Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Inside house on Boreas Pass
- Interior view of the abandoned Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company section house in the ghost town of Boreas (Summit County) on Boreas Pass, Colorado. Shows a building with no floors, dilapidated door frames, lathe and plaster walls, a...
- Boreas (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Boreas--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Boreas--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Boreas--1960-1970.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Boreas--1960-1970.
- 1967
- House top of Boreas Pass
- View of the abandoned Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company section house in the ghost town of Boreas on the summit of Boreas Pass in Summit County, Colorado. Shows a building with a cross gable roof and hewn timber outbuildings....
- Boreas (Colo.); Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Boreas--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Boreas--1960-1970.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Boreas--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Heavy snow on Boreas Pass
- A snow tunnel at the top of Boreas Pass (Summit County), Colorado opens into a snowbank near a deep trench with a shovel standing by it. A "Post Office" sign is above the tunnel opening. Above the trench, a man leans on the top of a power pole that...
- Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Boreas Pass--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Boreas Pass--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- South Park
- A man stands beside Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad tracks on Boreas Pass in probably Park County, Colorado. Shows patches of snow and the buildings in Como in the distance.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Como (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Park County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Como--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1882 and 1889?]
- Boreas Pass
- A view of Boreas Pass in Summit County, Colorado with the town of Breckenridge in the distance. Shows railroad tracks, hill and mountains.
- Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Miners working on Boreas Pass
- Miners work a sluice with metal pans on Boreas Pass near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado.
- Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Boreas Pass
- View of dilapidated mining buildings on Boreas Pass, at the boundary of Park and Summit Counties, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Park County--1930-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1970.; Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Park County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Boreas Pass
- The tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railroad pass over Boreas Pass, near Dillon, Colorado, in Summit County. A snowshed covers the tracks; evergreen trees grow on the hillside below the shed.
- Dillon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Boreas Pass (Colo.)
- [about 1900]
- Western History Subject Index
- Boreas Pass
- Looking towards Boreas Pass
- A man stands in snow near Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company tracks near Boreas Pass in Summit County or Park County, Colorado.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Hook eye curve near Breckenridge
- View of Boreas Pass and what is identified as the "Hook-eye curve" near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Shows probably Denver, South Park, & Pacific or Denver, Leadville & Gunnison railroad tracks, a trestle, snow fences, and a tunnel...
- Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado
- This view, from Sugar Loaf Mountain, of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking south, includes the tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railroad in the foreground, and the town beyond. Snow covered Bald and Boreas Mountains and their foothills are in the...
- Boreas Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1908?]
- Rotary snowplow on Boreas Pass, winter 1898-9
- View of a rotary snowplow on Boreas Pass, southeast of Breckenridge, Colorado. The steam dome and smokestack of a train show through deep snow and a strong blast of smoke comes from the stack. Men and equipment are ranged on the snowbank...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899?]
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 58, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Near Boreas Pass, Colo., August 28, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 71, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Boreas Pass, Colo., August 28, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 71, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Boreas Pass, Colo., August 28, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 5, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars. Photographed: approaching top of Boreas Pass, Colo., August 8, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1929
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 5, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; snowshed, 2 cars. Photographed: approaching Boreas Pass, Colo., August 8, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1929
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #71, passenger; photographed from train; 2 cars. Photographed: climbing Boreas Pass, Colo., February 22, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #71, passenger; photographed from train; 2 cars. Photographed: Climbing Boreas Colo., February 22, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #71, passenger; 2 cars. Photographed: Approaching Boreas Pass showshed, photographed from train, February 22, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70. passenger; 2 cars, last train, photographed from train. Photographed: Climbing Boreas Pass, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; photographed from last train, 2 cars. Photographed: Climbing Boreas Pass, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, photographed from last train. Photographed: Climbing Boreas Pass, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, photographed from last train. Photographed: Near top of Boreas Pass Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 69, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 58, engine type 2-8-0
- Dismantling train on Boreas Pass; 4 cars. Photographed: Near Bacon Colo., August 25, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 69, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 58, engine type 2-8-0
- Dismantling train; 4 cars. Photographed: Near top of Boreas Pass, Colo., August 28, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 69, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 58, engine type 2-8-0
- With dismantling train, at Milepost 99; 4 cars, 10 MPH. Photographed: Top of Boreas Pass, Colo., August 28, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; eastbound; 6 cars, rails from dismantling. Photographed: East of Boreas Pass. Colo., August 28, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 71, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; eastbound; 1 car, switching. Photographed: Top of Boreas Pass, Colo., August 28, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S car
- Passenger cars used by dismantling crew. Photographed: Boreas Pass, Colo., August 28, 1938.
- Railroads--Cars--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S view (narrow gauge)
- View from train. Photographed: West side of Boreas Pass, Colo., February 22, 1934.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S view (narrow gauge)
- View from showshed. Photographed: Boreas Pass, Colo., August 8, 1929.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1929
- C&S view (narrow gauge)
- View from train. Photographed: On Boreas Pass above Breckenridge, Colo., February 22, 1934.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S view (narrow gauge)
- Abandoned grade; E. J. Haley by auto. Photographed: On Boreas Pass, Colo., May 26, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- C&S view (narrow gauge)
- Abandoned grade; E. J. Haley on pole. Photographed: On Boreas Pass, Colo., May 26, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- C&S view (narrow gauge)
- Abandoned grade. Photographed: On Boreas Pass, Colo., May 26, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- C&S view (narrow gauge)
- Part of Selkirk trestle, on abandoned grade. Photographed: On Boreas Pass, Colo., May 26, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- C&S view (narrow gauge)
- Abandoned grade. Photographed: On Boreas Pass, Colo., May 26, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- C&S view (narrow gauge)
- Abandoned grade. Photographed: On Boreas Pass, Colo., May 26, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- C&S view (narrow gauge)
- Abandoned wye. Photographed: At Boreas Pass, Colo., May 26, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- C&S view (narrow gauge)
- Abandoned grade. Photographed: At top of Boreas Pass, Colo., May 26, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- Hook-Eye Curve near Breckenridge
- View of Boreas Pass and "Hook-eye Curve" near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Shows Denver, South Park, & Pacific railroad tracks, a trestle, snow fences, a snowshed and the town.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1910.; Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Snow sheds
- A snowshed is built over the tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railroad lines over Boreas Pass near Dillon, Colorado. Evergreen trees grow on the slope above the town.
- Dillon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Boreas Pass (Colo.)
- [about 1900]
- Breckenridge
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, includes tents, frame and log dwellings and commercial buildings dotting the flats next to the Blue River which winds up to and through town. The foothills of Boreas Mountain are in the left, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Western History Subject Index
- Boreas pass
- Western History Subject Index
- Boreas pass
- Looking towards Boreas Pass
- A man stands near snow covered Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad tracks, Summit or Park County, Colorado.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Western History Subject Index
- Roads. Colorado. Boreas pass
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads. Boreas, Brackenridge and the Blue