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    • Prowers House, Boggsville

    • Prowers House, Boggsville

    • View of the Prowers House on the Boggsville Historic site in Bent County, Colorado. The two story territorial style plastered, adobe structure is in deteriorated condition. Marks on the building indicate a porch is missing from the facade. Leafless...

    • Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Boggsville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Adobe buildings.; Abandoned buildings.; Prowers, John W.--Homes and Haunts.; Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic...

    • 1987
    • John Prowers, one of Colorado's first businessmen

    • John Prowers, one of Colorado's first businessmen

    • Portrait of John Wesley Prowers, Colorado cattleman, Indian trader, and pioneer. Prowers has a long moustache and beard.

    • Beards.; Pioneers--Colorado--1870-1880.; Ranchers--Colorado--1870-1880.; Prowers, John Wesley, 1838-1884.

    • [between 1930 and 1939?]
    • Prowers House, Boggsville

    • Prowers House, Boggsville

    • View of the Prowers House on the Boggsville Historic site in Bent County, Colorado. The two story territorial style structure has peach colored stucco white trim and a porch extending the length of the building. This was the home of John W....

    • Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Boggsville (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Historic buildings.; Prowers, John W.--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...

    • 2009
    • Mrs. John Prowers

    • Mrs. John Prowers

    • Portrait of Amache Ochinee Prowers, a North American Indian (Cheyenne) and daughter of Ochinee (Lone Bear), a Cheyenne subchief, and wife of John W. Prowers. She wears earrings, a dark dress with a lace collar, a ring, and a necklace with a cameo,...

    • Cheyenne Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Spouses--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Prowers, Amache Ochinee.; Prowers, John Wesley, 1838-1884--Family.

    • [between 1925 and 1939?]
    • Prowers Co. Fair, Lamar

    • Prowers Co. Fair, Lamar

    • Men pose beside teams of horses and a car at the Prowers County Fair in Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. Horses are harnessed to wood frames in the center of a fenced racetrack at the fair. Spectators are on bleachers or beside the fence nearby.

    • Lamar (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Fairs--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.

    • 1911, August 23-25
    • Prowers, Colorado - Zimmerman (Hess)

    • Prowers, Colorado - Zimmerman (Hess)

    • A man in a cowboy hat, long coat, pants, and boots poses next to a plank fence, Prowers (Bent County), Colorado.

    • Prowers (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Prowers--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Prowers--1890-1900.

    • [between 1890 and 1900]
    • Prowers, Colorado - Zimmerman (Hess)

    • Prowers, Colorado - Zimmerman (Hess)

    • A man wearing a suit and cowboy hat poses near a fence and residences, Prowers (Bent County), Colorado.

    • Prowers (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Prowers--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Prowers--1890-1900.

    • [between 1890 and 1900]
    • Prowers Bridge, U.S. 34 over Arkansas River

    • Prowers Bridge, U.S. 34 over Arkansas River

    • View of the Prowers Bridge which takes U.S. 34 over the Arkansas River in Bent County Colorado. The bridge is a five-span through truss bridge. The bridge was originally a pile bridge, constructed by the Kansas City Bridge Company in 1900, trusses...

    • Prowers Bridge (Bent County, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bent County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Truss bridges.; Historic sites.; Prowers Bridge (Bent County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Truss bridges--Colorado--Bent County--Pictorial works.; Historic...

    • 2009
    • Las Animas welcome sign

    • Las Animas welcome sign

    • View of the welcome sign along U.S. 50 in Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. The sign, shaped like a covered wagon reads: "Welcome to Las Animas." Metal signs near the welcome sign read: "Tree City USA, National Arbor Day Foundation" and "Growth...

    • Las Animas (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Signs (Notices).; Water towers.; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Las Animas--Pictorial works.; Water towers--Colorado--Las Animas--Pictorial works.; Las Animas (Colo.)--Pictorial works.

    • 1995
    • The 1900 ft. span of the Colo. Tel. and Tel. Co. across the Arkansas River, Amity, Colo.

    • The 1900 ft. span of the Colo. Tel. and Tel. Co. across the Arkansas River, Amity, Colo.

    • Workmen pose on a set of telephone poles near the towns of Holly and Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. A man sits in a horse drawn wagon nearby. Shows barbed wire fence and open grassland.

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Prowers County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--Prowers County--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Prowers County--1910-1920.

    • 1914
    • Holly 1983

    • Holly 1983

    • Christmas lights adorn a star atop this one-story stone storefront in Holly, Prowers County, Colorado. A corrugated tin awning is over the entry; above it, letters read: "The Holly Chieftain Serving Prowers Co. since 1897." A plaster Indian chief...

    • Holly (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Holly--1980-1990.; Newspapers--Colorado--Holly--1980-1990.

    • 1983
    • Plum Creek

    • Plum Creek

    • View of shallow, tree-lined creek with grassy banks and sandy bottom; probably located in Prowers County, Colorado (tributary to either Arkansas River or Two Butte Creek).

    • Plum Creek (Prowers County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Prowers County--1890-1920.

    • [between 1890 and 1920]
    • John W. Prowers house, Boggsville, built 1863

    • John W. Prowers house, Boggsville, built 1863

    • A woman in a long dress and a hat stands in front of the Prowers' house in Boggsville, Colorado. The architectural features of the two-story residence include a gable, shingles, a covered porch, a chimney, and narrow windows above the roof....

    • Prowers, John Wesley, 1838-1884--Homes & haunts.; Boggsville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Boggsville--1900-1910.

    • [between 1900 and 1910]
    • Prowers County Fair, Lamar, Colo.

    • Prowers County Fair, Lamar, Colo.

    • Men stand beside a fence at a race track and near a frame announcer's booth at the Prowers County Fair in Lamar, Colorado. Men and women spectators sit in a grandstand. A saddled horse is tied to a post.

    • Lamar (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Fairs--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Grandstands--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.

    • 1911 August 23-25
    • Prowers County Fair, Lamar

    • Prowers County Fair, Lamar

    • Photograph of a photograph. Spectators sit on bleachers in a grandstand at the Prowers County Fair in Lamar, Colorado. Probably horses in a horse race are blurred by motion on the racetrack. A United States flag is above covered bleachers.

    • Lamar (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grandstands--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.

    • 1911, August 23-25
    • Prowers Co. Fair, Lamar

    • Prowers Co. Fair, Lamar

    • Teams of horses harnessed to wood frames, a car, men and a saddled horse are in the center of a circular, fenced racetrack at the Prowers County Fairgrounds in Lamar, Colorado. Spectators sit in bleachers.

    • Lamar (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.

    • 1911, August 23-25
    • Plum Creek

    • Plum Creek

    • View of shallow, tree-lined creek with grassy banks and sandy bottom; probably located in Prowers County, Colorado (tributary to either Arkansas River or Two Butte Creek).

    • Plum Creek (Colo.); Streams--Colorado--Prowers County--1890-1920.

    • [between 1890 and 1920]
    • Amity, Colo., colonist & family & house built by himself

    • Amity, Colo., colonist & family & house built by himself

    • A man in a Salvation Army uniform sits on a stone stoop and talks with a man and a young girl, in front of a stone house with a hipped roof, in the Salvation Army settlement of Amity in Prowers County, Colorado; a woman stands nearby. A water pump...

    • Salvation Army--People--1890-1910.; Amity (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Charitable organizations--Colorado--Amity--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--Amity--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Amity--1890-1910.

    • [between 1898 and 1910?]
    • Amity, Colo., colony wagon shop and livery stable

    • Amity, Colo., colony wagon shop and livery stable

    • View of a frame livery barn with a gabled roof and false-front and a frame building with a sign that reads: "Wagon Shop" in Amity, a Salvation Army colony, in Prowers County, Colorado. A wooden wagon and a carriage are parked under the livery roof,...

    • Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Stables--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Workshops--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.

    • [between 1902 and 1903?]
    • Colony farmers loading cantaloupe

    • Colony farmers loading cantaloupe

    • Men stand and pose on a wooden loading platform at the Salvation Army colony at Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. Farmers stand beside wooden crates of cantaloupe and stacks of wooden pallets. A horse-drawn wagon and probably Atchison Topeka &...

    • Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cantaloupes--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Farmers--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Fruit...

    • [between 1902 and 1903?]
    • Homelands of member of Salvation Army Colony, Amity, Colo.

    • Homelands of member of Salvation Army Colony, Amity, Colo.

    • View of a frame farm house with a hipped roof and a dormer window on a farm in Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. Shows a dog by the doorway, laundry on a clothesline, a carriage near the house, and haystacks behind trees on the farm.

    • Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.

    • [between 1900 and 1905?]
    • The Old school house, Amity, Colo.

    • The Old school house, Amity, Colo.

    • View of a frame school building with a cupola and finial near a dirt road in the Salvation Army colony at Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. Picket and barbed wire fences are beside the road, and probably a farm house is near the school.

    • Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.

    • [between 1902 and 1910?]
    • Amity, Colorado, the broom industry

    • Amity, Colorado, the broom industry

    • A man wears suspenders and a hat and stands at the doorway of a stone house with a shingle roof in Amity, a Salvation Army colony, in Prowers County, Colorado. Brooms made with straw and wooden handles are on display beside stone walls. The...

    • McAbee, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Broom & brush industry--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Brooms & brushes--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.

    • [between 1900 and 1910?]
    • General store, Amity, Colo.

    • General store, Amity, Colo.

    • Men and boys stand and pose outside the "Childs Block" building in Amity, a Salvation Army colony in Prowers County, Colorado. Painted signs on the stone building read: "Groceries and Dry Goods" and "Star Brand Shoes Are Better." Date on the stone...

    • Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.

    • [between 1902 and 1903?]
    • Children of the Cherry Tree Home, working on irrigation project

    • Children of the Cherry Tree Home, working on irrigation project

    • Boys in overalls and straw hats use hoes to enlarge an irrigation ditch near the Cherry Tree Home (Amity Colony Children's Home) in Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. The home sits behind the boys. Shows a two-story structure with mansard roof, a...

    • Cherry Tree Home (Amity, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Digging--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Orphanages--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.

    • [between 1901 and 1905?]
    • M.E. Church, Wiley, Colo.

    • M.E. Church, Wiley, Colo.

    • View of a brick Methodist Episcopal Church in Wiley (Prowers County), Colorado. Shows a cross-gable roof, pointed arched doors and tracery windows.

    • Wiley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Wiley--1900-1920.

    • [between 1907 and 1920?]
    • Junior High School, Main St.

    • Junior High School, Main St.

    • View of the two-story, brick Lamar Junior High School on Main Street in Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. The school building has pilasters with capitals near the entrance and a smokestack or chimney above the flat roof.

    • Lamar (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Lamar--1950-1960.

    • 1953, December
    • Lamar, Colorado

    • Lamar, Colorado

    • Cars are parked in front of commercial businesses on Main Street in Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. People are in the dirt street or on sidewalks in front of mostly brick, two-story buildings. The Masonic Temple building has a pediment on the...

    • Lamar (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Lamar--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Lamar--1920-1930.

    • [between 1920 and 1930?]
    • Bank Night

    • Bank Night

    • View of the La Mar movie theater and businesses on Center Street in possibly Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. The art deco style theater has a marquis that reads: "$1750 Cash Club Tonite, "South of Pago Pago" and "Sporting Blood." Shows a ticket...

    • Motion picture theaters--1940-1950.

    • [1940]
    • Sheriff house at Lamar

    • Sheriff house at Lamar

    • A man leans on the porch support post of a two-story frame house identified as the sheriff's house in Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. Shows a building with an exterior staircase, a wooden fence, and a dirt road.

    • Lamar (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Lamar--1880-1900.

    • [between 1885 and 1900?]
    • Beet sheds at Holly, Colo

    • Beet sheds at Holly, Colo

    • Men work on wooden frame processing apparatus at a sugar beet farm near Holly (Prowers County), Colorado. A utility shed is nearby.

    • Sugar beet industry--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.; Holly (Colo.)--1900-1910.

    • 1905, August 22
    • Sugar beets Holly, Colo. sugar mill-- vacuum pan

    • Sugar beets Holly, Colo. sugar mill-- vacuum pan

    • A man poses near a vacuum pan in a sugar mill near Holly (Prowers County), Colorado. Another man crouches nearby on the metal and wood scaffolding.

    • Sugar beet industry--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.; Holly (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.

    • 1905, August 28
    • Parson Uzzell shooting jack rabbits Lamar, Colo.

    • Parson Uzzell shooting jack rabbits Lamar, Colo.

    • Parson Uzzel takes aim while hunting rabbits near Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. Another man stands nearby and holds rabbits that have been shot.

    • Lamar (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hunting--Colorado--Lamar--1900-1910.

    • [1900, December 19]
    • Holly, Colo sugar mill construction stock pedistal

    • Holly, Colo sugar mill construction stock pedistal

    • Construction workers pose on top of the partially constructed sugar mill at the Holly Sugar Company's works in Holly (Prowers County), Colorado. Cranes and guy wires are nearby.

    • Holly Sugar Corporation--1900-1910.; Holly (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.

    • [1905, August 28]
    • Main Street, Lamar, Colo.

    • Main Street, Lamar, Colo.

    • View of Main Street in Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. Automobiles and horse drawn wagons are parked near the edges of the wide dirt road. Two story brick structures line the road. Shows the Masonic Temple and Post Office. Signs on businesses...

    • Lamar (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Lamar--1900-1920.

    • [between 1905 and 1920?]
    • Trail City, Colorado

    • Trail City, Colorado

    • A man views the remains of building's stone foundation and wooden door jams, possibly in Trail City, Colorado in Prowers County.

    • Trail City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Trail City--1950-1960.

    • 1957
    • Dust storm

    • Dust storm

    • View of a dust storm over rooftops of wood frame buildings, including a Conoco station, possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. A "Quaker State Motor Oil" sign is on the gas station. The devasting dust bowl...

    • Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust...

    • 1935
    • Dust storm in southern Colo.

    • Dust storm in southern Colo.

    • View of a huge cloud of dust over residences and a grain elevator, possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.

    • Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.; Grain elevators--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Grain elevators--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.;...

    • 1935
    • Dust storm in southern Colo.

    • Dust storm in southern Colo.

    • View of a huge cloud of dust possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.

    • Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.

    • 1935
    • Dust storm in southern Colo.

    • Dust storm in southern Colo.

    • Several automobiles and utility poles are shrouded in a dust storm, possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.

    • Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.

    • 1935
    • Dust storm in southern Colo.

    • Dust storm in southern Colo.

    • View of a huge cloud of dust approaching Jake & Babes cafe and other businesses in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.

    • Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.

    • 1935
    • Dust storm

    • Dust storm

    • Houses and trees are barely visible beneath a huge cloud of dust, possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devastating dust bowl carried top soil for miles.

    • Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.

    • 1935
    • Dust storm

    • Dust storm

    • People stand in a yard on a farm between a house and out buildings looking at an approaching dust storm, possibly near Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devastating dust bowl carried top soil for miles.

    • Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.

    • 1935

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