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- Argentine Cascade on the Argentine Central Ry.
- Argentine Cascade (possibly Leavenworth Creek or South Clear Creek), Colorado; shows cascading waterfalls through bushes and brush along Argentine Central Railway.
- Waterfalls--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Argentine Falls on the Argentine Central Ry.
- Argentine Falls (possibly Leavenworth Creek or South Clear Creek), Colorado; view of waterfall cascading along Argentine Central Railway, water tower at Sidney mine, half way to Waldorf, and rock- supported embankment.
- Waterfalls--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- North side Torry's [sic] Peak, Argentine Central Ry.
- North side of Torreys Peak, Colorado (elevation 14,264 feet) viewed from Argentine Central Railway; snow covered 14-er Rocky Mountain peak.
- Torreys Peak (Colo.); Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Waldorf Mine on the Argentine Central Ry.
- 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...
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- The Vidler and Waldorf Mines, Argentine Central Ry.
- Vidler and Waldorf Mines, Clear Creek County, Colorado reached via Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track; Vidler mine reached via 1/2 mile spur from Waldorf; view from Vidler Mine back towards town of Waldorf; boarding house at Waldorf,...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Vidler Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- The Colorado Central Mine, Argentine Central Ry.
- 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-...
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Argentine Pass, Vidler and Waldorf Mines, Argentine Central Ry.
- View of Waldorf Mine and outbuildings, Clear Creek County, Colorado towards Vidler Mine and Argentine Pass in distance; Waldorf reached via Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track with 1/2 mile spur to Vidler; road to Argentine Pass parallels...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Argentine Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Vidler Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage...
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Platte Canon from Stevens Gulch
- View up Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track from Stevens Gulch alongside South Platte River of Platte Canyon, Colorado; shows telephone poles and lines, and clouds.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Stevens Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Deansbury, Platte Cañon
- Deansbury (formerly Strontia Springs), Colorado, in Platte Canyon beside rushing waters of South Platte River; push car used by L.C. McClure on Colorado and Southern's narrow gauge track; timbers used for railroad ties atop rock wall embankment of...
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Health resorts--Colorado--Deansbury--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Bridge above Deansbury, Platte Cañon
- 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.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Platte Cañon near South Platte
- View up Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track alongside South Platte River in Platte Canyon, Colorado; shows telephone poles and wires along track.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Platte Cañon
- View up Platte Canyon and South Platte River, Colorado; shows Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track at base of vertical canyon walls.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Platte Cañon
- View up Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track in Platte Canyon, Colorado, alongside South Platte River; narrow vertical canyon walls.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Bridge across the Platte near Deansbury
- Metal bridge crossing South Platte River in Platte Canyon, Colorado; narrow gauge track of Colorado and Southern Railway; extremely narrow, rocky and vertical canyon walls.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- View in Platte Cañon
- Looking up Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track in Platte Canyon, Colorado; rushing waters of South Platte River on left.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Picnic grounds, South Platte, C. & S. Ry.
- Picnic grounds in South Platte, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows men, women and children among picnic tables and trees, snack or curios stand, and two little boys, center right.
- South Platte (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Picnic grounds--Colorado--South Platte--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Mendota Mine, Silver Plume, Colo.
- Mendota Mine, Silver Plume, Colorado; shows mine buildings, office, adit, smelter, and tailings dump against mountainside.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Silver mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- 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]
- 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]
- Silver Plume, Colo
- Bird's eye view of Silver Plume, Colorado, looking west; shows wooden frame residences and outbuildings, backside of brick buildings downtown, board fencing, mine dump tailings on hillside, and public school built in 1894.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1894 and 1910]
- 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]
- Shawnee from the east, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Shawnee, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows Shawnee Lodge, wooden and log frame residences, and the Rocky Mountains in the background.
- Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Summer cottages at Shawnee, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- View of summer residences at Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows substantive summer cottages or residences among trees on hillside, dirt road bordered by split rail fence. Cumulus storm clouds top...
- Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Seven Falls, Cheyenne Cañon
- Vertical image of Seven Falls in Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado; shows sightseers on steep wooden stairway to top of falls.
- Seven Falls (Colo.)--1890-1910.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stairways--Colorado--1890-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Saguache [sic] Range
- View towards Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains, Colorado; pine- covered slopes rising toward above timberline ridges.
- Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Castle Rock, Golden, Colo.
- View of rock formation "Castle Rock" located on South Table Mounain near Golden, Colorado; shows mesa or butte overlooking Golden, wood frame residences and building hidden from view by trees, barbed wire fence enclosing pasture or field, funicular...
- Rock formations--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1912 or 1913]
- Rock Creek Canon, Moffat Road
- View of three levels of Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific) standard gauge track in Rock Creek Canyon, Colorado, Moffat Road; wooden trestles, track on top portion of canyon ridge looping to opposite side; tunnel,...
- Rock Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1907 and 1915]
- Georgetow [sic] from Argentine Central R.R.
- View north to Silver Plume, Colorado, from Argentine Central Railway completed grading; shows Georgetown Loop with narrow gauge railroad tracks in valley below.
- Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- 1905
- Silver Plume from switch back, Argentine Centra [sic] R.R.
- View of switchbacks or completed grading up Pendleton Mountain for Argentine Central Railway's narrow gauge track; shows Silver Plume, Colorado, and Georgetown Loop narrow gauge track.
- Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pendleton Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [1905]
- On the Argentine Central R.R.
- View of grade on Leavenworth Mountain, Colorado, completed for Argentine Central Railway; shows valley with lake and some snow down below.
- Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Leavenworth Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- 1905
- On the Argentine Central R.R.
- View of Argentine Central Railway grade with snow on completed grading; Colorado.
- Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- 1905
- Charles H. Harmon painting of Georgetown Loop
- Photograph of a painting by Charles H. Harmon; Georgetown Loop, High Bridge and Argentine Central Railway; numerous painted trains on track, some retouched by McClure.
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harmon, Charles H.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Cathedral Spires, River View, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- View of log and wooden frame residences and buildings in Riverview, Platte Canyon, Colorado, along the railroad line of Colorado and Southern Railway; shows narrow gauge track, siding, platform, Platte River and Valley, and rock formation Cathedral...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Riverview (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- River wiew [sic], Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of wooden frame and log residences in Platte Canyon, Colorado, along the Colorado and Southern Railway line; shows wooden footbridge across Platte River, narrow gauge tracks with siding and platform in valley bottom, and wooden water tower...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--1900-1930.; Water towers--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Vista from Shawnee Lodge, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of Rocky Mountains and foothills through screened porch of Shawnee Lodge in Platte Canyon, Colorado, along the Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge line; South Platte River winds through valley outside porch windows.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Lodges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- The porch at Shawnee Lodge, Platte Cañon Branch, C. & S. Ry.
- Interior view of screened porch, Shawnee Lodge in Platte Canyon, Colorado, along the Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge line; lodge opened in 1899; shows man sitting in chair reading in front of stone fireplace and lightbulb socket hanging...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Lodges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Shawnee Lodge on the Platte Cañon Branch, C. & S. Ry.
- Interior view of Shawnee Lodge in Platte Canyon, Colorado, along the Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge line; lodge opened in 1899; shows rock fireplace with chairs and rocking chairs nearby, stairway with handrail at right, wooden beam...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Lodges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Shawnee Lodge, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Exterior view of Shawnee Lodge in Platte Canyon, Colorado, along the Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge railroad line; lodge opened in 1899; shows two-story rough hewn log building with screened porch and some snow on roof surrounded by...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Lodges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Shawnee Lodge, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Interior view of screened porch, Shawnee Lodge in Platte Canyon, Colorado, along the Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge line; lodge opened in 1899; shows rough-hewn log building with screened-in front porch, chairs and one man sitting in a...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Lodges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- River view, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of Platte River paralleled by Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track in Platte Canyon, Colorado; shows gentle valley slopes covered by boulders, ponderosa pines, and small water diversion ditch between railroad track and river in...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- The Four Jacks, Platte Canon
- View of the Four Jacks granite rock formation in Platte Canyon, southwest of Denver, Colorado; the South Platte River flows past large boulders; pine trees and bushes line the river banks.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--South Platte Canyon--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Dromedary Rock, Platte Canon
- 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.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Eroded rocks in Platte Canon
- View of water-eroded rocks in and along the South Platte River in Platte Canyon, southwest of Denver, Colorado; boulders and pine trees flank the river.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Picnicers [sic] arriving at Dome Rock, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Large group of picnickers at rock formation Dome Rock, Platte Canyon, Colorado crossing footbridge over South Platte River; two Colorado and Southern Railway passenger trains stopped for picnic stop; water tower behind trains.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Picnic grounds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Water towers--Colorado--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]
- 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]
- Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge track rounding bend in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado; shows the South Platte River and two women standing by railroad tracks in narrow canyon.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [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]
- 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]