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- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10
- Heart of Selkirks
- View of the Selkirk Range. Shows rugged snow covered mountains.
- Selkirk Range--1880-1900.; Mountains--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The Selkirks from Mt. Abbot
- View of the Selkirk Range. Shows rugged mountains and trees.
- Selkirk Range--1880-1900.; Mountains.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Wagon Wheel Gap
- View of Wagon Wheel Gap, rugged cliffs, sheer rock walls and the Rio Grande River (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows a dirt road, people beside the water and a bridge over the river.
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rio Grande--1880-1890.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Wasatch Mountain near Telluride
- View of Wasatch Mountain near Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows cliff bands and needle thin gullies on the mountain. A trail zig-zags up a steep slope. A rugged rock ridge and mines are in the distance.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Wasatch Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Westward Ho!
- View of a Romantic painting depicting Westward expansion. Shows wagons, pioneers, women in distress, men with guns on horses, and rugged landscape.
- Paintings--1900-1910.; Pioneers--1830-1900.; Westward movement--1830-1900.
- c1904
- Westward Ho!
- View of a Romantic painting depicting Westward expansion. Shows pioneers, wagons, horses, women in distress, men with guns on horses, and rugged landscape.
- Paintings--1900-1910.; Pioneers--1830-1900.; Westward movement--1830-1900.
- c1904
- Teton Range from the east, Wyo.
- View of the Teton Range from Teton County, Wyoming. Shows grassland, trees, and rugged mountain peaks.
- Teton County (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1870-1890.; Mountains--Wyoming--Teton County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- The Teton Range, evening
- View of grassland, livestock, and rugged peaks of the Teton Range in Wyoming. Shows trees.
- Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1870-1890.; Cattle--Wyoming--1870-1890.; Meadows--Wyoming--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Climbing the backbone of the Continent Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of the standard-gauge track of the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway ascending rugged mountain terrain in Colorado Rockies; at center foreground, track disappears into tunnel; near mountain-top, a smoking locomotive appears.
- Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Grand View Rock
- View of hikers at the gazebo on Grand View Rock, near Manitou Springs, Colorado. A rustic gazebo is perched on a rugged boulder, and men in topcoats, Homburg hats, vests and gold chains, and women and children are posed in it. Women in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Tramway on Riva Ridge, Italy
- View of the tramway (loaded with supplies, an Army officer, an Army photographer, and Sergeant Paul Long) on Riva Ridge, Italy, during the Italian Campaign. Also pictured, a group of approximately 10 other soldiers stand on the landing deck or man...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Aerial tramways--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- The devil's wing
- Two men with a convertible automobile are parked next to a rock formation called the Devil's Wing. The road passes through a canyon along the Grand River (Colorado River) in Grand Junction, Colorado.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- 1918
- The Gateway, St. Peter's Dome, C.S. & C.C.D. R.Y.
- A girl and two small boys sit on rocks by the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District railroad tracks in El Paso County near Duffield, Colorado. The rail runs through the rugged countryside; St. Peter's dome is in the background.
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1890-1930.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Saint Peters Dome (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Children--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1930.
- [between 1897 and 1925?]
- Cripple Creek short line
- The Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District railroad tracks run through the rugged terrain near Cathedral Park in Teller County, Colorado. A boy stands high in a tree.
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1890-1930.; Cathedral Park (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1930.
- [between 1897 and 1925?]
- Women hunters
- Women pose in rugged costume with rifles and ammunition belts by a horse drawn camp wagon at Williams Fork (Grand County), Colorado. A man and dog are by the horses.
- Williams Fork (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.; Hunting--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.; Rifles--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Climbing hill going up Williams Fork
- Women pose in rugged costume with rifles, ammunition belts and a dog in a horse drawn camp wagon at Williams Fork (Grand County), Colorado. A man is by the horses.
- Williams Fork (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.; Hunting--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.; Rifles--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Coal banks, here coal was first found & worked.
- View of miners at an unidentified coal mining operation in Fremont County, Colorado.
- Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Coal mining--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1877]
- Along Lake Garda
- Shows a long line of more than thirty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers waiting for food. The chow-line snakes up a steep street in an Italian town; a few men are eating around a covered jeep. Above the town is a rugged mountain covered with snow;...
- Military cookery--Italy--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- April 1945
- Ouray Silverton Tollhouse
- Wagons with passengers and men on horseback wait on the Ouray Silverton (Otto Mears) Toll Road near the tollgate in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows a hewn log tollhouse with chinking and square corner notches. View of log bridge over Bear Creek...
- Bear Creek Falls (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ouray and Hayden Mountain from the Blowout
- Aerial view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado and a rugged Mount Hayden from the edge of a volcanic caldera identified as The Blowout. Shows residential and commercial buildings on Third Street in Ouray, pine trees.
- Calderas--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Blowout, The (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hayden Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Curecanti [Canyon]
- View of rugged terrain and steep canyon walls in Curecanti Pass, near a creek, probably Curecanti Creek, Gunnison County, Colorado. A well-dressed woman holding an umbrella, and two men lean on rocks near the water.
- Curecanti Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Curecanti Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Marshall Basin Mines
- Panoramic view of the mines at Marshall Basin (San Miguel County), Colorado; view above timberline shows rugged mountains and a natural basin with tailing piles. Wood frame offices, mill buildings, tents, dot the landscape. Shows a flume and a...
- Basins (Geology)--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Toltec Gorge
- A view of Denver and Rio Grand Railroad narrow gauge tracks through rugged terrain in Toltec Gorge probably in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Shows the Rio de los Pinos, pine trees, snow on cliffs in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1890.; Toltec Gorge (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1890.; Streams--New...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- [Toltec Curve, D.& R.G. RY.]
- A man walks the narrow gauge tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway San Juan Extension, near the west end of one of the Toltec Tunnels, Conejos County, Colorado. Shows the a canyon, rugged landscape, pine trees, and snow.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Conejos County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Conejos County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Hauling lumber over the Chipmunk Trail
- A horse-drawn wagon with men at rest from hauling lumber are on a rugged trial identified as Chipmunk Trail, possibly in Montrose County, Colorado.
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Lumber--Colorado--1890-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 17
- Eagle River Canon. Glenwood Extension D.& R.G.R.R.
- View of rugged hills and dense forests on the Glenwood Extension of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near the Eagle River, Eagle County, Colorado. Shows engine 54, a sidecar and caboose on narrow gauge tracks. A man near the river leans on a rock...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Eagle...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mines on Battle Mountain. Eagle River Canon
- View of wood frame mining structures on the rugged cliffs of Battle Mountain, near Eagle River, Eagle County, Colorado. The town of Gilman is at the crest of the ridge. Shows a smelter, chimney, tailings and a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Battle Mountain (Eagle County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Eagle...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Curecanti Canon
- View of rugged terrain in Curecanti Pass, a well-dressed woman and two men lean on rocks near a stream, probably Curecanti Creek, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Curecanti Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Curecanti Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Wagon Wheel Gap
- View of Wagon Wheel Gap, rugged rock cliffs and sheer rock walls near the Rio Grande River, Mineral County, Colorado. Shows a dirt road, several well-dressed men and women by the water, livestock grazing, a bridge spans the river.
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rio Grande--1880-1890.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Wagon Wheel Gap
- View of Wagon Wheel Gap, rugged cliffs and sheer rock walls near the Rio Grande River, Mineral County, Colorado. Shows a dirt road, livestock, several well-dressed men and women by the water; a bridge spans the river.
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rio Grande--1880-1890.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- West from summit of Pike's Peak
- View of the rugged, rock strewn summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows solid rock formations, snow, boulders.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Crater Lake and Lindbergh Peak
- Lone Eagle Peak (a.k.a. Lindbergh Peak) rises sharply above Crater Lake. The surrounding area was used by youth staying at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado.
- Crater Lake (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Fraser (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Lindbergh Peak (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Fraser--1920-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Longs Peak
- The sheer face of the Diamond on Longs Peak, and Chasm Lake, are the backdrop for an individual hiker who stands on a rock on the shore of the lake. The area was used by youth staying at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado.
- Chasm Lake (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Fraser (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Hiking--Colorado--Fraser--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Checkpoint on Italian border
- Truckload of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers heads away from the camera toward a checkpoint. Three soldiers are waiting at the building beside checkpoint; rugged mountains and pine forest are in background. Sign reads: Italian military or...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Building and mountain encampment, Italy
- Overview of a large stone building complex with tiled roofs surrounded by fourteen U.S. Army vehicles located in a mountain valley, trees nearby have budding leaves; possibly Tenth Mountain Division headquarters. Men are visible in the woods and...
- Military headquarters--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Gen. Duff inspecting town
- General Robinson E. Duff inspects a heavily shelled Italian town, with a damaged bridge in the background. Further in the background are rugged mountains.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Duff, Robinson E.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Town still in Jerry hold
- View of a small Italian town on a hill, which according to the photographer was still held by the Germans when he encountered it while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division and took the photograph. Another town is visible on a hill in the...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- GIs observing Italian town
- View of four Tenth Mountain Division soldiers observing a town across a valley from dug-in positions behind a line of leafless trees. The hillide below the town is full of shell holes. A small peak rises on the left; behind a ridge in the distance...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Portrait of Allied generals
- Rugged mountains form a backdrop for a group portrait including British Field Marshal Alexander, Tenth Mountain Division General George P. Hays, and unidentified Allied generals. The group had a luncheon in the tent in the background.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War,...
- June 1945
- View of Caporetto, Italy
- View of Caporetto taken from a road. To the right of the road are some stone buildings and farm fields, farther in the distance is the town. Behind the town are foothills and a church built in the hills. Rugged mountains lie directly behind the...
- Caporetto (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.
- June 10, 1945
- Jeep on Mount Mangart Road, view of mountains north of Caporetto and Plezzo
- Pictured is a jeep on the Mount Mangart road stopped to view the rugged mountains north of Caporetto and Plezzo, Slovenia. The men of the Tenth Mountain Division had a chance to go sight-seeing during the summer after the end of the war.
- Bovec (Slovenia)--1940-1950.; Kobarid, Slovenia--1940-1950.; Military life--Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Summer 1945
- Playing in the Yugoslav clover
- After the end of the war the Tenth Mountain Division was posted in Yugoslavia to defend U.S. interests over the partition of the Italian- Autrian-Yugoslavian border. This duty left the men with ample time to relax. Pictured is a man wearing only...
- Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; Military life--Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Yugoslavia.
- May-June 1945
- And so goodbye to the mountains of Italy....
- An unidentified Tenth Mountain Division soldier with a climbing rope across his bare chest and his back to the camera looks up at the rugged rock face of an unidentified mountain.
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- Summer 1945
- Bear Lake - Estes Park 1946
- Rugged mountains stand in the distance in this view of Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park in Larimer County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand on the far shore of the lake.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1946?]
- Bear Lake, Rcky Mtn. Nat'l Park 1942
- Rugged mountains stand in the distance in this view of Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Tall pine trees and large rocks line the far shore of the lake.
- Bear Lake (Larimer County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Bear Lake, Estes Park 1946
- Rugged mountains stand in the distance in this view of Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park in Larimer County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand on the far shore of the lake.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Estes Park--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1940-1950.;...
- [1946?]
- Bear Lake, Estes Park 1946
- Rugged mountains stand in the distance in this view of Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park in Larimer County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand on the far shore of the lake.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Estes Park--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1940-1950.;...
- [1946?]
- W. E. Galverts lunch house near Boulder Falls 1880's
- A group of unidentified men stands around a stagecoach pulled by two teams of horses in front of W. E. Galvert's Lunch house near Boulder Falls in the Boulder Canyon in Colorado. Three more men sit on top of the coach. A woman stands outside on the...
- Posthouses--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Horse teams--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Snake River near the little falls, from north side
- View of the Snake River, near Twin Falls (Twin Falls County), Idaho. Rugged, rocky country flanks the water. Rock formations are near the river.
- Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1880-1900.; Twin Falls County (Idaho)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1880-1900.; Rivers--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]