People pose with a buggy and canvas covered merchant's wagon, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. A frame barn has a false-front and lettering: "Studebaker Wagons," "Magnolia Livery Feed and Sale Stables," "Schuttler Wagons & Buggies," and...
Main Street, Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, patriotically decorated with flags, bunting and a welcome arch for President William H. Taft. President arrived by train for the dedication of the Gunnison Water Diversion Tunnel, a United States...
Pedestrians walk down the main street in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings (including the First National Bank), parked cars and electric light posts. Signs on buildings read: "Movies," "Candy," "First National Bank,"...
Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
Men in suits and military uniforms hold bayonets and stand behind a flag in a Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado street, probably for a parade. Spectators stand beside buildings. Boys watch rows of men from near a wagon. Signs on brick and frame...
Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Parades &...
A street paving crew works on laying concrete over a dirt road in Montrose, Colorado. Their equipment includes a leveler, shovels, and a cement mixer. Signs in the background read: "O'Neill Bros.," "Spencer and Gage Groceries and Bakery," "West...
Pedestrians cross Main Street in Montrose, Colorado, in Montrose County. Cars are parked on the side of the street; shows one and-two story commercial storefronts a horse and rider in front of the cars, and signs: "Spencer and Gage Groceries &...
Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.
Actors perform a scene from a play on the stage in the Montrose Opera House in Montrose, Colorado in Montrose County. The cast members include men dressed in military uniforms, a woman asleep on a couch, two women sitting on chairs, and an actor...
Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Actors--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.
View looking down Main Street in Montrose, Colorado, in Montrose County. Buildings: one and two-story commercial storefronts. Cars parked in front of buildings. Signs: "I've tried them all - but give me a Camel," "Battery Exide Service,"...
Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
In Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks are flanked by two and three-story frame buildings with windows and signs: "Montrose Flouring Mill." Wooden barrels and water running from a chute are in the...
A frame business in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has storefront windows and signs: "The Montrose Register." Men and boys in suits and planter hats pose on the boardwalk.
The public school in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is a two-story brick building with stone trim and hipped roofs. A square tower has an imbricated, tapered belfry, dormers, widow's walks, and a windvane. Children and a man in a suit pose by...
Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
View of a Decoration Day parade with a marching band and men in cavalry uniforms in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Men carry drums, rifles, swords, and a United States flag. The Mears Hotel with chimneys is at Cascade Avenue and Main Street....
Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Marching bands--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Military...
Men and women pose near the Belvedere Hotel in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The hotel has a sign: "Belvedere," and a mansard roof. A girl poses with a a bicycle; women and children sit in a buggy; a boy holds a bucket.
Belvedere Hotel (Montrose, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.;...
Pedestrians walk on sidewalks and across Main Street and a bicyclist rides his bicycle past automobiles in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, parked cars and a flag on a flagpole. A license plate reads: "156-505." A...
Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
President William Howard Taft addresses a crowd before the opening ceremony for the Gunnison Tunnel at the Montrose County Fairgrounds in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The president stands behind a fence draped with flag bunting and fans. A...
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Public appearances.; Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gazebos.; Presidents--United States.; Public speaking.; Racetracks (Horse racing); Rites & ceremonies.; Spectators.
This frame business in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has storefront windows and signs: "The Messenger Publishing and Printing." A girl and men in suits wearing gold chains, bowlers, slouch, or planter hats stand on the boardwalk. A house is...
On Main Street, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, men in uniforms pose with rifles and United States flags. Spectators include children, women, and a man in tophat. Frame and brick businesses line the dirt thoroughfare; bare fields are in the...
Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1880- 1890.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
A group of white and Native American (Ute) men carry the coffin containing the remains of Chief John McCook, brother of Chipeta, to its final resting place near his sister and her husband, Ouray, in Montrose, Colorado.
Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.; Montrose (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.; Chipeta--Family.; Ouray--Family.; McCook, John,...
President William Howard Taft addresses a crowd before the opening ceremony for the Gunnison Tunnel at the Montrose County Fairgrounds in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado . The president stands behind a fence draped with flag bunting and fans....
Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Presidents--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Public speaking--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Public appearances.
View of three men on and near an alfalfa stack on A.E. Buddecke's ranch near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows horse-drawn farm equipment for gathering the alfalfa and the tip of a vertical boom, part of the straw elevator used for...
Buddecke, A. E.--Homes & haunts.; Draft animals--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Alfalfa--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Haystacks--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.;...
Children and adults pose near a covered entryway in front of Central School on Cascade Avenue in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The two-story brick building has a hipped roof and pendants. A central spire has dormers, a modified mansard...
Central School (Montrose, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
Men of the Montrose Fire Department pose with the last horse- drawn wagon used in the town of Montrose, Colorado. The replacement vehicle was a fire engine. The Montrose Hardware Company is in the background.
Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
Men portage a wooden rowboat, "The City of Montrose," over boulders in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. Gunnison River rapids are beside the rocks.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Discovery & exploration--American--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.;...
Farmers and their wives gather around a drill for a well near the farmhouse in Montrose, Colorado in Montrose, County. Stacks of wood surround the well. A farmer sits on a wagon drawn by two horses.
View of the Joe Junior Mill and ore processing buildings (Standard Chemical Company) in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado; mill buildings and canvas tents are by a pipe flume.
View of the concrete tepee erected in honor of Chief Ouray and his wife Chipeta, over a spring about four miles south of Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado.
Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1930.; Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1930.;...
Cascade Avenue in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is crowded with horses, buggies, men and children. Boards cover the ditch in the foreground; a waterwagon is further back. Signs and building identification read: "Grocers," "Buddecke & Diehl,"...
Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
Uniformed men pose with rifles, bayonets, white gloves, cavalry or bowler hats, and drums, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. Behind them, the two-story opera house is a brick building with an arcaded porch, and a cornice with lettering:...
Colorado National Guard--1880-1890.; Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Militias--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Opera...
Children pose in front of a log and mud cabin, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. A boy has a planter hat and wagon, a girl wears a print dress and wide brimmed hat. A barrel is nearby; rooms extend from the original structure on both sides.
President William Howard Taft addresses a crowd before the opening ceremony for the Gunnison Tunnel at the Montrose County Fairgrounds in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The president stands behind a fence draped with flag bunting and fans. A...
Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Presidents--Colorado--United States--1900-1910.; Public speaking--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Public appearances.
Men thresh wheat while others fill sacks on A.E. Buddecke's ranch near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows piles of wheat, horses, a wagon, and pitchforks.
Buddecke, A. E.--Homes & haunts.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Ranchers--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.;...
Interior view of the Buddecke & Diehl Opera House in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The building has paper-covered light shades, kerosene lanterns, and pine garlands on the ceiling and on brick walls. Painted scenes decorate the front of the...
Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Chairs--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Light fixtures--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Opera...
A large structure with two arch openings was built to celebrate the opening of the Gunnison Tunnel in Montrose, Colorado. It is draped in Americana and has two pictures of President Taft next to the numbers commemorating the date (1909). At the top...
A large number of people line the parade route to celebrate the opening of the Gunnison Tunnel in Montrose, Colorado. Decorated horse- drawn carriages, marching bands, and a long line of automobiles parade through a set of two arches that were...
A large group of horse-drawn vehicles poses in the middle of Main Street in Montrose, Colorado. Signs along the street include: "Furnishings," "Rooms," "Drugs," "C. J. Getz, Pharmacy," "Reynolds and Co., Opticians and Jewelers," "The Montrose...
Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.
A large crowd gathers to watch a parade in Montrose, Colorado. Most of the people are on street-level sidewalks, while many others are viewing from second story windows. Three parade floats are decorated horse- drawn carriages, and the near float...
Paving operations along Main Street, in Montrose, Colorado, appear to be temporarly suspended as half of the street is underwater. A small dirt dyke runs the length of the street and is preventing the water from flooding the other half of the...
Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Road construction--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.
View looking east from a hill on the west side of Montrose, Colorado. The central business district, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad cars, residences, and the Methodist church are included. Flat Top mountain is in the distance.
View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 318, the tender and a caboose in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado, the locomotive vents smoke. Men are in or beside the engine; a depot with brick arches is to the side. Letters read "Austin...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1950.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.
A Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 454 vents smoke and pulls gondola cars, freight cars, and a caboose by a road crossing in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. A house and a barn are in the distance.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad crossings--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.
Men, probably J.E. Pelton, J.A. Curtis, M.F. Hovey, and E.B. Anderson, pose with a wooden rowboat, "The City of Montrose," by cliffs and boulders on the Gunnison River in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. They hold oars...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Cliffs--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Discovery &...
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 1202 switches narrow gauge boxcars in the yard at Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Lettering on the box cars reads: "D&RGW 3133" and "Rio Grande."
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad shops &...
The Decoration Day (Memorial Day) parade in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado, includes a drum corps in cavalry uniforms, they carry snare or bass drums. Men in uniform carry an American flag and rifles or swords. An officer is on horseback....
Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
A boy sits in the cradle of a tree in front of a house, number "646," on an unidentified street in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows a parked car, a sidewalk, and rows of trees along a dirt road.
The interior of the Buddecke & Diehl Opera House, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has paper light shades, kerosene lanterns and pine garlands hanging from the ceiling. Painted scenes and flourishes flank the stage and form a backdrop;...
Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Stage props--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
Main Street in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is edged by one and two-story brick commercial buildings with cornices, finials, and storefronts. The First National Bank has a faceted corner tower; awning signs read: "Wonder Mercantile Co.,"...
Montrose (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.
Main Street, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is busy with buggies, buckboards, and pedestrians. Brick and frame businesses flank the dirt thoroughfare, including the First National Bank with its faceted corner tower. Trees flank the street...
United States President William Howard Taft is on the steps of a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad passenger coach in Montrose, Colorado, surrounded by men and police. A man has a tripod box camera.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Photographers--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Police--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger...
A man stands beside a horse-drawn wagon at what is identified as A.E. Buddecke's ranch house near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The house has a wooden shingle roof. A tent is in the fenced yard, and a plow is by the road.
Buddecke, A. E.--Homes & haunts.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Ranchers--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Montrose...