A dirt road leads from the foreground back to a group of log buildings in Apex, a small mining district northwest of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A log fence post is in the right foreground and portions of the fence continue on the far...
Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fences--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
A group of school children stands in front of the schoolhouse in Caribou, a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado, near the end of the 19th century during the area's mining heyday. Several women, probably schoolteachers, stand on the front porch...
School buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1900.; School children--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1900.
Several cabins stand along a ridge in the background near Caribou Flat in Boulder County, Colorado. A large building, possibly a mine shafthouse or mill, stands among the pine trees in the midground. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.
Several large buildings stand along Main Street in early day Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Gold was first discovered in the region by John H. Gregory in 1859 and spurred the town's growth. Additional buildings stand along Eureka Street...
Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Log...
Several storefronts face Main and Eureka streets in early day Central City, Colorado, probably in the early 1860s. Among the businesses are a clothing store, a hardware store and a concert hall with billiard rooms. Several horse-drawn wagons travel...
Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Billiard rooms--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Building construction--Colorado--Central City--1860- 1870.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Central...
deposit more than 100 feet thick and was soon determined to be an unsuitable site and the plan was relocated to where the present Barker Dam sits east of Nederland. Several log cabins stand at the base of the hill in the background as well as in...
Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Tree limbs--1890-1900.
(front wagon)and Frank Mayhew (standing alone). Several mines are on the hill in the background, including the California Mine near the top of the hill.; Men pose for a photograph outside the Hubert Mill (also identified as Douglas Mill), Gunnell...
Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Alsebrook, Al.; Alsebrook, Alec.;...
Several cars of the Gilpin Tramway are on the narrow gauge railroad track in the foreground of this view near Quartz Hill above Central City, Colorado. The Gilpin Tramway was used to haul ores from the mines in the Central City area down the hill...
Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1910.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Central City--1870-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1910.
A log cabin stands in the foreground in Woodland Flats, a snow- covered ridge west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Several tree stumps and a dead tree lie in the foreground. Pine trees and some trees with bare branches stand in the...
Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
The tops of several trees with bare branches protrude into the foreground of this view looking west from the summit of Tennessee Mountain on the border of Boulder and Gilpin counties in Colorado. Two small lakes, possibly Lake Eldora and Peterson...
Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tree limbs--1940-1950.
A group of men on horseback stops in a large field near the Flat Tops Wilderness north of Glenwood Springs on the border of Garfield and Rio Blanco counties in Colorado. Several extra horses with saddles on their backs are near the small group....
Wilderness areas--Colorado--1930-1950.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1930-1950.; Horses--Colorado--1930-1950.
Robert H. B. (Bob) Little poses at his desk, probably in the late 1890s, at his home in Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado. Little was the town's first clerk and later served as mayor for several years just after the turn of the century. He was also...
Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Desks--1930-1950.; Mayors--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Pianos--1930-1950.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Rocking chairs--1930-1950.; Little, Robert H. B.
corral. Several pieces of wood lie scattered on the dirt ground in the corral and among the trees in the background.; Two ranchers and a young boy hold a calf down as a third rancher brands it with a long branding iron in a corral, probably at the...
A group of ranchers holds two calves down to inspect them in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A young boy lies on his side holding the hind legs of a calf. One rancher stands apart from the...
Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
began operating in the summer of 1899 but was forced to close down a few months later when Bailey's main financial backer in New York City was killed in a fire. In desperation, Bailey turned to his family for financial backing. The treatment...
Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eldora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.
Several large pine trees, including one with bare branches, stand on a ridge near Pile Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. Several pieces of wood lie on the ground in the foreground. Photographer titled the image "Ancient of Days."
Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1940.; Pines--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.
Several large pine trees, including one with bare branches, stand on a ridge near Pile Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. Several pieces of wood lie on the ground in the foreground. Photographer titled the image "Ancient of Days."
Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1940.; Pines--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.
Court, four of the nine men were released for lack of evidence. The remaining men were found not guilty. The Bailey Mill was never operated for any extended periods of time after Bailey's death. Several different owners tried varying ore treatment...
Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dams--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.
A large patch of snow remains on a ridge of James Peak in the distance where Gilpin, Clear Creek and Grand Counties converge in Colorado. Pine trees and trees with bare branches line the rocky ridge in the midground near a log structure of the Oro...
Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.
The remains of the Ophir Mine stand in the foreground on Quartz Hill in a view looking toward Nevadaville, a mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado. A large wood hoist is in the right foreground. Several buildings remain standing in the town,...
Several logs lie on the ground in front of small cabins at Wagon Wheel Gap, southeast of Creede in Mineral County, Colorado. A horse-drawn wagon is stopped in front of one of the cabins. Several men sit in front of another cabin. Two large trees...
Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1870-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1870-1900.; Logs--1870-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1870-1900.
Smoke puffs from a smokestack of a shafthouse in the foreground of this view of Blackhawk, Colorado. Additional smoke puffs from a train engine in the background. An American flag flies from a pole in the midground. Several wagons travel up and...
A trestle for the Gilpin Tramway stands in the background of this view of Mountain City, a small area on the outskirts of Central City, Colorado. Houses stand in the foreground. Several mines dot the hillside in the background.
Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--Mountain...
Large piles of wood are stacked at the side of the Perigo Mill in Gilpin County, Colorado. The mill has several levels, and two large smokestacks supported by wires protrude from the roof. Several smaller smokestacks also protrude from the roof. A...
A group of men work to clear the deep snow from the tracks of the narrow-gauge Gilpin Tramway in "Dogtown," an area near Central City, Colorado. A train engine pushes from the background to move snow from the tracks, puffing a trail of smoke. The...
Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Railroad employees--1890-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Snow...
Several mines dot the hillside in the distance in this view taken from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill") in Central City, Colorado. Piles of tailings stand next to several of the shafthouses in Gilpin County.
Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Central...
Several mines dot the hillside in the distance in this view taken from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill") in Central City, Colorado. Piles of tailings stand next to several of the shafthouses in Gilpin County. A small group of houses...
Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hills--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
A mine shafthouse with several levels stands in the right foreground near large piles of mine tailings, probably near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Several additional buildings stand in the background at the base of a hillside. Another...
Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1920.
Several buildings line the dirt roads below the Cook Mine on Bobtail Hill in Gregory Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. The deep vein on the hill in the right midground is where John H. Gregory first discovered gold in Colorado in 1859. The stone...
Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.
Several men sit on a stone wall in front of the Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Some of the men stand near the wall. A dog lies at their feet. Several graves are in the small fenced churchyard. A large cross depicting...
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church (Las Vegas, N.M.)--1900- 1910.; Las Vegas (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1900-1910.; Cemeteries--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1900-1910.; Crosses--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1900-1910.;...
City Bakery stands farther down the block next door to the Young American Clothing Hall. Another store has the word "Stoves" painted on its front facade. On the near side of Main Street in the center midground is the two-story, wood frame building...
Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
A railroad track, possibly for the Gilpin Tramway, runs from the left foreground into Russell Gulch, about two miles south of Central City, Colorado. The gulch was named for William Green Russell, one of the first to discover gold in the area in...
1883 of typhoid fever. Several campus buildings were heavily damaged in the "great earthquake" of April, 1906.; Palm trees stand on the lawn in front of the large, neoclassical Stanford Museum of Art on the campus of Stanford University in Palo...
Antoine Moiese ("Grizzly Door") and Michael, two Native American men on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, sit on a striped blanket playing cards. Both men wear wide-brimmed hats with single feathers stuck in their bands. Both also...
Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Card games--Montana--1900-1910.; Moiese, Antoine.
A group of teepees is set up among several small, wood and log buildings on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The larger buildings in the left background may be part of the St. Ignatius Mission. Several horses are stopped near the...
Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Missions--Montana--1900-1910.; Mission St. Ignatius (Montana)
Louis Charlemain, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands with a young girl and a young child in front of a teepee on the reservation. Charlemain, also known as Louie Molman, holds a long knife in his...
Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North...
Joe Vanderburg (also knwn as Yellow Rock), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, dances in a field on the reservation. He wears a striped loincloth and several long, beaded necklaces. Strips of fur and bells...
Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Yellow Rock.
Sin-se-la and Hi-hi, two Native American men on the Flathead Indian Reservation, sit inside a large teepee on the reservation. They each wear dark vests and have strips of fur wrapped around their long braids. They also wear roaches on the tops of...
Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
Stereographic view of Pueblo de Taos near Taos, New Mexico. Wood ladders are propped against several of the flat-roofed, adobe buildings at the pueblo.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company in Pueblo, Colorado, was created in 1892 to produce iron and steel for use in continuing the narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railway from Pueblo to Canon City. A long building is in the left midground, possibly...
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1890-1910.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Steel...
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company in Pueblo, Colorado, was created in 1892 to produce iron and steel for use in continuing the narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railway from Pueblo to Canon City. Two buildings with large smokestacks are in the left...
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1890-1910.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Steel...
Inscriptions on a rock wall near Del Norte, in Rio Grande County in south central Colorado, depict several people riding horses and holding long spears, possibly for hunting. Several additional inscriptions depict people standing in a row.
Del Norte (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Rock art--Colorado--Del Norte--1870-1900.
Numerous pedestrians walk along a busy sidewalk in San Francisco, California. A horse-drawn wagon is stopped in front of the building in the left midground where several banking and insurance offices are housed. Several workers stand on a...
San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Advertisements--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Business districts--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.
View of early Gillett, Colorado, with Colorado Midland railroad freight box cars and passenger cars on three sidings, and an engine steaming into view, includes several canvas tents and a railroad station. Several one-room, log cabins and a larger...
View of Central City, Colorado, looking north toward Gunnell Hill. In the foreground is depression in the ground surrounded by a fence. Behind it is a rundown house and a telephone post. Several cars are parked next to the telephone post. A man...
View of Central City, Colorado, probably taken from Spring Street. The dirt road, which leads into the town, is flanked by cars on the left and several buildings on the right. The building to the right is constructed of stone, wood, and has...
Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Roads--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
View looking down on Spring Street, which is just outside Central City, Colorado. A pile of mine tailings is in the lower front corner. Below in the gulch are several buildings. One has a roof with undistinguishable writing on the front. The...
Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
Interior view of unidentified saloon or hotel, Victor, Colorado; numerous men & several boys inside a large room, several men & a dog seated in wooden chairs, others standing, pressed tin on ceiling, one boy in Western Union or bellhop clothing,...
Map of the trails and landmarks in the Rocky Mountain region used by the pioneers in the westward migration shows Oregon Trail, Overland Trail, and Mormon Trail routes. Lettering reads: "1. Buffaloes roamed the plains east of the Rocky Mountains....
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail--1840-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1870.; Overland Trails--1840-1870.; West (U.S.)--1840-1870.; Maps--1840-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--1840-1870.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody shakes hands with Nez Perce Chief Joseph in the center foreground, possibly in Chicago during the World's Columbian Exposition. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat with tassles and beads. He also has a...
Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Nez Perce Indians--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1890-1900.; Shaking hands--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904.; Buffalo Bill's Wild...