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- Leadville from Carbonate Hill
- View northwest from Carbonate Hill across Leadville, Colorado includes a foreground filled with downed trees and stumps and buildings with log and wood frame construction. Gabled roofs and false fronts are on a majority of buildings in the booming...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Leadville from Capitol Hill
- View from Capitol Hill across Leadville, Colorado shows a booming town filled with log and wood frame houses, lean-tos, sheds and barns, and some canvas tents. There is a make-shift corral, a horse and a long tent in the foreground.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- 1879
- 3 weeks ago, opposite is my store, hotel before ocupation [sic] [graphic]
- Exterior view of the two-story Hotel Windsor in Leadville, Colorado shows a false front with bracketed cornice, clapboard siding, four storefronts with double door entries and multi-pane windows and three second-story sash windows above each store....
- Hotel Windsor (Leadville, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Buckskin Joe & Snowy Range
- View down the dirt street through Buckskin Joe, Park County, Colorado. Buildings along the street include one and two-story log cabins; wheelbarrow is in center of road.
- Buckskin Joe (Park County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Log cabins--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Sam F. Tappan
- Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant Colonel Samuel F. Tappan, Colorado Volunteers, First Cavalry Regiment, Company G.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Men--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.; Tappan, S. F. (Samuel Forster), d. 1913.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Telephone building looking up main st.
- Exterior view of a two-story brick building on the corner of Harrison Avenue and Main Street (renamed West 3rd (Third) Street) in Leadville, Colorado. Built in 1879, the building features a bracketed cornice, tall storefronts with double doors,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1884]
- State street
- View west from Harrison Avenue down Leadville, Colorado's State Street (later Second Street.) Businesses include "Little Pittsburg Beer Hall," "Theater Comique," "St. James Restaurant," "A.M. Jane, Commission Merchant," "Odeon," "Occidental...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Brothels--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Gambling--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Black Hawk & Gregory Lode
- View of frame and brick buildings on Gregory Street in Blackhawk (Black Hawk), Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows the Presbyterian Church with a steeple on a hillside and commercial buildings with signs that read: "Wholesale & Retail Meat Market" and...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gregory Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [1864?]
- Black Hawk
- View of commercial buildings and the frame Presbyterian Church on a hill in Blackhawk (Black Hawk), Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows brick, log, and frame buildings on Selak Street and Gregory Street with signs that read: "Union House," "Drugs,"...
- Black Hawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Black Hawk--1860-1870.
- [1864]
- Central City, Colorado Territory
- Panoramic view of frame and brick buildings on Main Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows houses and businesses with gabled roofs and false fronts and signs that read: "O.K. Store, Wholesale & Retail," "Central City Bakery,"...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Planters House
- View of people, horses, and covered wagons on a dirt street in Denver, Colorado. Shows men, carriages, and wagons in front of the Planters' House building; a two-story, frame hotel and stage stop at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Blake...
- Overland Stage Line--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864
- Denver, 1864
- Panoramic view of brick and frame commercial buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado and the flooded South Platte River nearby. Shows the brick Denver Mint building at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Market Street and businesses on probably Larimer...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May 19
- Black Hawk, Colorado
- Panoramic view of frame and brick buildings on Gregory Street in Blackhawk (Black Hawk), Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows the Presbyterian Church with a spire on a hillside, and commercial buildings with signs that read: "Wholesale & Retail...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Great flood in Denver, May 19th, 1864
- View of frame and brick commercial buildings and houses near downtown Denver, Colorado and the flooded South Platte River and Cherry Creek. People stand beside Cherry Creek near a brick building with a sign that reads: "Drugs, Chemicals, Paints,...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Denver flood
- View of brick and frame houses and commercial buildings in Denver and Auraria during a Cherry Creek and South Platte River flood. A brick house near the standing water of Cherry Creek has a gabled rood and gingerbread details. Signs on flooded...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Taken after a snowstorm
- Men stand and pose in the snow-covered street at the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men wear short-crowned hats and long overcoats. Signs read: "H.J. Brendlinger Tobacco & Cigars" and "C.A. Cook & Co....
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1863 October 22
- Empire City, C.T.
- Panoramic view of log cabins and frame buildings in Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Businesses have false fronts, and a reservoir is on the West Fork of Clear Creek.
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Leadville from Capitol Hill
- Panoramic view of log buildings in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. A horse is beside a canvas covered building and a one-story log cabin. Shows tree stumps amid buildings and probably the Sawatch Mountains in the distance.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- Leadville, Colorado
- Men stand near commercial buildings on Walnut Street near Harrison Avenue in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Men wear suits and pose near piles of branches and fallen timber. Signs on timber, false-fronted buildings read: "Little Pittsburgh Beer...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879?]
- Clarendon Hotel, Leadville
- Men stand on a wooden sidewalk near the three-story frame Clarendon Hotel on Harrison Avenue in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. A brick building next door has a banner that reads: "A.T. & S.F.R.R. Freight & Ticket Office" and "Western Union...
- Clarendon Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879?]
- Great flood in Denver, May 19th, 1864
- People and horses stand beside an eroded Larimer street during a flood of Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. Shows brick and frame commercial buildings in Auraria and the flooded South Platte River. Piles of probably people's belongings are beside a...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Montgomery C.T.
- View of log, frame, and probably mine buildings in Montgomery (Park County), Colorado. Cabins have log or sod roofs, stone chimneys, and metal pipes. Shows a wooden water wheel and timber piles between houses. A commercial building sign reads:...
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Log cabins--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Waterfalls at Montgomery, C.T.
- View of a wooden water wheel and an arrastre used for grinding ore in Montgomery (Park County), Colorado. A flume and probably a wooden platform are on the hillside near waterfalls and a creek.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.;...
- 1864
- Montgomery
- Panoramic view of log and frame houses, mine buildings, and a lake near the Middle Fork of the South Platte River in Montgomery (Park County), Colorado. Shows snow-covered mountains in probably the Tenmile Range.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River, Middle Fork (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Log cabins--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Mine...
- 1864
- Chestnut St. and Carbonate Hill, Leadville, Colo.
- View of the Grand Hotel on Chestnut Street in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The two-story hotel has a flat hipped roof with gabled attic dormers and a second story balcony with a decorative balustrade. Signs on nearby businesses read: "Marx...
- Grand Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carbonate Hill (Lake County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880?]
- Chestnut St. & Carbonate Hill
- View east on Leadville, Colorado's Chestnut Street with Carbonate Hill in the background includes a dirt street lined predominantly with wood frame false fronts of varying sizes, which create a stair step effect. The two-story "Grand Hotel" in the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Chestnut St.
- View west on Chestnut Street, once considered the main street, in Leadville, Colorado shows a street that has one two-story brick building, and several wood frame false fronts. The street is busy with horse-drawn wagons, covered wagons and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Montgomery, Colo.
- Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, is a group of log dwellings at the base of steep mountain slopes. Grass and standing water are in the foreground. This silver boom town began in 1859, and was abandoned by 1868.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- Office of W.H. Rose, Civil Engineer and Surveyor
- View of the exterior of W.H. Rose's office, in Leadville, Colorado. Rose was a civil engineer and surveyor. The small front gabled structure with board and batten construction has a panel entry door with "92" on the jamb and a sash pane window....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Offices--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Rose, W. H.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- North Empire
- North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, consists of log and frame dwellings and commercial buildings. Wagons and lumber are in the dirt streets; hills in the background are covered in dead trees and dirt roads.
- North Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- State Street
- View west down the famous State Street (later 2nd, Second) from Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado. Business district includes gambling establishments, brothels, and other businesses: "Theatre Comique," "St. James Restaurant," "Amjanes,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Brothels--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Gambling--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Waterfalls at Montgomery
- View of the arrastre (or arrastra) at Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, a frame wheel-construction used by miners for grinding ore. Water rushes through rocks; trees, slopes, and a flume are in the background.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Denver City, C. T.
- Rooftop view of Larimer and McGaa (Market) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the business district buildings read: "Chamberlain's Ambrotype And Photographic Gallery", "Ladies Emporium", "Woolworth & Moffat", "Blank Books School Books Maps",...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Edward W. Wynkoop
- Studio portrait of Edward Wanshear Wynkoop in Denver, Colorado. He wears gauntlet gloves, a cape, jacket, and scarf as a tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wynkoop, Edward Wanshear, b. 1836.
- 1861
- Lt Evans
- Studio portrait of (possibly) Captain Isaac F. Evans, Colorado Volunteers, Second Cavalry Regiment, Company A. Uniform includes a kepi hat, gloves, and sword.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Major Powers
- Studio portrait of Major Powers, (possibly) Colorado Volunteers, Second Cavalry Regiment.
- Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Lt F. A. Spencer
- Studio portrait of First Lieutenant Fred A. Spencer, Colorado Volunteers, Second Cavalry Regiment, Company G. Uniform includes a sword and kepi hat.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.; Spencer, Fred A.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Lt Dodge
- Studio portrait of Lieutenant Dodge, a member of (possibly) the Colorado Volunteers, Second Cavalry Regiment.
- Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Colorado Cavalry Officer
- Studio portrait of an officer in the Colorado Volunteers, First Cavalry Regiment; uniform includes a kepi hat and an overcoat with fur collar and cuffs.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Harrison Reduction Works
- Miners pose near the building of the Harrison Reduction Works in Lake County, Colorado. Some men pose near wheelbarrows.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Lumber--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Lake...
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- California Gulch
- View of mine buildings in California Gulch near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; California Gulch (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Fryer Hill, Little Pittsburgh Consolidated Mining
- View of the Little Pittsburgh Mine on Fryer Hill in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado with mine and mill buildings, tailings, tent, and cut lumber.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Fryer Hill (Lake County, Colo. )--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Little Pittsburgh Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Little Pittsburgh Mine
- Several men stand on the elevated ore cart tracks or in front of the Little Pittsburgh Mine on Fryer Hill in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado shows: mill building, tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Fryer Hill (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Little Pittsburgh Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- La Plata Smelting Works
- Several men pose in front of the La Plata Mining and Smelting Company building and smokestack in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Smelters--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Tenth Legion Lode Clear Creek
- View of the shafthouse, mine buildings and area surrounding the Tenth Legion Mine near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Tenth Legion Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; Silver...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Mines of North Empire
- View of the mines and the buildings near North Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- North Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Empire City
- The town of Empire (City), Colorado in the Empire valley has a business district with false front buildings, log cabin residences, and a small resevoir which is supplied by the west fork of Clear Creek.
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Empire City
- The town of Empire (City), Colorado is in the Empire valley and has a business district with false front buildings, log cabin residences, and a small reservoir that is supplied by the west fork of Clear Creek.
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Denver C.T.
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, houses, a corral, horse, and sheds. The first U.S. Denver Branch Mint is to the side; signs read: "Ladies Emporium," "Metropolitan Billiard Hall," and "F. A. Brocker Groceries."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May 13
- Denver City
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows houses and businesses with signs: "Livery Stable" and "Commonwealth." People watch from sandbars.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1864]