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- Stonewall
- View of cabins at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company's camp Whispering Pines near the town of Stonewall (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows log cabins and split rail fences.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1910-1930.; Stonewall (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Camps--Colorado--Stonewall--1910-1930.; Log Cabins--Colorado--Stonewall--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Stonewall, Duling cave
- View of a dirt road and hill near the town of Stonewall (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows rock formations on the hill.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.; Hills--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Coal miners
- A group of miners pose in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes including overalls, work pants, jackets, boots, and flannel shirts. The men wear oil wick caps with lamps. One man smokes a pipe.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Walsen Colored Club
- View of the Walsen Colored Club, a miners' club building for African-American miners at the mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with clapboard siding and a false front. Clerestory windows sit on top of a...
- African Americans--Structures--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Walsen
- View of the coal mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows rows of wood frame one story homes and unpaved streets. Smoke rises from the power plant chimney stacks.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- General view of Morley and store
- View of the mining town of Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company store, with towers and stucco exterior, sits on the hill above the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Denver & Rio Grande tracks. The workers' four-room...
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Colo. Supply Co. Store Morley
- An automobile sits in front of the Colorado Supply Company store, camp doctor's office and boarding house in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a mission style stucco building with vigas and towers. Boys stand in the corner of the building.
- Colorado Supply Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Medical offices--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Morley school
- Teachers stand with their pupils in front of the elementary school in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a mission style stucco building with a dormer.
- Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Segundo School
- View of the elementary school in the mining town of Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a wood frame two story building with covered entryway. The sign above the door reads: "Jerome School. Dist. No. 61. Segundo."
- Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1909?]
- Cardiff
- View of the coal bins above the Colorado Midland Railway tracks in Cardiff (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows miners houses and boarding houses, and the post office in a long building with a false front near the railroad tracks. The schoolhouse...
- Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.
- [between 1888 and 1902?]
- A.T. & S.F. depot
- Spectators stand on the banks of the flooded Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado, across the river from the demolished Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot. Shows the arched walls of the Cardenas Hotel arcade.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- Morley club
- View of the miners' club building in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a stucco building with a false front and a fence. A shed roof shades the front entrance.
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915?]
- Segundo ovens
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens in Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows the coal washers. Train cars sit on tracks near the Colorado and Wyoming Railway roundhouse.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Trinidad flood across from Cardenas Hotel
- View of flood damage on the banks of the Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a residence with collapsed exterior walls and damaged wooden fence. Flood waters rise to the front door of the house.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Company houses Morley
- A chicken stands in the dirt road that runs in front of miners' houses built by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows square four-room stone residences with hipped roofs and covered entryways.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company town architecture--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Redstone ovens
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows the coal washers. Coal cars sit on Denver & Rio Grande railway tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1900 and 1909?]
- Primero Club
- View of the miner's club house in Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wood frame building with a front porch.
- Primero (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Primero school
- View of the elementary school in the mining town of Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wood frame with a covered entry and cupola. The sign above the door reads: "Gass School. District No. 61. Primero."
- Primero (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio club
- View of the miners' club in Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with a covered porch, false front and flag pole. A horse stands tethered to the front porch pole.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio, Mexican church at Torres
- View of a probably Catholic church in the mining town of Torres, in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a stucco building topped by a cupola with a bell.
- Torres (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Torres--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Torres--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio school
- View of the school in the mining town of Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wooden structure with a covered entryway and cupola.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1915?]
- Tercio washery and ovens
- View of the coal washers and coke ovens in Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows coal cars and tracks of the Colorado and Wyoming Railway.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Mine...
- [between 1902 and 1915?]
- Tabasco washery
- View of the coal washer and bins at the Tabasco Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. A man, probably mine manager James Cameron, stands at the stairs.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tabasco Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- Redstone
- View of the mining camp at Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows the company store with hipped roof and front porch. The sign over the door reads: "The Colorado Supply Co. 1900." Shows the corner of the Redstone Inn.
- Redstone (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Redstone--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Spring Gulch
- View of the powerhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company Spring Gulch Mine in Gulch (Spring Gulch), Pitkin County, Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks. Shows industrial buildings and a water tank.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1920.; Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Spring Gulch Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.;...
- [between 1888 and 1916?]
- Spring Gulch
- View of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Gulch (Spring Gulch) in Pitkin County, Colorado. Smoke rises from the engine of a Colorado Midland Railway Company train. Shows Spring Gulch Mine, a tipple, tailing piles, houses, and industrial...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1920.; Mining camps--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Spring Gulch Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Coal...
- [between 1888 and 1916?]
- D. & R.G. in Trinidad
- The waters of the Purgatoire River flow over the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company tracks in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. People stand on a railroad bridge that extends over the river.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [1904]
- Colo. & Southern on Sopris branch
- View of the remains of a Colorado and Southern Railway trestle destroyed in a flood near the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Purgatoire River meanders past the ruins of the bridge.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sopris (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1910.;...
- [1904]
- Coal Basin, boiler house
- Smoke pours out of the boiler house at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company mine at Coal Basin (Pitkin County), Colorado. The building is constructed of corrugated tin material. Several smokestacks extend from the roof of the building.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1910.; Coal Basin (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boiler houses--Colorado--Coal Basin--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Coal Basin--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Coal Basin--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- C & W at Jansen
- Men stand on a washed out railroad embankment near the town of Jansen (Las Animas County), Colorado. Two sets of tracks are slumped into the waters of the Purgatoire River.
- Jansen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Jansen--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Jansen--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Jansen--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Stonewall, the gap
- A man stands on a large boulder in the distance in a gap in the geological ridge formation known as The Stonewall near the town of Stonewall in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a meadow, and possibly the Ute Hills are in the distance.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Stonewall, The (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Meadows--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Engle, Fisher's Peak
- View of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Engle in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows company housing, industrial mining buildings, a powerhouse, and a water tower. Fishers Peak is in the distance.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1870-1930.; Mining camps--Colorado--Las Animas County--1870-1930.; Engle Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1870-1930.; Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1870-1930.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1870-1930.; Coal...
- [between 1877 and 1924?]
- Engle
- Miners stand near a tipple at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Engle in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, industrial buildings, industrial equipment, and barrels. Houses are in the distance.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1910.; Engle Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Coal miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1880-1910.; Mine...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Sopris washery, the fire
- View of the ruins of the washer building at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal mine at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows rubble, coal carts, and a damaged building. A group of men stand on a narrow-gauge railroad bridge in the distance.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1930.; Mine...
- [between 1902 and 1928?]
- Sopris, old washery
- View of a coal washer and probably a boiler house at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal mine at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Houses are in the distance.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.;...
- [between 1894 and 1928?]
- Sopris mine
- Smoke rises from the smokestacks of the powerhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal mine at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, tailing piles, and houses.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1930.; Mining camps--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Mine...
- [between 1890 and 1928?]
- Sopris club
- Men work on the construction of the clubhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The building is a concrete block structure with a low pitched, hipped roof. Prominent buttresses support the two...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Coal Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Sopris, private houses
- View of wood frame houses at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coops, fenced yards, hornos (ovens), and outhouses. A dog is by a feed trough. Snow covers the ground.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1880-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.
- [between 1887 and 1928?]
- Sopris, private houses
- View of miner's houses at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal sheds, coops, outhouses, and fenced yards. Snow covers the ground.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1890-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1928?]
- Berwind - Tabasco school
- A man stands on the porch of the Corwin School building in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Tabasco in Las Animas County, Colorado. The building is a two story wood frame structure with a bell tower mounted on the roof. A small...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1900-1920.; Corwin School (Tabasco, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tabasco (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- Tabasco church
- View of a wood frame church in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Tabasco in Las Animas County, Colorado. The building is a one story structure with a stone foundation, bell tower, and cross mounted on the roof. High grass surrounds the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1900-1930.; Tabasco (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Churches--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1930.
- [between 1902 and 1928?]
- Tabasco, coke machine
- Miners work at the coke ovens in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company Tabasco Mine at Tabasco (Las Animas County), Colorado. A machine is positioned near a bee-hive oven where miners unload processed coke to be loaded onto a railroad car.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1920.; Tabasco (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tabasco Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1920.; Coal...
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- Primero bathhouse
- View of the employee bathhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado. The building is a one story structure with a stucco exterior, porch entry, and shingled roof. A shed addition is attached to the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1930.; Primero (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Primero--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1930.
- [between 1901 and 1928?]
- El Moro, washery fire
- Smoke rises from a hillside where the ruins of a coal washing building smolder at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows coal in railroad cars, industrial buildings, and equipment. A hogback is in...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1870-1910.; El Moro (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.; Fires--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.; Mining--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.;...
- [between 1876 and 1908?]
- Company houses Frederick
- View of company houses at the Frederick Mine operated by the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company at Valdez (Las Animas County), Colorado. The buildings are four-room square structures with low pitched, hipped roofs.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1930.; Frederick Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Valdez (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Valdez--1900-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Valdez--1900-1930.; Labor...
- [between 1907 and 1930?]
- Sopris, Little Italy
- Clothes hang on lines in the yards of wood frame houses at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris in Las Animas County, Colorado. The neighborhood, identified as "Little Italy," consists of houses, outhouses, and coal sheds. Picket...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1880-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.
- [between 1887 and 1928?]
- Walsen bathhouse
- A construction worker stands in the doorway of the bathhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Walsen (Huerfano County), Colorado. The building is a one story rusticated stone structure with two doorways and a shingle roof. Ladders...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Morley bathhouse and lamp house
- A miner leans in the doorway of the lamp house at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company mine at Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. The man wears work clothes, boots, and a cap with an oil wick cap lamp. The lamp building is a small cinder block...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Mine...
- 1914 May 7
- Berwind houses
- A man stands on a dirt road near a row of company houses in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp, Berwind (Las Animas County), Colorado. The houses are four-room square structures with stone foundations, cinder block walls, porches, hipped...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Mining camps--Colorado--Berwind--1900-1920.; Berwind (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Berwind--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Floresta
- View of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company mine at Floresta (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows wood frame and log industrial buildings. Smoke rises from the powerhouse smokestacks.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1890-1910.; Floresta (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Floresta--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Floresta--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Floresta--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1902?]