View of Arapahoe City, (Arapahoe, Arapahoe Bar) pioneer placer mining camp, the earliest town in Jefferson County, Colorado, organized in 1858; named for the Arapaho Indians; extensive gold dredging operations in 1904 left tailing dumps covering part of the site along Clear Creek; Table Mountain mesa top in distance with a road cut along the slope.
Date
July 1928
Notes
Formerly M1606.; Photoprint is a cropped copy of the photonegative.; Photoprint is wrinkled and has red stains on it.; Stamp on back of copy photoprint: "Photographed, printed or enlarged by J. H. Starr...."; Title and photographer hand-written on back of photoprint.; R7100066683
Description
1 photonegative ; 8 x 14 cm. (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Arapahoe City--1920-1930.; Arapahoe City (Colo.)--1920-1930.
Rights Statement
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
