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- Amethyst boarding camp Creede, Colo.
- View of the camp and mine tramway by the Amethyst Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Mine camps--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Last Chance and Amethyst Mines, Creede, Colo.
- View of the shafthouses and tramway of the Last Chance, Amethyst, and Del Monte Mines near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 June
- Amethyst Tramway Creede, Colo.
- A miner rides in a bucket of an aerial tramway over West Willow Creek by the Amethyst Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Amethyst Mine (Creede, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Creede Hotel
- The Creede Hotel in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County is a two- story, clapboard, building with a false front. Evergreen trees grow in front of the hotel and in front of the "Feed Stable." The town's steep canyon walls show. Snow dusts the ground.
- Creede Hotel (Creede, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900]
- Elks Hall
- A man stands on the corner on the boardwalk in front of the Elks building in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The building is a two-story, brick structure with a flat roof, a cornice, and rectangular windows that span the first...
- Elks (Fraternal order)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1905?]
- R.R. Depot, Jimtown, Colo.
- Men sit on top of a train, on a timber sidewalk, or near a passenger train and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks at a railroad depot in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Supplies and belongings stacked on the sidewalk include a mattress, wooden...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- [1892?]
- The first D&RG train arriving in Creede
- Men and boys sit or stand on a train, or in a crowd on the timber platform beside a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad passenger train, the first to arrive in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows horse teams and wagons near the train, timber...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 February
- Creede, D. & R.G.R.R.
- Log and frame buildings with gabled roofs or false fronts are near a street and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Men stand on railroad tracks, and a horse-drawn carriage is beside a nearby store. Commercial...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1892?]
- A Street in Creede, Colo.
- Men, women, and children stand or sit and pose on a street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. White and Black (African American) men wear suits or vests and hats. Women wear dresses and aprons; a woman holds a dog. A sign on a business reads:...
- Afro-Americans--Men--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- Creede proper, looking down
- The town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County, is situated in a steep, rocky canyon. The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande wind through the town. Buildings in the town include one-story buildings with flat roofs and gables. Trees grow on the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- S.E. Roussin (35 yrs. old) & his wife (then 16) in front of cabin, a short distance "up canyon" (north from town of Creede)
- Mr. and Mrs. Roussin stand together in front of their home in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The one-story building has a gable, shingles and a bridge over a ravine that leads to the front door. Logs are neatly stacked at the end of the...
- Roussin family--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Jim Town Cliffs, Creed, Colo.
- Jimtown (Lower Creede) is built in a narrow, steep, rocky canyon next to the town of Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado. The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad stretch through the town, next to mills, and wood-frame buildings with...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- September, 1896
- Cabin at Creede, Colo.
- A woman wearing a long dress stands outside a cabin in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The residence is a one-story, clapboard building with a side gable, tin roof, covered porch, and two chimneys. Ivy grows up the side of the...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pioneers--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Russell Mrs.
- [1895?]
- Creede, Colo.
- Aerial view of buildings, houses, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks and train, and probably Willow Creek in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Buildings are in a valley near a rocky cliff wall and on a hillside near trees. Patches of snow are on...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 Nov
- Prospectors, Creede, Colo.
- A group of prospectors stand on the slope of a hill with their burros and a horse near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Some of the burros are packed with tools and equipment. Most of the men wear work clothes and some hold walking sticks in...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1894?]
- Part of ore pack train, Creede, Colo.
- Dr. H. D. Newton, a dentist from Salida, stands near a pack of burros on a hill near Creede, Mineral County, Colorado. The burros are leaded with equipment. Shows talus.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dentists--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Newton, H. D.
- [1894 or 1895]
- Last Chance Mine, Creede, Colo.
- View of the shaft house of the Last Chance Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Light snow covers the ground.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1893 March
- Creede, Colo.
- Men sit or stand in a line and pose in front of a canvas tent and a log cabin in possibly Windy Gulch in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. A skull and antlers is displayed with a painted sign that reads: "Saloon." A metal stove with a stovepipe is...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Queues--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Creede Ave., Jimtown, Colo.
- Men stand on sidewalks, ride horses, or drive horse-drawn wagons on Creede Avenue in Jimtown (Creede) in Mineral County, Colorado. Frame buildings have false fronts and flat roofs; a building is under construction. Men wear suits with derby hats...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1892?]
- Main Street, Jimtown, Colo.
- Men and girls stand and pose on Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows horse-drawn wagons in the dirt street, lumber piles and a building under construction. Timber buildings have false fronts, flat roofs and signs that read:...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1894?]
- Waiting for mail at Creede, Colo.
- Men wear suits and hats, and pose in front of buildings near Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Commercial buildings are frame or log with low pitched or flat roofs. A building is under construction. Signs...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1894?]
- Bridge- West Wilow [sic] Canon, Creed [sic], Colo.
- View of a bridge made of interwoven logs in Willow Creek Canyon, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows a person on the bridge, Mammoth Mountain, tilted pine trees and rocks. The bridge's support piers are also made of cribbed logs.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mammoth Mountain (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek Canyon (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1896 Sept
- King Solomon Mills, Creede, Colo.
- Two women pose along a dirt road situated next to Willow Creek, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows the forested Willow Creek Canyon, log building, men, a frame ore processing facility, identified as King Solomon Mills, with a...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek Canyon (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- 1896 Sept
- Amethyst, Colo., the Weiss-Chapman Drug Co.
- Piles of rocks, logs, boards, and debris surround the buildings along a street in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The structures consist of one-story buildings with gables, wood-frames, and tin siding. Two men stand near the "Drug Store"...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Creede Ave., Jimtown, Colo.
- Creede Avenue in Jimtown (Lower Creede), Colorado, in Mineral County, bustles with activity. Men stand along the sidewalk, and sit on horses. Horse-drawn wagons progress up and down the street. Buildings along the street include one and two-story...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899]
- Early days in Creede
- Passengers wait on a crowded train platform of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Bearded men sit or stand atop train cars in front of a platform at the tracks. One of the three tracks is...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Formerly "Jimtown," now Creede, Colo.
- Pedestrians walk along unpaved Main Street in Creede, Colorado (Jimtown/Upper Creede), in Mineral County. Horse drawn carts wait at the side of the street. Architectural features of the commercial storefronts include cornices, bay windows,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- No. 13, Main Street, Jimtown, Colo.
- Pedestrians walk down bustling Main Street in the town of Creede (Jimtown/Upper Creede), Colorado, in Mineral County. Horses hitched to wagons proceed down the narrow, unpaved street that is littered with debris. Architectural elements of the...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- No. 7 ore-cars D.& R.G.R.R., Creede, Colo.
- Ore cars of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad extend over the tracks in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Wood-frame residences and commercial storefronts parallel the tracks. Railroad buildings and machinery are among the tracks....
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Willow Creek Canon between Upper Creede & Creede, Colo.
- Steep, narrow, rocky Willow Creek Canyon separates the main part of the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County, from Lower Creede, in the background. The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western run through the center of town. Wood-frame...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek Canyon (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Zang's Hotel, Creede, Colo.
- People stand in a row in front of "Zang's Hotel" and "Zang's Hotel Annex" in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. A horse is hitched to a wagon near two dogs. A man sits in the window of the main hotel building. Architectural features...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Main St. Jimtown, Colo.
- Pedestrians walk down the unpaved street of Creede (Jimtown), Colorado in Mineral County; many people stand on the wood-plank sidewalks in front of the building. Horse-drawn wagons are parked at the sides of the street. Architectural elements of...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1899]
- Creede, Colo.
- Men stand on a wood-plank sidewalk in front of the commercial storefronts in the town of Creede, Colorado in Mineral County. Horse-drawn wagons proceed down the street. Architectural elements of the one and two- story wood-frame and log buildings...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- The upper town, Creede mining camp, Colo.
- View of frame buildings, cabins and a tent on a timber foundation in North (upper) Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. People stand beside Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks on a street with commercial buildings. Shows a bridge over possibly Willow...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1892?]
- Bolder [sic] bridge, Holy Moses Trail, Creed [sic], Colo.
- View of Willow Creek near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado; a natural bridge formed by boulders overhangs the water.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1896 September
- The dwelling of Chas. F. Nelson who was contemporary of N. C. Creede in discovering rich silver on now the site of the locality that became the site of Creede, Colorado.
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Charles F. Nelson and hewn log cabin in Creede (or Amethyst, or Willow), Mineral County, Colorado.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Mrs. Reid Miller and her son and a part of her restaurant that was the first in Creede, Colorado.
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows a seated woman and a boy on a burro in Creede (or Amethyst, or Willow), Mineral County, Colorado.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- Summer 1892
- The dwelling of N. C. Creede who discovered the rich silver - ore near the locality that became the site of Creede.
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows people, buildings, and a streetlamp in Creede (or Amethyst, or Willow), Mineral County, Colorado.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Lower Creede, Colo.
- The town of Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado, is nestled in a steep valley surrounded by steep, rocky mountains. Evergreen trees grow on the hillside surrounding the town.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- May, 1892
- The Svendt home, Upper Creede
- The Svendt family stands outside their home on a steep mountainside in the town of North Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The building is a one-story, narrow, rectangular building with a flat roof, several doors and rectangular windows. Three...
- Svendt family--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; North Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--North Creede--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--North Creede--1890-1900.
- September, 1892
- Cor. Wall St. and Creede Ave., after the fire
- Men stand and pose at the corner of Wall Street and Creede Avenue after a fire in the commercial district of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of timber and metal debris. Buildings with gabled or flat roofs are in the canyon...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892 June]
- Burn district, Jimtown, Colo., great fire of June 5th, 1892
- Smoke rises from the smoldering ashes of the fire that burned a portion of Creede (Jimtown/Upper Creede), Colorado, in Mineral County. Men walk through ashes and debris that litter the center of town. Buildings, shanties, cabins, and tents that...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 June 5
- Creede, Colo., early '90s
- A man wearing trousers, a vest, a jacket, and a cap walks down an unpaved street in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Pedestrians walk down the street behind him, near horse-drawn wagons. Architectural features of the commercial...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Creede, Colorado
- Two men stand in the open doorway of the Holy Moses Saloon, which is next to the narrow, rocky, canyon walls that surround the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The building is a one-story, clapboard storefront with a broken cornice and...
- Holy Moses Saloon (Creede, Colo.); Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- The Junction, Lower Creede, No. 33
- People stand in the middle of the street at the fork of an intersection in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. A two- story, wood-frame building with a cornice and a transom over the door is built on the block that separates the two...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Creede, Colo. before the fire
- Pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons proceed down an unpaved, littered street in the town of Creede, Colorado in Mineral County. Architectural elements of the one and two story commercial storefronts include clapboard siding, false fronts, cornices,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Creede, Colo. early days
- Two men, one holding a child, two women, and a dog stand outside a building in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The cliffs of the rocky canyon that surrounds the town are immediately behind the buildings. Architectural elements of the one and...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Scene in Upper Creede, Colo. shooting chicken.
- A man in the background crouches on his knee and shoots at a chicken standing in the middle of the street in the town of North CreedeColorado in Mineral County. A boy, a man, and a dog stand next to the shooter. People on the wooden sidewalk watch...
- North Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chickens--Colorado--North Creede--1890-1900.; Hunting--Colorado--North Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- A Street in Creede, no. 3
- Citizens of the town of Creede, Colorado (Mineral County) stand in front of a commercial building along an unpaved street. Architectural elements of the buildings include one-story structures with clapboard siding, gables, flat roofs, and chimneys....
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- The office and commissary of the Holy Moses Mine, Creede, Colorado which had been developed from N. C. Creede's discoveries: taken in the summer of 1892 when the camp was "booming"
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows the office and commissary of Holy Moses Mine in Creede, Mineral County, Colorado.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Holy Moses Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892