Argentine Central Railway engine with Colorado and Southern Railway passenger cars at summit of Mount McClellan, Colorado; shows sightseers debarking, climbing, and hiking to or returning from summit; some tourists are still in train.
McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
View of Ice Palace (abandoned mine shaft) on Mount McClellan, Colorado, reached via Argentine Central Railway. A man in derby hat holds a lit candle with leather gloves inside Ice Palace; his pants are tucked in his boots. Shows beautiful ice...
McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ice--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
View of Argentine Central Railway showing narrow gauge track with push car. Man on push car is holding bouquet of flowers with valley and Rocky Mountains of Colorado in background.
Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
View of forested slope in Colorado and Argentine Central Railway's narrow gauge tracks with push car; two men in derby hats seated on push car or "gravity car".
Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
View of Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track rounding bend cut through mountainside in Clear Creek County, Colorado; Colorado Central Mine dump, tailings and buildings in mountain valley below; cirrus and stratus clouds top the peaks.
Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Colorado Central Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-...
Man standing on push car with derby hat believed to be Arthur Chapman (author of "Out Where the West Begins") posed with a burro foal; Argentine Central Railway, Colorado; three workmen gathered around push car; unidentified wooden frame building...
Donkeys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Chapman, Arthur 1873-1935.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
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.;...
McClellan Mountain, Colorado with Stephens Mine and Tunnel (distant foreground, Clear Creek County) viewed via Argentine Central Railway; mine buildings and adit; steep, snow covered ridge.
McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
Two campsites near Crossons, Colorado, in Platte Canyon near Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge tracks and siding; open freight car with lumber and box car number 070 with two men looking out from doorway; water tower behind railroad cars;...
Crossons (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Crossons--1900-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Crossons--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
Interior view of summer cottage, Glenisle, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; two women seated in rocking chairs reading magazines near coal or wood stove; man reclined on chaise lounge or fainting couch; tables,...
View east from Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows horse-drawn wagon and three men on dirt road, Broadway street sign, and wooden frame buildings.
View of the rock formation, "Hanging Rock," on the Colorado and Southern Railway route in Clear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado; narrow-gauge track curves to left; a man stands at curve next to tracks, gazing up at rock formation; pine trees...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.
View of Rocky Mountains north from summit of Mount McClellan, Colorado, reached via Argentine Central Railway; shows switchback of narrow gauge tracks, and above timberline views.
McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
View of Waldorf Mine and mill and Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado (11,666 feet elevation). Waldorf mill was one of the major shippers on the narrow gauge line. Argentine Central Railway's narrow gauge tracks, sidings, switches, and water...
Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900- 1920.; Railroad...
View of Platte Canyon and rushing waters of South Platte River along the Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track above Deansbury, Colorado; shows metal railroad bridge spanning river and narrow vertical canyon walls.
South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
Bird's eye distant view of Bailey, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows North fork of South Platte River paralleling narrow gauge track, stacks of lumber or logs, train station or depot, residences, man...
Bailey (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.;...
View west from the Forks Creek eating house and depot, Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; shows Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge tracks leading to iron bridge and water tower seen at distant edge of depot; Forks Creek was junction of North...
Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Forks Creek (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
View east on Miner Street from Fourteenth Avenue, Idaho Springs, Colorado; includes horse drawn wagons and carriages, Page's Hotel de Paris and Ford's Grocery, numerous window awnings over boardwalk, gazebo or band stand at center right, telephone,...
Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--1890-1910.
View of Pine Grove, Colorado, from Platte Canyon's ridge above; includes wooden frame residences, buildings and structures, Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge railroad track paralleling South Platte River, barbed wire and picket fences, and...
Pine Grove (Colo.)--1900-1930.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
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.;...
Buffalo Park, Colorado (also called Buffalo Creek) in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; dirt road leading past lake to view of buildings in town; summer cottages, cabins and residences nestled amongst trees on hillside;...
View of Insmont, Colorado in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; several summer homes, residences and cabins on hillside; one home with lookout tower, view across North Fork of South Platte River with wooden footbridge, two men...
Insmont (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Canoeists--Colorado--1900-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Watch...
Hotel Glenisle, dining room, Glenisle, Colorado in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; interior view; four groups of men and women seated at various tables, two African American waitresses attending to customers, rough hewn log...
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.
Exterior view of Hotel Glenisle, Glenisle, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; wooden footbridge with adjacent railroad sign stating "Property of C. & S. Ry. Co., Danger, all persons are forbidden to enter upon the...
Hotels--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Hotel Glenisle (Glenisle, Colo.)
Two men fishing from boulders above South Platte River in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; two women watching fishermen; small waterfall or cascading stream; man with lace-up boots, wicker...
Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.
View of Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado; campus buildings include (center, left to right) Samuel Guggenheim Hall (Administration building built in 1906), Gymnasium (built in 1908), Assaying Laboratory & Powerhouse plant, Stratton Hall...
Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.; Colorado School of Mines.
Bird's eye view of Bailey, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows North Fork of South Platte River, narrow gauge track and railroad station, a horse-drawn wagon parked next to open freight car, general store,...
Bailey (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; General...
One man fishing (reeling in a fish) in North Fork of South Platte River in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado; summer cottages, cabins and residences on hillside in background; fisherman with pole, net and wicker creel around shoulder.
Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1920.
View northwest from the rocky bluff of Central Hill over Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with St. Aloysius Academy, long wooden stairs that lead down to Pine Street left of St. Patrick's Church; west facades of businesses on Lawrence and...
Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge tracks through mountainous terrain approaching Duffield, Colorado, signpost; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.
Duffield (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
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...
Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge tracks in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado winding past rock formation "Mother Grundy"; man standing beside railroad tracks.
Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900- 1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
Colorado & Southern Railway's narrow gauge tracks rounding bend past rock formation "Hanging Rock" in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado.
Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900- 1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
Poised Rock (huge boulder) poised above Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track in Platte Canyon, Colorado; South Platte River paralleling track.
Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Boulders--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
One man fishing in South Platte River in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; fisherman casting into stream with wicker creel on shoulder.
Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1920.
A man sits under a tree, looking across Crystal Lake, Jefferson County, Colorado, in the left side of a panorama view. Colorado and Southern Railway tracks wind through the canyon; shows a few wood frame structures including a station depot across...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1930.; Crystal Lake (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1930.; Lakes &...
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...
Interior view of office area, Shawnee Lodge, Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows wooden table with four chairs and paperwork on top, stone or rock fireplace with rocking chairs nearby, Native...
View of narrow gauge railroad track of the Colorado & Southern Railway in Platte Canyon southwest of Denver, Colorado; shows canyon walls casting shadows on the track, the South Platte River, a man standing beside the curving track, and El Domo...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.
View of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak near Manitou Springs, Colorado, taken from front-range plain; creek in foreground, trees at mid-ground, and foothills and the peak with patchy snow in background.
The center of the panorama view of Idaho Springs, Colorado, includes: the Argo Mine with tailing and timber piles and ore cart tracks in foreground, residences along Colorado Boulevard, Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks, Clear Creek, Wykoff...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
View of rock formation, "Dromedary Rock," in Platte Canyon, southwest of Denver, Colorado; formation appears on pine-covered mountain at horizon; South Platte River in foreground; deciduous trees along river bank.
Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.
The narrow-gauge track of the Colorado and Southern Railway winds through a narrow portion of Clear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado; supporting rocks of the railroad bed are shown at left; telegraph poles are halfway up steep canyon wall;...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.