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- Fremont & Mt. Pisgah, Cripple Creek
- View of Fremont (Cripple Creek, Teller County), Colorado. Shows wood frame residences and commercial buildings with false fronts. A tent is beside Cripple Creek. Mount Pisgah is in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo. : Stream)--1880-1900.; Fremont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Northwest over Lake Pisgah
- Aspens with bare branches stand on the near shore of Lake Pisgah, a small lake near Mount Pisgah in Gilpin county in Colorado. A snow-capped ridge of mountains stands in the distance across the lake.
- Aspen--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pisgah Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Overlooking the city of Cripple Creek from the railroad right of way directly south of depot
- View of Cripple Creek, Colorado from Midland Terminal Railway standard gauge tracks; scene includes abandoned lots, backside of commercial business district and buildings on Bennett Avenue, and piles of dirt; Mount Pisgah is in horizon.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 Januuary 20
- Cripple Creek, Colo. from Anchoria-Leland Mine on Gold Hill looking north-west
- Bird's eye view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado from Anchoria-Leland Mine on Gold Hill; scene includes Moon Anchor Mine surface building, smelter and hoist, Golden and McKinley public school buildings, National Hotel, Saint Nicholas...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897 September 15
- At Cripple Creek
- Lee R. Clow poses with a log book and surveyor's transit on Mount Pisgah near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado; Mr. Wickersam sits and laughs, he holds a rope. Shows a rock face.
- Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Teller County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Teller County--1910-1920.; Surveying--Colorado--Teller County--1910-1920.; Surveyors--Colorado--Teller County--1910-1920.
- 1896
- Fremont & Mt. Pisgah, Cripple Creek
- View of Fremont (Cripple Creek, Teller County), Colorado. Shows wood frame residences and commercial buildings with false fronts. A tent is beside Cripple Creek. Mount Pisgah is in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo. : Stream)--1880-1900.; Fremont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mt. Pisgah (L#196)
- A large rock formation stands in the right midground in this view near Mt. Pisgah on the border of Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. Several trees also stand on the hill in the midground.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Trees--Colorado--Gilpin...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Cripple Creek
- Overlook view of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado with Mount Pisgah. Building signs read: "Sands Bros. Clothiers", "The Paul Wilson", and "Casey's Second Hand Store."
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1893 December 18
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows the National Hotel and Gold Mining Stock Exchange, one and two-story wood frame residences, multi-story masonry commercial buildings, churches, and a school. A mining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of the town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men and a horse-drawn wagon stand near mine buildings, tailings, and a tipple. Shows the National Hotel and Gold Mining Stock Exchange, the Golden School building, the Catholic Church,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Bennett Ave. looking west
- Destruction west on Bennett Street caused by second fire on April 29, 1986, Cripple Creek, Colorado; groups of men and two men on horseback in street survey rubble and remains of once thriving commerical business district; shows utility poles with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cripple Creek
- View northwest towards Bennett Avenue after destruction from second fire of April 29, 1869, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows canvas tents on edge of debris, wood frame buildings under construction, people walking down street, crowd gathered at...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.); Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- General view after the fire, Cripple Creek
- View west from Myers Avenue (probably) towards Bennett Avenue with Mt. Pisgah on horizon after first fire of April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes debris and remains from fire, construction of wood frame buildings and canvas...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.); Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Scene at Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view across snow-covered residential rooftops, Cripple Creek, Colorado; residences have gable and hipped roofs; Mount Pisgah is in background.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Residential streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1901 June 15
- Aerial view of Cripple Creek
- Aerial view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes backside of Midland Terminal Railway station, plat of streets, and rubble and debris of demolished commercial business buildings; hillside is dotted with mine tailings; Mount...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view west on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; Mount Pisgah is in background; scene includes canvas tents, log buildings and numerous one and two-story buildings, both residential and commercial; one log frame building with side...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893 or 1894]
- Cripple Creek up to date
- Bird's eye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado northwest from Gold Hill (possibly Anchoria-Leland Mine area) with Mount Pisgah in the background; surface mine buildings and tailings are in foreground; scene includes business commercial district with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Cripple Creek with High Line Electric Interurban
- Man dressed in three-piece suit and bow-tie stands on hillside above Cripple Creek, Colorado; Highline Electric Interurban car is behind him; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway electric car is on track on hillside; Mount Pisgah is on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek from the mines on Gold Hill
- Distant view of Cripple Creek, Colorado from Gold Hill with Mount Pisgah in background; mine headframe and wooden frame surface buildings are in foreground.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895 or 1896]
- Cripple Creek
- View west on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside on edge of town (formerly Fremont prior to incorporation as Cripple Creek); three men and a woman stand on hillside with direct view towards Bennett Avenue; scene includes telegraph...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado in its heyday
- Bird's eye view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado from Anchoria-Leland Mine on Gold Hill with Mount Pisgah in the background; Moon Anchor Mine surface building, smelter and hoist are in foreground; scene includes railroad tracks past the...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1897 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Bird's eye view northwest across Cripple Creek, Colorado with Mount Pisgah on horizon; railroad tracks are around perimeter of town.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado probably before 1900
- View northwest towards Mount Pisgah with bird's eye distant view of Cripple Creek, Colorado in valley; a man stands between two sets of railroad tracks near a horsedrawn wagon (possibly Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad narrow gauge tracks), scene...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Cripple Creek from Gold Hill
- View of men working among wood frame buildings and a mining shaft with headboard and wood planks. Shows Cripple Creek, Colorado from Gold Hill with Mount Pisgah in background.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895 or 1896]
- Lake Pisgah, Summer
- Lake Pisgah, in Gilpin County, Colorado, stands in the midground. Several tree stumps stand in the foreground among small trees. Snow-capped mountains stand in the distance.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1920.; Summer--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- Western History Subject Index
- MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. COLORADO PARK COUNTY
- Western History Subject Index
- Mount Pisgah lode. Mt. Pisgah COLORADO
- Bennett Ave.
- View of destruction west on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, caused by second fire on April 29, 1896; groups of men and solitary men survey remaining debris; smoke still rises from ashes and utility poles with fallen wires border street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- View after second fire
- View northwest towards Bennett Avenue after destruction from second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows canvas tents on edge of debris, wood frame buildings under construction, people walking on street, crowd gathered at distant...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- West, Cripple Creek after the fire
- View west across building remains from first fire on April 25, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; many commercial buildings still remain in business district; evidence of construction of new wooden framed buildings is in the foreground; Mt. Pisgah...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Bell Brothers remodeled building with adjacent Teller County District Number Two (2) firehouse and garage, East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; first floor of Bell Brothers building has wooden paneled garage door and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.
- [1988]
- Bennett Ave. after 2nd fire
- View of Bennett Avenue's desolation and total destruction caused by second fire of 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; destruction includes burnt telegraph or utility poles and scattered debris of timbers; groups of men survey remains and destruction;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cripple Creek Colo. looking east
- Bird's eye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado east from Mount Pisgah area; view is directly across Bennett Avenue with flagpole in center of street and Midland Terminal Railway station at end of Avenue; commercial and residential wooden and brick...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 or 1896]
- Cripple Creek
- View of Myers Street (possibly) from elevated railroad track, Cripple Creek, Colorado; possibly High Line Electric Interurban line of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway; scene includes hoist or headframe with tailings and rows of one...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view northwest over Cripple Creek, Colorado with Mount Pisgah in background (possibly taken from Gold Hill); residences and commercial business district are in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view of Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, prior to construction of terrace; scene includes boardwalks, utility poles on both sides of street, business district, and one and two-story gable and flat-roof buildings; "Silver State...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893 or 1894]
- Cripple Creek, 1969
- View west on Bennett Avenue towards Midland Terminal Railway station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings line the street; "The Branch" is painted on side of a building; additional signs include: "Mt....
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 December 17
- Cripple Creek, F. & C. C. R. R.
- Distant view west towards sparsely settled Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes split rail fence, Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad narrow gauge track with box freight cars and hopper cars, outhouses, one-story wooden frame gabled residences,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- On Bennett Avenue looking east in 1892-93
- View east on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado (formerly Fremont prior to incorporation); street scene includes horse-drawn wagons, boardwalk, flagpole, dogs, unhaltered colt, and one and two-story flat-roof commercial wooden frame buildings...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 or 1893
- The Old Homestead, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house in red-light district that operated for nearly twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; the...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Panoramic view of brick and frame commercial buildings and houses in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings, tailings piles and utility poles. Mount Pisgah is in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Cripple Creek, Colo. on the Short Line
- Overview of Cripple Creek, Colorado, from Cripple Creek Short Line; includes cone of Mt. Pisgah and Gold Pass Mine building.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--History--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo. on the Short Line
- Overview of Cripple Creek, Colorado, from Cripple Creek Short Line; includes Mt. Pisgah and Gold Pass mine building.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--History--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- View from Bull Hill, richest gulch in the world
- Bird's eye view northwest from Bull Hill, Colorado, with mines, head frames, mine dumps or tailings, processing mills and smelters on Bull Hill (Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County); includes distant view of Goldfield, Independence Mine...
- Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Golden Circle Railroad Company.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Western History Subject Index
- PISGAH Mount
- Western History Subject Index
- Pisgah, Mount
- Western History Subject Index
- MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. COLORADO PARK COUNTY
- Place names of Colorado : a genealogical & historical guide to Colorado sites
- The primary objective of this index is to contain a comprehensive listing of place names or sites in Colorado that would direct the researcher to recent and readily available publications. Included in this publication for each site or place name,...
- Names, Geographical--Colorado.; Colorado--History, Local.
- 1999
- Western History Subject Index
- Bonneta mine. Mt. Pisgah district colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Gap lode. Mount mt. Pisgah district