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- Picnic grounds, Crystal Lake, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Complete view of Crystal Lake in Platte Canyon, Colorado; includes picnic pavilion center left. Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1930.; Pavilions--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Crystal Lake and Pavilion, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Partial view of Crystal Lake with picnic pavilion in Platte Canyon, Colorado; includes wooden frame residence, outbuilding, and barbed wire fence surrounding lake. Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1930.; Pavilions--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Glenisl[sic], Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Exterior view of Glenisle Hotel and surrounding cabins and wooden frame residences on hillside with ponderosa pines; shows a man sitting by small waterfall, footbridge over to hotel, and oxbow of north fork of South Platte River. The hotel was...
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Glenisle Hotel (Glenisle, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Gorham
- Construction workers work near the partially constructed tramway at the Gorham Mine near Gorham (Boulder County), Colorado. Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) tracks are nearby.
- Gorham (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gorham Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Mine...
- July 15, 1913
- Bailey's Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Bailey, Colorado, and view of North Fork of South Platte River; shows wooden frame and log cabin residences, woman with fishing pole fishing at side of stream. The Platte Canyon was reached via the Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Bailey (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- In Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of cascading South Platte River in Platte Canyon, Colorado reached via Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Tourists at Silver Plume, C. & S. Ry.
- Picnickers and sightseers at Silver Plume, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway. Shows tables and chairs amidst trees; men, women and children fashionably dressed; picnic baskets on tables; a large wooden frame building (picnic...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food vendors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Bailiey's [sic], Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Bailey, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway. Shows general store; wooden frame building and residence; Kiowa Lodge nestled among trees on hillside; group of men, women and children following...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; General...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Sun parlor, Shawnee Lodge, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Interior view of Shawnee Lodge, Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway. The Lodge opened in 1899; shows sun parlor room with one woman in a rocking chair, two women on porch swing, one woman looking through...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1910.; Lodges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Shawnee Lodge (Shawnee, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Water erosions in Platte Canon
- Rounded and curved rocks eroded by South Platte River in Platte Canyon, Colorado reached via Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Erosion--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rocks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Glimpse of Crystal Lake, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Partial view of Crystal Lake, Platte Canyon, Colorado, surrounded by Ponderosa pines; includes wooden frame picnic shelter center right with other outbuildings behind; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Picnic Grounds, Crystal Lake, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- View of edge of Crystal Lake, Platte Canyon, Colorado, surrounded by Ponderosa pines; includes dirt road and barbed wire fence bordering lake's edge; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Crystal Lake Pavilion, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Partial view of Crystal Lake with pavilion or picnic shelter; includes residence and outbuildings behind picnic shelter and dirt road leading from lake; Platte Canyon, Colorado, Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1930.; Pavilions--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- The Grove, Cassell's, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Three men standing amidst a forest grove of pines, spruces, and fir trees near Hotel Cassell, Cassells, Colorado in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Forests--Colorado--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- The Grove, Cassells, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Group of men, women and one boy standing in forest grove of pines, firs and spruces near Hotel Cassell, Cassells, Colorado in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Forests--Colorado--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- In Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Colorado and Southern Railway double header passenger train in Platte Canyon, Colorado; narrow gauge track paralleled by South Platte River, cloud in canyon.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Clouds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Arch Rock in Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Platte Canyon, Colorado with rock formation Arch Rock hanging over cascading South Platte River reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; railroad embankment, center right.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Cathedral Rock in Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge track with push car paralleled by South Platte River in Platte Canyon, Colorado; rock formation Cathedral Rock in background; two men on push car.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Picnicers [sic] arriving at Dome Rock, C. & S. Ry.
- Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge track with two passenger trains of sightseers at Dome Rock, Colorado in Platte Canyon; large crowd of people, some crossing footbridge over South Platte River; rock formation; edge of water tower behind...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Kline, Colo., Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Kline, Colorado (elevation 8337 feet) in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; wooden bridge crossing South Platte River leading to lake and summer residence or hotel; two women standing on bridge, two women in rowboat, Kline...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rowboats--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Information Center, Walsenburg, Colo.
- View of the Huerfano County Chamber of Commerce Information Center located at 112 East 4th Street, Walsenburg, Colo. Originally built in 1910 as a depot for the Colorado and Southern Railway. The simple, single store, red brick building is...
- Tourist information centers--Colorado--Walsenburg--2010-2020.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Walsenburg--2010-2020.; Walsenburg (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Colorado and Southern Railway--Pictorial works.; Tourist information...
- 2010
- East portal of Alpine Tunnel, Denver, South Park & Pacific R.R.
- View of the collapsed east portal of the Alpine Tunnel in Chaffee County, Colorado. The tunnel was used by the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad, Denver, Leadville, & Gunnison Railroad, and the Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Facilities--1950-1960.; Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--Facilities--1950-1960.; Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1950-1960.; Alpine Tunnel (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Chaffee...
- 1953 August 29
- Dining room, Shawnee Lodge, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Shawnee Lodge, dining room, Shawnee, Colorado in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; dining tables with place settings and vases of flowers, stone fireplace with earthenware and pots on mantle.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Strontia Springs, Platte Canon, C. & S. Ry.
- Strontia Springs, Colorado in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; narrow gauge track paralleled by South Platte River, railroad sign and edge of Strontia Springs Hotel and Lodge; vertical canyon wall.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Picnicing at Silverpume [sic] on the C. & S. Ry.
- Large group of picnickers at Silver Plume, Colorado, reached via the Colorado and Southern Railway; shows tables and chairs amidst pines with large wooden frame building (picnic pavilion) with numerous doors hidden from view by trees in background,...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food vendors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Office, Hotel Glenisle, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Hotel Glenisle, office area, Glenisle, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; interior view, man standing behind display case containing cigars, fishing poles and supplies with ledger on top; man and women reading magazines seated in...
- Glenisle (Colo.)--b 1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lobbies--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Breckenridge, Colo. on the C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Breckenridge, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows narrow gauge track in town and along hillside, wooden frame buildings and residences, churches, school, depot with freight cars, Ten Mile Range, and mine...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Reception room, Shawne [sic] Lodge, Platte Canon, C. & S. Ry.
- Shawnee Lodge, Reception room, interior view, Shawnee, Colorado in Platte Canyon; group of women seated in rocking chairs around stone fireplace; balcony and stairs to second floor, reception table with vases of flowers, greenery and prehistoric or...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Reception rooms--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rocking chairs--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Ludlow strike Federal troops unloading at Trinidad 11th U.S. Cavalry.
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, unload a covered wagon from a flatcar on the tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railway (C & S) in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. Spectators stand nearby. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of...
- Colorado and Southern Railway.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts &...
- [1914]
- Covered walk from Hotel to Casino Broadmoor
- View along the tree-lined drive of the Broadmoor Casino and Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows the covered walkway between the Casino and the Hotel with vines growing on it, and mountains.
- Broadmoor Hotel and Casino (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890- 1900.; Broadmoor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Casinos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Covered walks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1895 and 1897?]
- Platte Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the Public High School, Platte Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a three-story stone and brick building with dormers, arched entries, round bays, a square clock tower and turrets. Children sit in a horse-drawn buggy...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Como, Colo. in the 90's
- View of Como, South Park, Park County, Colorado shows the railroad center with wood frame, brick, and false front buildings; smoking stacks at machine shops; roundhouse; water tank; boxcars; and the C. & S. eating house. Town was a division point...
- Como (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- November 1898
- Como round house
- View of the dilapidated six stall stone roundhouse, Como yards, Park County, Colorado, shows missing stones and doors. Stone arches with keystones, frame the large diagonal board doors. The railroad tracks have long been pulled and overgrown with...
- Como (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Como--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Como, Colo., division point on C. & S. Ry. in South Park
- View of Como, Park County, Colorado shows the railroad center with machine shops, roundhouse, water tank, boxcars, wood frame residences and the C. & S. eating house. The town was a division point for the narrow gauge Denver, South Park and Pacific...
- Como (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- about January 1929
- Como, Colorado
- View of the Como station with depot and two-story brick eating house built to replace the Pacific Hotel, Park County, Colorado, shows a group of men posing along the tracks. The town was a division point for the narrow gauge Denver, South Park and...
- Como (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Como--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1902]
- Como, Colorado
- View of Como, South Park, Park County, Colorado shows the railroad center with wood frame, brick, and false front buildings, railroad yards, roundhouse, water tank, boxcars, and the Como eating house. The town was a division point for the narrow...
- Como (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Como, Colorado
- Colorado and Southern locomotive 4 (original DSP&P 39) with snow plow pauses at station depot in Como, Park County, Colorado. Several men in bowler hats inspect the snowcovered plow. A "$25 Reward" sign hangs on wood frame depot and a young boy in...
- Como (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Como--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Como--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Late 1950's, roundhouse
- View of the dilapidated six stall stone roundhouse, Como yards, Park County, Colorado, shows stone arches with keystones framing the large diagonal board doors and a fence surrounding the building. The railroad tracks have long been pulled and...
- Como (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Como--1950-1960.
- [between 1955 and 1959]
- Looking north at Como, Colorado
- View of the Como railroad yards Park County, Colorado, shows station deport, new Como eating house, storage sheds, tracks, crossing sign, caboos and telephone poles. Snowfences and wood frame residences are in the background. The town was a...
- Como (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Como--1930-1940.
- July 1938
- Looking northwest at Como, Colorado
- View of the Como railroad yards, Park County, Colorado, shows the six stall roundhouse called "The Stone Garage." Scene includes Colorado and Southern box and flatbed cars and storage sheds, snowfences, and wood frame residences. The town was a...
- Como (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad shops & yards.--Colorado--Como--1930-1940.
- July 1938
- Two story frame house just north of C. & S. eating house at Como, Colo.
- View along snow fence and drift to the railroad superintendent's two-story residence, Como, 9,802 feet, Park County, Colorado, features the wood frame structure with gable trim, bay window and porch. Two outhouses and another two-story frame house...
- Como (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Como--1920-1930.; Snow fences--Colorado--Como--1920-1930.
- January 1929
- Shawnee, Colo., Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Shawnee, Colorado in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; view across South Platte River to town, summer residences and lodges nestled amidst trees and hillside; cirrus clouds fill the sky.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Wheat field on the C.& S. Ry.
- View of a wheat field near the Colorado and Southern Railway; shows sheaves of wheat in a Colorado field; sun filters through clouds onto distant mountains.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Colorado wheat field on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of wheat field along the Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge tracks; shows harvested and bundled wheat in Colorado field; Rocky Mountains and foothills in distant background.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Iron City Mill Black Hawk, Colorado.
- View of the Iron City Mill in Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado. The mill is between a tramway and a branch of the Colorado and Southern (C&S) Railway.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Picnic Grove, Pleasant Valley, C. & S. Ry.
- Picnic grove in Pleasant Valley near Greeley, Colorado reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; grassy area with trees.
- Pleasant Valley (Weld County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Weld County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Picnic grounds--Colorado--Weld County--1900-1910.; Trees--Colorado--Weld County--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- The Lone Tree, Clear Creek Cañon
- View of Clear Creek and Canyon, Colorado, with push car used by L.C. McClure on Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track; shows steep, rocky walls with a lone evergreen tree in center of image.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1927]
- Dome Rock, Platte Canon on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of sightseers along banks of South Platte River in Platte Canyon, Colorado reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; rock formation Dome Rock, background.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Sightseers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Picnic grounds, river view, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Dirt road winding along rocky hill in Platte Canyon, Colorado, along the Colorado and Southern Railway line; shows ponderosa pines.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Roads--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- North from summit of McClellan Mtn. on the Argentine Central Ry.
- Argentine Central Railway engine with Colorado and Southern passenger cars on summit of Mount McClellan, Colorado; shows view north of Rocky Mountains, narrow gauge track winding up to summit, and sightseers in train.
- McClellan Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1906 and 1913]