ball and banquet there. Tabor also reportedly bought rounds of drinks for everyone in each of the town's 13 saloons. At the time, Ashcroft was growing much faster than nearby Aspen. By 1885, it had about 3,500 residents with six hotels and 20...
Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
An abandoned hotel stands in a field in the midground in Ashcroft, a mining town near Castle Creek, south of Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The town was originally called Chloride but its residents renamed it Ashcroft in 1882 after rich ore was...
Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
An abandoned hotel stands in a field in the midground in Ashcroft, a mining town near Castle Creek, south of Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The town was originally called Chloride but its residents renamed it Ashcroft in 1882 after rich ore was...
Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
Men pose on columned porches of frame saloons in Placerville, San Miguel County, Colorado. They wear vests, suspenders, aprons, hats, and bib overalls. A dog and horse are to one side.
View of a street in Meeker (Rio Blanco County), Colorado; people pose by storefronts, barrels, United States flags, and a poster with a Star of David (Magen David). Lettering reads: "Rector & Davis Saloon," "Wiseman's Restaurant," and "Meeker...
Interior view of White House Saloon, Cripple Creek, Colorado; J. H. Kilday & W. Weld (proprietors), group of men stand in front of bar, two men wear aprons, one of whom holds a box of open cigars; additional men stand at bar with feet propped on...
Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; White House Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
Exterior view of Rio Grande Saloon on Xenia Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one-story wood frame commercial building with horizontal and vertical planks and a double-wide corner entry with two-sash transom, plain parapet; man with three boys (one...
Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Rio Grande Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
Interior of saloon, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men with hats and overcoats stand near bar and two bartenders (Tom and Jerry sign on backbar) stand behind bar, scene includes bare lightbulbs extending from ceiling, bottles of alcohol and liquor...
Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Interiors.
Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, consists of frame sheds, mining facilities, and a flume. Originally called Coleyville, this settlement became a company town of the Boston Mining Company. It was unusual for having a library but no saloons.
Boston Mining Company--1880-1890.; Saints John (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Flumes--Colorado--Saints John--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Saints John--1880-1890.
View northeast over Yampa (Egeria), Routt County, Colorado, shows the stage-stop town with Antlers Hotel, Congregational Church, saloons, residences and barns. Green Ridge is in the background.
Caricature map of Trail City, Colorado, in Prowers County, shows a man sqatting in front of his saddled horse looking over a panoramic view of the town with major landmarks labeled: "Present Site of U.S. Highway 50, Residence, Kansas, Saloon,...
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad yards in Alamosa, Colorado are wood frame false fronts from Sixth Street to the Rio Grande River in the background. A few rooming houses and saloons are on Sixth Street between Hunt and Denver streets, which...
Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
The Wells Fargo & Co. building in Central City, Colorado, has "Old Wells Fargo Express Office" painted on the front. It houses the old Wells Fargo Office and, with the Mellor block, the Grubstake Inn. The inn has "Coors Beer" and "Sorry we're...
Grubstake Inn (Central City, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.
Interior view of a saloon in Georgetown, Colorado. The dark wood bar with carved arches and columns is viewed diagonally; the bartender behind the bar wears a vest, a white shirt with a high collar, a tie, and a handlebar moustache; he holds a...
Men pose around the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked around the mirror. A cash register and metal sculptures of swordsmen are on it, and...
Two men with long white beards sit on the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a cane and one holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked to the mirror border. A cash register and...
The view shows Main Street in Silver Plume, Colorado, during a time when there were nine saloons, two churches, a jail, and an opera house. Many of the buildings have false fronts; a popular style in mining towns that lends an impression of...
Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
View north in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the central business district and mines on Republican Mountain; mines include Diamond Tunnel, Pelican, Dives, Baxter, Dunkirk, Payrock, Hopewell, Egan Tunnel, and Vulcan. Clear Creek is visible in the...
Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.
View west up Clear Creek valley, shows Silver Plume, Colorado, to the north. Interstate 70, in the near foreground, has one car on it. Silver Plume landmarks include: St. Patrick's Catholic church, a flat topped, stone building near the east end of...
View over Caribou (9800 feet), Boulder County, Colorado, includes streets lined with log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled lean-to structures. Many have external timber braces for protection against the wind blowing from the...
View northwest from Goat Hill over Caribou (9800 feet), a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado includes streets lined with log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled and lean-to structures. Many have external timber braces propped...
View northwest from Goat Hill over Caribou (9800 feet), Boulder County, Colorado, includes streets lined with log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled and lean-tos structures. Many have external timber braces propped against them for...
View northwest from Goat Hill over Caribou (9800 feet), Boulder County, Colorado, includes streets lined with log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled and lean-to structures. Many have external timber braces for protection against the...
View northwest from Goat Hill over Caribou (9800 feet), a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado, includes scattered log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled and lean-to structures. Many have external timber braces for protection...
Interior view of (possibly) Hyman's Saloon in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows well dressed men, a bar, and a carved wood barback. Decor includes a punch bowl, frosted chip glass, swinging doors, liquor bottles, and taxidermy mounted deer...
Interior view of a saloon in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows men gambling with poker chips, a roulette wheel, and slot machines. A man in an apron carries a tray of beer glasses; decor includes spittoons, framed art, and a stove.
A wagon driver negotiates his team of four horses through the unpaved streets of the town of Gold Hill, Colorado, in Boulder County. A second wagon pulled by a team of horses is across from the first team.
Gold Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Gold Hill--1880-1890.
Buildings line several dirt roads in Nevadaville, once called Nevada, in Gilpin County, Colorado. A bakery stands in the center midground. At one point, Nevadaville was reportedly a rowdy town with more than 2,000 residents and about 14 saloons on...
Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake) passenger train at Arrow, Colorado train station; dining room, Elk Saloon and rooms, Cottage Bar, hotel, and New England Kitchen are identifiable businesses; wooden frame...
Looking southwest from corner of South Spruce and East Colorado Avenue to exterior of Brunswick saloon, and into red-light district, Telluride, Colorado. Group of variety-theater performers (men in suits and hats, women and small girl in dresses),...
View west up Gregory Gulch toward Central City, Colorado; shows Chas. Leitzman's blacksmith shop, "Wholesale & Retail Meat Market" (with a horse in front and men sitting on the steps), a building that housed many saloons (most notably Jesse...
Interior view of the Toll Gate Saloon, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows arched entry windows, swinging front doors, stove in front left foreground, wooden floor with stains, and calendar from 1897 on entryway wall. Three men occupy the saloon. One...
Front view of the Toll Gate Saloon, Black Hawk, Colorado. The single-detached building includes: three stories, square building plan, medium gable, offset right, left and right rear chimneys (single stacks), a shed dormer to the rear. First...