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  • Mexican settlement, near Walsenburg
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    View of adobe houses in a Mexican settlement near Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a man by a horse, beehive ovens (hornos), a wooden fence, a wagon with a barrel on it and a cedar tree.
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    Huerfano County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.; Settlements--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.
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    1888
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  • A Century of Baptist Faith: First Baptist Church of Denver
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    Book created by the Fist Baptist Church of Denver regarding the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Church. Included in the book is: a history of the church beginning in 1864, as well as photographs and lists of the different...
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    Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
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    1963 December
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  • Colonel Francisco's Plaza, La Veta, Colo.
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    View of Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a "U" shaped, one-story adobe brick building with a shingled and wooden slat roof, a timber fence and a dirt field in front of...
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    La Veta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1890-1900.
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    1895?
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  • Mountain City, Colo
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    Mountain City, Gilpin County, Colorado, first settlement in the Central City mining district, founded in 1859. Built in a valley, the settlement consists of dwellings, commercial and industrial buildings.
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    Mountain City (Colo.)--1860-1880.
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    [between 1865 and 1875?]
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  • Apex, Colo.
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    The small settlement of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado, served as the trade center for neighboring camps in the Pine Creek District. Most of the structures in the settlement were made of wood and logs. A dirt road runs through the midground.
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    Apex (Colo.)--1890-1910.
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    [between 1898 and 1910?]
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  • Trinity Methodist Church, 18th at Broadway, Denver, Colorado : one hundredth anniversary 1859-1959.
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    Booklet created to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado in 1959. Included in the booklet is a history of the church, a list of former pastors and photographs of different members of the...
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    Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
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    1959
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  • Historic tours: for automobile, bicycle, omnibus, or walking : Denver Part 1 Auraria and Lower Downtown including Ninth Street Park and Larimer Square
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    Walking tour for the Auraria and Lower Downtown areas of Denver
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    Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Guidebooks.
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    1977
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  • Place names of Colorado : a genealogical & historical guide to Colorado sites
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    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,...
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    Names, Geographical--Colorado.; Colorado--History, Local.
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    1999
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 6 and 7, 1923 June-July
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    Newsletter produced monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1923 June-July
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  • Settlement near the Lady Belle Mine, near Eagle, Colorado
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    View of a settlement near the Lady Belle mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado; canvas tents, frame sheds, and a storefront surround a meadow. People are by horses and a car.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Settlements--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
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    [between 1900 and 1920?]
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  • Settlement
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    View of a settlement in (probably) Colorado. Cars are parked by a house surrounded by hills and forest. A log cabin and a tent are nearby.
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    Log cabins--1910-1930.; Wooden buildings--1910-1930.
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  • Settlement
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    View of a settlement in (probably) Colorado; shows a building with a covered porch and outbuildings and a tent. An American flag flies near the building.
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    Wooden buildings--Colorado--1910-1930.
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  • Prowers House, Boggsville
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    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...
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    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...
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    1987
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  • Pagosah Healing Waters
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    View of a wagon with a sign that reads: "Pagosah Healing Waters," in Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. The tall, enclosed wagon has a barrel shaped roof and is light colored with dark trim and advertises hot spring baths. A building in...
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    Pagosah Healing Waters (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Carts & wagons.; Signs (Notices).; Springs.; Pagosah Healing Waters (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Wagons--Colorado--Pagosa...
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    1993
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  • Ryssby Church window, Longmont
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    View of a window in the Ryssby Swedish Church in Longmont (Boullder County), Colorado. The lancet arched window has white trim and 8 small panes. The wall of the church is sandstone. The church was built in 1882, in the Swedish settlement of...
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    Ryssby Church (Longmont, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Longmont (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lutheran churches.; Windows.; Historic sites.; Ryssby Church (Longmont, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Lutheran church buildings--Colorado--Longmont--Pictorial works.;...
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    1991
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  • Ryssby Church and cemetery, Longmont
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    View of Ryssby Church (1881) and cemetery at 9000 North 63rd Street in Longmont (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows grave markers, the church and trees in the distance. The church is constructed of sandstone with tall lancet arched windows with white...
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    Ryssby Church (Longmont, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Longmont (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lutheran churches.; Cemeteries.; Historic sites.; Ryssby Church (Longmont, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Lutheran church buildings--Colorado--Longmont--Pictorial works.;...
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    1991
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  • Elderly woman in headscarf, San Luis, Colo.
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    Portrait of an unidentified elderly Hispanic woman, probably of Native American descent from either San Luis or Chama in Costilla County, Colorado. She has a checkered headscarf over her gray hair.
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    Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
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    1950 September
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  • Rivera School
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    Hispanic American students and their male teacher, who holds books and a ruler, pose in front of their school in Rivera (San Francisco Plaza, Glenham), Las Animas County Colorado. The brick school house has a wooden belfry. A plaque over the door...
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    Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Rivera (Colo.)--1890-1900.; School children.; Students.; Teachers.; Teenagers.; Córdova, Juan R.--Pictorial works.; Rivera, Adelina A.--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
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    [between 1890 and 1900]
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  • The Cordova house
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    Hispanic American José Benito Córdova and his wife Marina Rivera de Córdova pose with their families at their two story, Territorial style, adobe house in Las Córdovas, near El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. The house has a balcony and...
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    Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings.; Families.; Houses.; Women.; Córdova, José Benito--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Marina Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
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    ca. 1895
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  • Los Cordovas Church
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    View of Los Cordovas Catholic Church in Los Cordovas, a settlement located along the Purgatory River, approximately two miles east of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. The adobe building has a gable roof, wooden, shingled bell tower with a...
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    Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Las Animas County (Colo)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches.; Older people.; People.; Córdova, José Benito--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Marina Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Catholic...
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    ca. 1895
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  • San Acacio Catholic Church
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    View of San Acacio Catholic Church in San Acacio (Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has buttresses and is surrounded by and adobe wall with a gate. The building has a shingled roof and a shingled bell tower.
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    Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Catholic churches.; Adobe churches--Colorado--San Acacio--Pictorial works.; Catholic church...
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    [2005 April]
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  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
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    View of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (1927, enlarged 1948). The brick building has two bell towers topped with cupolas, decorative brickwork and stained glass windows.
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    Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Conejos, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Structures--1940-1950.; Conejos (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Catholic churches.; Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Conejos,...
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    [between 1950 and 1960?]
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  • San Luis
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    View of San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Founded in 1851 as San Luis de Culebra, it is the oldest town in Colorado. Shows a wide dirt street, adobe houses and corrals.
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    Hispanic Americans--Structures--1860-1870.; Mexican Americans--Structures--1860-1870.; San Luis (Colo)--1860-1870.; Adobe houses.; Cities & towns.; Adobe houses--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Cities and towns--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial...
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    [between 1865 and 1870?]
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 16, 1910 April 16
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1910 April 16
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 43, 1910 October 22
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1910 October 22
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  • Amity, Colo., colonist & family & house built by himself
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    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...
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    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.
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    [between 1898 and 1910?]
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  • Bird's-eye view of Almont, Gunnison County, Colorado
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    Aerial view of Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado; shows the confluence of the Taylor and Slate (East) Rivers, and the Gunnison River. Bridges and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks span the water; houses, cabins, the Depot, and fruit trees dot...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Almont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Slate River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Taylor River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Almont--1880-1900.; Railroad...
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    [between 1880 and 1900?]
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  • Gilmore, the actual site of the first of the recent discoveries
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    View of Gilmore, a settlement in the Platoro District, (Conejos) County, Colorado; shows log houses, tents, a wagon, a meadow, a feed trough, pine forest, hills, and fire damaged timber.
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    Conejos County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Conejos County--1910-1920.; Settlements--Colorado--Conejos County--1910-1920.
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    [between 1910 and 1920?]
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  • Platora [sic] Mining District
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    View of Platoro (Conejos County), Colorado; the settlement is in a meadow, surrounded by pine forest and hills. Men stand by felled timber.
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    Platoro (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Platoro--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Platoro--1900-1920.
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    [between 1900 and 1920?]
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  • Eagle Silver District
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    View of a settlement near the Lady Belle mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado; men, women, and girls pose by canvas tents and an automobile. A pennant reads: "Eagle Colorado;" a sign on the tent reads: "Meals All Hours."
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    Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
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    [between 1900 and 1920?]
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  • Eagle Silver District
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    View of a settlement near the Lady Belle mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado; men pose by a frame building, horse and buggy, and an automobile. A sign on a canvas tent reads: "Room and Board."
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    Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Settlements--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
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    [between 1900 and 1920?]
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  • Oil [sic] pipeline
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    View of probably water pipelines, a settlement, an earthen dam, hogback formations, in probably Chase County, Nebraska.
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    Penstocks--Nebraska--Chase County--1940-1950.; Pipelines--Nebraska--Chase County--1930-1950.
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    [between 1940 and 1950?]
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  • Virginia Dale, Colo.
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    View of log gas station in Virginia Dale (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows parked cars and signs that read: "Texaco," "Virginia Dale, Colo., Post Office & Store," "Auto" and "Bronze."
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    Virginia Dale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Virginia Dale--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Virginia Dale--1940-1950.
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    1946?
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  • Mt. Shasta, California
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    A view of Mt. Shasta in (Siskiyou County), California shows snow-capped peaks and a settlement of cabins and houses near the base of the mountain surrounded by a forest.
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    Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain)--1890-1910.; Siskiyou County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Forests--California--Siskiyou County--1890-1910.; Settlements--California--Siskiyou County--1890-1910.; Volcanoes--California--Siskiyou County--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910?]
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  • Colorado town
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    View of a settlement in (probably) Colorado; shows sheds, houses, snow, a building under construction, and men by a house.
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    Construction--Colorado--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--1880-1900.; Settlements--Colorado--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--1880-1900.
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    [between 1880 and 1900?]
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  • Colorado town
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    View of a settlement in (probably) Colorado; shows sheds, houses, snow, a building under construction, and men by a house.
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    Construction--Colorado--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--1880-1900.; Settlements--Colorado--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--1880-1900.
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    [between 1880 and 1900?]
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  • Colorado mines
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    View of a mining settlement in (probably) Colorado; shows sheds in a valley, and people by a buggy.
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    Mining--Colorado--1890-1920.; Settlements--Colorado--1890-1920.
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    [between 1890 and 1920?]
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  • A Rocky Mountain water carrier
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    View of a settlement in Colorado; shows men, houses, and a burro with water barrels.
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    Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1880-1900.; Settlements--Colorado--1880-1900.
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    [between 1880 and 1900?]
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  • Guanajuato, Mexico
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    Panoramic, hilltop view of Guanajuato, Mexico, capitol city of Guanajuato State. Cactus and brush are visible. Buildings, mostly brick, comprise a dense city settlement. Mountains are seen in the distance and buildings dot the hillside.
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    Guanajuato (Mexico)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Mexico--Guanajuato--1880-1900.
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    [between 1882 and 1900?]
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  • Wolpi, Mokitown [sic], Ariz.
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    View of Walpi, a Native American (Hopi) pueblo established on a narrow mesa in Navajo County, Arizona. The settlement has multi-level dwellings atop a narrow mesa and terraced pens with stone masonry fences.
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    Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1890.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1870-1890.; Mesas--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1890.;...
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    [between 1870 and 1890?]
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  • Camp in Norris Geyser Basin
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    Men and horses outfitted for an expedition pose near a settlement at Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows canvas tents with log frames and a wooden frame structure on the hill. An A-frame plank bridge spans a creek; a dog...
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    Norris Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Horseback riding--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Men--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Settlements--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.;...
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    [between 1870 and 1890?]
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  • Marshall Pass and Mount Ouray (around the circle)
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    Panoramic view of Mount Ouray, Marshall Pass and the town of Shirley (Chaffee County) Colorado. A narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande train is on Marshall Pass, another, probably William Henry Jackson's special photo train, arrives at Shirley, a...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Marshall Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Shirley (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Shirley--1880-1900.; Passes...
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    [between 1882 and 1900?]
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  • Tama squaw & papoose
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    A Native American (Sac (Sauk) and Fox) woman wears a skirt and a blouse with buttons and a banded collar and stands beside probably a baby hammock wrapped with fabric and strung between trees. A wagon, a wooden shelter, and metal pots are behind...
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    Sac and Fox Nation--People--1890-1900.; Fox Indians--Women--Iowa--Tama County--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Iowa--Tama County--1890-1900.; Sauk Indians--Women--Iowa--Tama County--1890-1900.; Sac and Fox Reservation...
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    [1898?]
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  • Platoro, Colo.
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    Scattered log and tent structures, many under construction, make up the gold mining town of Platoro in the Platoro - Gilmore Mining District, Conejos County, Colorado; shows people in front of residences and stores along the wide center street.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.
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    May 31, 1913
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  • Fremont in early days the present townsite of Cripple Creek
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    Bird's eye view of early sparse settlement of Fremont, Colorado in 1891; consolidated and renamed Cripple Creek in 1892; several log buildings under construction are interspersed with several canvas tents; distant view of hillsides.
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
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    1891 November 1
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  • Pine, Colorado
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    View of Pine, (Pine Grove) Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the settlement of frame houses built beside the North Fork of the South Platte River.
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    Pine (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.
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    1900?
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  • Placerville, Colorado
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    View of Placerville, settlement's 1881 location, before the flood of 1909, San Miguel County, Colorado; shows sheds, dwellings, businesses, people posing on dirt street, laundry lines, a sign "Capitol Hotel," and a man lying on a loaded wagon by...
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    Placerville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
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    October 1887
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  • Portland, Colo
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    View of Portland, Ouray County, Colorado, shows businesses and dwellings flanking dirt street. George Jackson, town founder, expected his settlement to be the major local center, but was upstaged by nearby Ouray.
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    Portland (Colo.)--1880-1890.
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    July 1886
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  • Purcell school group, Weld County School
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    Women and children pose on schoolhouse steps of the agricultural settlement of Purcell, Weld County, Colorado; named after the owner of the townsite, Lawrence M. Purcell.
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    Purcell, Lawrence M.--Homes & hauants.; Purcell (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.
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    1929
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  • Pandora, Colo.
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    View of the town of Pandora (also known as Folsome), Colorado in San Miguel County, shows wooden residential and commercial buildings and steep palisades behind the town.
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    Pandora (Colo.)--1900-1910.
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    1905?

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