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Call Number
X-7501
Title
Never
was
Capitol
Summary
View
a
false
front
log
structure
on the
Broadmoor
golf
club
grounds
moved
from
Colorado
City
,
(capitol
of
Colorado
Territory
in
1861)
El
Paso
County
,
Colorado
;
shows
a
corrugated
sheet
metal
roof
,
hand-hewn
timbers
, a
weathered
clapboard
front
with
painted
lettering
: "
Erected
In
1858
,
Old
Capitol
Building
" and a
sign
: "
Visit
the
Cheyenne
Zoo
,
one
mile
from the
Broadmoor
Hotel
,
Colorado
Springs
;
built
for
Dr
.
James
Paul
Garvin
,
later
used
as the
county
clerks
office
,
Second
Territorial
Legislature
meeting
place
, a
telegraph
office
, and the
first
Rio
Grande
office
;
Spencer
Penrose
moved
the
cabin
to the
Broadmoor
grounds
then
gave
it
to the
State
Historical
Society
in
1958
.
Date
February
5
,
1948
Notes
Date
stamp
on
back
of
photoprint
:
Feb
5
1948.
;
Formerly
Max
401.
;
Photoprint
has
brown
staining
and
creases.
;
Title
typed
on
label
on
back
of
photoprint
with
additional
information
: "The
old
log
cabin
marked
"
Old
Capitol
Building
"
which
stood
for
years
on
Colorado
Avenue
in
Colorado
Springs
,
never
was any
such
thing
,
according
to
Harry
Galbraith
of
Colorado
Springs
. He
asserts
a
physician
lived
and
practiced
there
during
the
five
days
that
Colorado
City
,
now
part
of
Colorado
Springs
, was a
territorial
capitol
.
Whether
or not, the
old
log
cabin
has
long
been
accepted
as a
historical
structure
and
some
years
ago
was
moved
to the
grounds
of the
Broadmoor
golf
club
,
where
this
picture
was
taken.
";
R7100075014
Physical Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Colorado City (Colo.)--1940-1950.
False fronts--Colorado--Colorado City--1940-1950.
Log cabins--Colorado--Colorado City--1940-1950.
Source
Source
:
Max
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Film
negatives.
;
Photographic
prints.
;
Imaged.
;
Image
Format-Medium
Photograph
Identifier
Max
401
DPLW
Filename
10007501.tif
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