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- Hundreds of "Prairie Schooner" wheels were necessary to cut these deep ruts in the solid rock over the old Oregon Trail, near Splitrock, Wyo.
- View of wagon ruts on the Oregon Trail in Natrona County, Wyoming.
- Natrona County (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Oregon Trail--1920-1930.; Overland Trails--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Wyoming--Natrona County--1920-1930.
- 1923, August 20
- Between Glenwood & Carbondale snow
- Tire ruts in snow on a road in Garfield County, Colorado; a mountain is in the background.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roads--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Ruts--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Valley w/ mtns in background
- View of pine trees, tire ruts, and the Sangre De Cristo Range, Custer County, Colorado.
- Custer County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Pines--Colorado--1920-1940.; Ruts--Colorado--Custer County--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- 1st St. looking west at Santa Fe Ave.
- View of the intersection of 1st (First) Street and Santa Fe Avenue after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows a street covered in mud with deep ruts, a truck in the intersection, debris, pedestrians, and an Atchison, Topeka and Santa...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight...
- [1921 June]
- Black Hawk, Colorado
- View of a street in Blackhawk (Black Hawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows brick and frame commercial buildings. Signs on businesses along the street read: "Harris & Kohn, Dry Goods & Clothing," "Miller & Koch," "Hardware," and "Flourtis." A man...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Grand Junction, Colorado, in the residence district
- View of a tree-lined residential street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Multi-story houses are brick, half-timbered, and have porches, lawns and sidewalks. Shows ruts in the dirt street.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Residential streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Snow tunnel, Ouray and Silverton Toll Road
- A team of horses pulls a wagon full of men through a snow tunnel along the Otto Mears Toll Road in either Ouray County or San Juan County, Colorado. Shows wagon ruts in the wet, muddy road.
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--1880-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Wawona
- A man in a wagon drawn by a team of horses passes through a tunnel cut into the base of a giant Sequoia tree, possibly part of the Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park (Mariposa County), California. Snow is on the ground, and large wagon wheel...
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Carts & wagons--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Dirt roads--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Giant sequoias--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Snow--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Road to the Ledges, Des Moines
- A man wears a suit and poses in a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road near Ledges State Park (Boone County), Iowa. Wheel ruts are in the dirt, and dense trees are on both sides of the road.
- Boone County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Iowa--Boone County--1890-1900.; Dirt roads--Iowa--Boone County--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Monterey, 17 Mile Drive near Seal Rocks
- View of a dirt road identified as 17 Mile Drive in Monterey County, California. Shows cypress trees and wheel ruts.
- Monterey County (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Cypresses--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Street scene, Rouse Colo.
- A group of boys in overalls stand at the end of a wide dirt road in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Rouse (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows two rows of identical miner's 4-room square clapboard houses with hipped roofs and central...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company towns--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.; Rouse (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Adobe at Starkville, Colorado
- View of an adobe building in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Starkville, (Las Animas County), Colorado. The structure has a flat roof and exposed vigas. A fence made of sticks extends from the side of the house. Wheel ruts mark...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1890-1910.; Company towns--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1910.; Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Starkville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1910.; Coal...
- [between 1896 and 1910?]
- Silverton and Sultan Mountain
- View of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado, looking directly along the path of Greene St. Shows scrub and small trees opening into the plain of the townsite, wagon wheel ruts, Cement Creek, the Greene and Company Smelter, and a few saltbox...
- Grand Turk (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Silverton (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1890.
- [between 1876 and 1881]
- Nevadaville, Colo
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes log dwellings, rail fence, mine tailings, sheds, and criss-crossing wagon ruts.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Portland Cement manager
- E. N. Leh and Peg McGovern pose in Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, on dirt street. He is in a suit; she wears a sailor shirt and bandana. Muddy ruts are flanked by two-story brick Colorado Portland Cement Company dormitories in the background.
- Portland Cement Plant (Portland, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Portland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cement industries--Colorado--Portland--1910-1920.; Leh, E. N.; McGovern, Peg.
- 1918
- Raw land open to entry, Iron Spgs. Divide, near Great Divide Colony
- View of wagon ruts winding through brush-covered rolling hills at Iron Springs Divide, Moffat County, Colorado.
- Roads--Colorado--Moffat County--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Central City, Colorado streets
- Street scene in Central City, Colorado; shows a hole and a tunnel with wood supports (possibly an old mine shaft), brick storefronts with: "The Knights of Pythias" and "A Daleria Central Building Works" (?) painted on the sides, garbage and ruts in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Covered wagon
- A four wheel covered wagon, with a team of horses, crosses a desert landscape, shows luggage tied to the back, wheel ruts on the ground.
- Covered wagons--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Oregon trail worn in a ledge of rock.
- View of the Oregon Trail in Natrona County, Wyoming; shows wagon ruts and an elderly man with a cane, identified as Ezra Meeker.
- Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928.; Aged persons--Wyoming--Natrona County--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Wyoming--Natrona County--1920-1930.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Oregon Trail--1920-1930.; Overland Trails--1920-1930.
- 1923, August 20
- Old Oregon Trail cut in solid rock near Splitrock, Wyoming
- View of the Oregon Trail in Natrona County, Wyoming; shows wagon ruts cut into rock.
- Natrona County (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Oregon Trail--1920-1930.; Overland Trails--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Wyoming--Natrona County--1920-1930.
- 1923, August 20
- Oregon Trail
- A man squats on the Oregon Trail; he stretches his arms to show the width of the ruts.
- Oregon Trail--1920-1930.; Overland Trails--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Old Oregon Trail, between Independence Rock and Devil's Gate
- View of the Oregon Trail in Natrona County, Wyoming; Ezra Meeker and other men stand in the wagon ruts.
- Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Oregon Trail--1920-1930.; Overland Trails--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Wyoming--Natrona County--1920-1930.
- 1923, August 20
- The old Oregon Trail on the Trevett [sic] Ranch, near Casper, Wyoming
- View of the Oregon Trail on the Trevette Ranch in Natrona County, Wyoming; John Trevette stands in the wagon ruts and Charles B. Stafford is on a ridge.
- Stafford, Charles B.; Trevette, John.; Overland Trails--Wyoming--Natrona County--1920-1930.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Oregon Trail--1920-1930.; Ranches--Wyoming--Natrona County--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1924, July 27
- Breckenridge
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, frame dwellings and commercial buildings dot the scene. The Tonopa Shop with its monitor roof sits at the base of Barney Ford Hill and ruts lead up Illinois Gulch from the facility. Above...
- Barney Ford Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Mountain road
- View of an unidentified dirt road in Colorado; shows snow, ruts, dead trees, and rock cliffs.
- Roads--Colorado--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Near Red Cliff, Colo
- A man, carrying snowshoes, walks in snow ruts near Red Cliff, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing--Colorado--Red Cliff--1910-1930.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Walking--Colorado--Red Cliff--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Independence Rock on the Sweet Water River showing trace of old Oregon Trail south of the rock
- Three men with rifles stand near the ruts of the Oregon Trail near Independence Rock, Natrona County, Wyoming.
- Independence Rock (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Natrona County--1870-1880.
- [1870?]
- In the San Juan Mtns.
- View of muddy dirt road descending San Juans probably near Telluride, Colorado; possibly road from Black Bear Mine & Mill, later called Black Bear jeep road; Rocky Mountains; muddy road with two paths of wagon ruts.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Blanca, Colo. looking north from R. R.
- The town of Blanca, Colorado, is located at the foot of the snow- capped Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Costilla County. Buildings on the street include one-story commercial storefronts with false fronts, as well as buildings with flat and...
- Blanca (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Wells--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.
- April, 1909
- Dumont, Colorado - Canyon Road
- Three women walk beside an unpaved road with deep ruts in Dumont, Colorado, in Clear Creek Canyon. A wood fence is parallel to the road. Small, wood-frame residences are on both sides of the road.
- Dumont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roads--Colorado--Dumont--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- First penitentiary opened June 13, 1871
- The Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a three-story stone structure with a mansard roof, dormers, and chimneys. Frame, saltbox outbuildings adjoin, with stovepipes, an awning, and piled firewood. Others are in the area, and a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1872 and 1873?]
- View of mountains from Geyser cabin
- View of mountains and a meadow in the La Sal Mountains, possibly San Juan County, Utah. Shows a wagon and wagon ruts in the field.
- La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Utah--1890-1900.; Meadows--Utah--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 22
- Wagon in mountain pasture
- View of mountains and a meadow in the La Sal Mountains, possibly San Juan County, Utah. Shows a wagon and wagon ruts in the field.
- La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Utah--1890-1900.; Meadows--Utah--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 22
- Children's Hospital
- Exterior view of Children's Hospital located at 2221 Downing Street in Denver, Colorado. The structure, designed by Hoyt Architects and completed in 1917, has a decorative terra-cotta entrance. Ramps on the exterior of the structure connect the...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1917 and 1920?]
- 9th St. & 8th Ave.
- A row of men stand outside two commercial buildings in the town of Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. Seven men, one holding a dog, and a boy stand outside a blacksmith's shop; a one-story, masonry building with a cornice, chimneys and storefront...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.
- [1882?]
- Denver in 1868
- View of a wooden bridge over the South Platte River, possibly at 15th (Fifteenth) Street, near the confluence with Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. Horses drink from the river. Shows buildings and houses in Denver in the distance, wheel ruts in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- The Apache Trail skirts the brink of dark, awesome canyons
- A man in a cap sits in a convertible car on the Apache Trail, a dirt road in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. Steep, layered canyon walls, rock spires and mountains are in the distance. Shows tire ruts in the narrow road and loose rock and...
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Superstition Mountains (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Automobile travel--Arizona--1910-1920.; Canyons--Arizona--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- Knife Edge Road winds around the side of a steep cliff at Mesa Verde National Park. Two cars are stopped near the bottom of the cliff on the road. Vehicles have made ruts in the muddy, narrow road. Distant plains contrast the mesa's terrain.
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Knife Edge Road (Colo.)
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Early Colorado road near Monte Vista
- View of dirt road with deep ruts near Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado; cliffs and buttes are in the distance.
- Rio Grande County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Rio Grande County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Boulder Canyon, Colorado
- A man with a fishing pole wears a hat and stands beside probably Boulder Creek in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows wheel ruts in a dirt road beside the creek in the canyon.
- Boulder Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boulder Creek (Weld County and Boulder County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The "Vermillion Cliff"
- View of wagon ruts in the clay soil on hills near Jacobs Pool, and the Vermilion Cliffs, sandstone formations in Coconino County, Arizona.
- Plateaus--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Vermilion Cliffs (Utah and Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions &...
- 1872
- Near Jacob's Pool
- A man in a hat, probably from the geological survey, stands and faces the Vermilion Cliffs, sandstone formations in Coconino County, Arizona. Shows wagon ruts and footprints in the clay soil on a hill near Jacobs Pool.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Vermilion Cliffs (Utah and Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.;...
- 1872
- Silverton
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southwest, directly along the path of Greene St; shows scrub and small trees opening into the plain of the townsite, wagon wheel ruts, Cement Creek, the Greene and Company Smelter, and a few saltbox dwellings...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1880.
- [between and 1876 and 1880?]
- Third and Main Streets, taken in 1868 the buildings were erected in 1860
- Men in top hats ride donkeys on Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Scene includes frame and brick commercial buildings with arched windows and signs: [illegible]. Low hills are in the background, and ruts in the dirt are in the foreground.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Donkeys--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Main Street, Telluride
- View east on Main Street (Colorado Avenue), Telluride, Colorado. Townspeople line boardwalks fronting Sheridan Hotel, adjacent two-story commercial block, and past First National Bank building. Street has muddy wagon wheel ruts and snow covers San...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1905]
- Small house which floated down against garage building four lives were lost in this house.
- View of a small house that was carried by the flood waters of the Arkansas River and came to rest against the side of a brick garage in Pueblo, Colorado. The garage has damaged walls. Two men pose beside the garage. Ruts in the deep mud are near...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building failures--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Garages--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June]
- Tank Destroyer and soldiers
- Members of the 10th Mountain Division stand, sit, and lie in ruts in the dirt road behind an M-10 Tank Destroyer in Bologna Province, Italy. Shows barren hills, a rock strewn road, and buildings on the top of a hill in the Apennine Range.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Apennines (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Dirt roads--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- [1945]
- The Greeley Tribune
- Brick commercial buildings in Greeley, Colorado, include the Oasis Hotel, the fire department, and the newspaper office. An open porch / balcony wraps the three-story hotel; a wooden tower has a fire bell atop it. A sign reads: "The Greeley...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 4, 1919 April
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1914
- 1914 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1914