to remove a large slab of rock that lies on the uphill side of the steep slope next to a road, possibly Knife Edge Road in Mesa Verde National Park. Some men sit on top of the thick slab while others dig to remove debris from...
- Knife Edge Road (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--History.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- An unidentified worker stands with hands on his hips on a dirt road to Mesa Verde National Park. The road, possibly Knife Edge Road, winds around the steep side of a rocky hillside and continues in the distance behind the man. A jagged rock wall...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--1920-1930.; Knife Edge Road (Colo.)
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- Knife Edge Road winds around the side of a steep cliff at Mesa Verde National Park. Two cars are stopped near the bottom of the cliff on the road. Vehicles have made ruts in the muddy, narrow road. Distant plains contrast the mesa's terrain.
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Knife Edge Road (Colo.)
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- Deric Nusbaum stands at the edge of Knife Edge Road in Mesa Verde National Park. The steep cliff of Knife Edge stands in the distance. The dirt road continues around the cliff. Plains are in the left background. A car is parked on the muddy road...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.; Knife Edge Road (Colo.)
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 9 and 10, 1924 September-October
- The Golden Gate
- A dirt road winds along a cliff through Golden Gate gap in Golden Gate Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Wooden struts and logs support the road. Shows forests, a rocky stream bed, and a rock formation on the road identified as the Pillar...
- Golden Gate (Wyo.) 1870-1890.; Golden Gate Canyon (Wyo.) 1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Cliffs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Dirt roads--Yellowstone National...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Pinewood School District No. 19, Rattlesnake Park Pinewood, Colo.
- View of Pinewood, Larimer County, Colorado, shows the frame schoolhouse with a shingle roof, inset porch, double hung windows, and a sign: "Pine Wood School Dist No 19." It was built in 1873 by Amos Penoyer, a pioneer rancher.
- Penoyer, Amos--Homes & haunts.; Pinewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Pinewood--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Returning from the frontlines
- In a view taken from above, twenty-nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers march around a curve in a road towards a bridge over a small creek. A covered truck is begining its crossing as a soldier driving a camuflaged weasle (a treaded mitlitary...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 February 22
- Pine Street, Central City
- View down Pine Street into Central City, Colorado, where the dirt road is the focal point of the photograph. Vegetation, masonry walls, fences, and telephone posts line the road. A two-story, brick, flat-roofed home with rectangular windows is on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Mill site at Fall River Rd, 1955
- View of Fall River, Clear Creek County, Colorado, a town on Fall River Road, at the confluence of Fall River and Clear Creek, near Idaho Springs; shows reinforced road along side of mountain, gable-roof house with a rockpile behind it, and man and...
- Fall River (Colo. : Town)--1950-1960.; Roads--Colorado--Fall River--1950-1960.
- 1955
- Pack train
- View of long mule or burro (over twenty animals) pack train led by two men on horseback along muddy dirt road somewhere probably in San Miguel or Ouray County, Colorado; possibly road to Black Bear Mine (later called Black Bear jeep road) above...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mules--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- In the San Juan Mtns.
- View of muddy dirt road descending San Juans probably near Telluride, Colorado; possibly road from Black Bear Mine & Mill, later called Black Bear jeep road; Rocky Mountains; muddy road with two paths of wagon ruts.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- The Boulevard, Leadville
- In this view on the Boulevard, looking to the southeast, two men in sack coats stand on the north side of the road. A post and wire fence is on the south side of the dirt road. A Denver Rio Grande locomotive with flatbed cars is on the tracks, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fences--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- A car, possibly a Model T Ford, drives along a snowy, dirt road; possibly Knife Edge Road in Mesa Verde National Park. Tracks from other vehicles are in the snow in the foreground. A large, jagged rock protrudes from the steep slope below the road....
- Knife Edge Road (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roads--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1931?]
- Modern aerial view, Idaho Springs
- The view looking south down Virginia Canyon, near Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the Oh My God! road with a car travelling south towards Idaho Springs. This road is a connecting road to Central City from Idaho Springs and its name comes from the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Canyons--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.; Valleys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Lee Hill Stage Station
- An unidentified man sits on the ground in front of a fence on Lee Hill Road in Boulder County, Colorado. The man is possibly waiting for a stagecoach. He holds binoculars in his right hand and wears a hat. The dirt road leads back to two large...
- Roads--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Gap Ranch/Snowy Range 1945
- A rocky dirt road, possibly Gap Road, winds from the foreground into the background between Mount Thorodin and Tremont Mountain northeast of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand on both sides of the road. Large rocks are...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Ranches--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Berthoud Pass
- A car drives up the dirt road to Berthoud Pass on the border of Grand and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. A wood rail lines both sides of the road. Large rocks stand in the foreground. A small stone wall supports part of the road. Tall pine...
- Berthoud (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1910-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand County--1910-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Echo Lake
- A small stone wall lines a dirt road near Echo Lake in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The road intersects with another dirt road in the right midground. Pine trees stand on the hill above the road. Snow-capped mountains are in the distance. A pile...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Echo Lake (Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Stone walls--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road
- View of the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road west of Denver, Colorado, taken from hillside above road; at right, dirt road with guardrails curves along the side of Lookout Mountain with an automobile turning the corner; in valley below, Clear Creek...
- Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920]
- Lookout Mtn. Auto Road
- Westward view of the Lookout Mountain Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado (part of the Denver Mountain Park system), taken from higher point of road across mountain valley; four switchbacks of sinuous dirt road are shown; Rocky Mountains...
- Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Lookout Mountain--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Bear Creek Canon, Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road
- View of Denver Mountain Park Auto Road in Bear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado; shows curve of dirt road, rock road bed past curve, sandstone rock formations, and sign: "Phone Gallup 2051."
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road in Bear Creek Canon
- View of the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road in Bear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado; shows dirt road along side of canyon, boulder- strewn drop-off between road and creek, tree-lined Bear Creek, and hogback near Morrison, Colorado.
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Bear Creek Canyon--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road in Bear Creek Canon
- View of the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road near mouth of Bear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado; shows sandstone rock formations, supporting rocks of dirt road bed, boulders on slope between road and tree- lined Bear Creek at base of canyon,...
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Bear Creek Canyon--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Loop on Berthude [i.e. Berthoud] Pass Road
- Berthoud Pass Road loop, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows wheels and blade of road grader, rock retaining wall, sign on tree "Road Camp U.S. Bureau of Public Lands," and Republican Mountain in background.
- Berthoud Pass (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1927]
- 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 narrow stage road between Ouray & Silverton, Colorado; dirt road winding around rocky ledges; "Toll Road" originally built by Otto Mears in 1883, later became U.S. Highway 550 - "Million Dollar Highway".
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Ouray-Silverton stage road
- View of stage road between Ouray & Silverton, Colorado in San Juans of the Rockies; "Toll Road" built by Otto Mears in 1883, later became "Million Dollar Highway" - U.S. Highway 550; narrow, dirt road cut alongside mountain ridge, possibly near...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Ouray Toll Road
- A driver in a horse-drawn buggy and a man on horseback stop on the Otto Mears toll road on a high cliff probably Ouray County, Colorado. Shows talus and rock formations, the narrow road is buttressed with logs. A passenger sits by the road.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Rocky Point, Ironton & Ouray Toll Road
- View of a rocky embankment on the Ouray to Silverton Toll Road (Otto Mears Toll Road); men sit on a horse-drawn stagecoach, in either Ouray or San Juan Counties, Colorado. Telegraph poles are set in rocks by the edge of the road.
- Stagecoaches--Colorado--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Loveland-Estes Park Road, Cañon of the Big Thompson
- Rocky walls of Big Thompson Canyon bordered by dirt road and Big Thompson River; road between Estes Park and Loveland, Colorado; shows horse-drawn wagon on road.
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1917]
- Loveland-Estes Park auto road, Big Thompson Canon
- Loveland to Estes Park, Colorado, "Auto Road" in Big Thompson Canyon; dirt road paralleled by Big Thompson River in narrow canyon with steep vertical rock walls.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Big Thompson Canyon--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 6, 1911 February 4
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 7, 1919 July
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 6 and 7, 1923 June-July
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 9 and 10, 1930 September-October
- Otto Mears toll road
- View of the toll road built between Ouray and Ironton by Otto Mears. The dirt road was excavated into the side of the Uncompahgre Gorge beside the Uncompahgre River in Ouray County, Colorado. A saddled horse and a wagon are on the road. Rivulets of...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Uncompahgre Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons.; Dirt roads.; Rivers.; Toll roads.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Group of people on mountain road near Georgetown, Colo.
- A group of men pose for a photo on a mountain road near Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado. They all wear suits, vests, ties and hats.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Men--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Road to the Ledges, Des Moines
- A man wears a suit and poses in a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road near Ledges State Park (Boone County), Iowa. Wheel ruts are in the dirt, and dense trees are on both sides of the road.
- Boone County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Iowa--Boone County--1890-1900.; Dirt roads--Iowa--Boone County--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Toll Gate, Ouray Stage Road
- Men and women passengers sit in a horse-drawn coach (Tally-ho) near the log toll gate on the Ouray to Silverton Toll Road (Otto Mears Toll Road) in Ouray County, Colorado. In the distance, men sit on and stand by horses. Bear Creek Falls cascades...
- Bear Creek Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll...
- 1893 June 24
- Redlands - Can[y]on Crest road
- View of Canyon Crest road in Redlands (San Bernardino County), California. Concrete and stone walls line the dirt road. Palm trees and lush growth are on the side of the road.
- Redlands (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Dirt roads--California--Redlands--1890-1910.; Trees--California--Redlands--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]