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    Staked -plains
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  • Coxey army scenes
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    Participants in Coxey's Army have a meal in camp as they pass through Colorado. An American flag is staked in the ground, laundry hangs on a clothesline.
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    Coxey's Army--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--1890-1900.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--1890-1900.; Unemployed--Colorado--1890-1900.
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    1894 March
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  • Holding down his claim millions in it
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    A prospector poses with a shovel on a newly staked claim probably near Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
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    Mining claims--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
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    June 9, 1897
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  • Medicine tepee
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    An old Native American woman (Dakota) sits in front three tepees by an animal skin staked for tanning, probably the Dakota Territory.
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    Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Hides & skins--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tanning--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tipis--Dakota...
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    1882?
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  • A claim on the Klondyke
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    A man and a woman pose near their tent where they have staked a claim, Klondike, Alaska. Both wear heavy clothing and hats.
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    Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--1890-1900.; Miners--Alaska--1890-1900.; Mining--Alaska--1890-1900.; Tents--Alaska--1890-1900.; Women--Alaska--1890-1900.
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    1898
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  • Fort Logan World War I
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    A soldier, in uniform, poses outside a staked walled tent beside a flag pole with a fringed American flag at Fort Logan, Colorado.
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    World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Flags--American--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
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    [1917]
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  • Indian girls at Parker monument
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    Eva Wymnerchy, a Native American Comanche young woman, signs "Nearer My God to Thee" dressed in a fringed dress with leggings, moccasins and a beaded headband, Post Oak Mission Cemetery, near Cache, Oklahoma. A group of girls and young women...
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    Comanche Indians--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.; Cache (Okla.)--1920-1930.; Post Oak Cemetery (Comanche County, Okla.)--1920-1930.; Clothing & dress--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.;...
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    [1926?]
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  • Braves and Squaws
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    Group portrait of three Native American Comanche women, left to right: Wap-pah, Marn-me (Morn-me), Qna-moth-kee and a young girl; they wear print dresses with blankets and long loose hair. They were taken prisoner by United States troops on the...
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    Comanche Indians--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Girls--1860-1880.; Prisoners of war--Texas--1860-1880.; Women--1860-1880.; Morn-me.; Qna-moth-kee.; Wap-pah.
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    [between 1869 and 1874]
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  • Comanches singing at Parker Monument, at the unveiling
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    Native American Comanche men, women and children sing at the unveiling of the Parker monument, Post Oak Mission Cemetery, near Cache, Oklahoma. The woman on the left is Nemaruihitsi and the man in braids is Nahwooksy. Men in uniforms sit in the...
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    Comanche Indians--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.; Cache (Okla.)--1920-1930.; Post Oak Mission Cemetery (Comanche County, Okla.)--1920-1930.; Dedications--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.;...
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    [1926?]
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  • Topai, one of Quanah Parker's wives
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    Portrait of Topai, a Native American Comanche woman and wife of Quanah Parker, a Comanche Chief, who led the last tribe in the Staked Plain to come into the reservation system. She wears a patterned dress, shawl and braids tied with ribbons;...
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    Comanche Indians--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.; Cache (Okla.)--1920-1930.; Post Oak Mission Cemetery (Comanche County, Okla.)--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.;...
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    [1926?]
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  • Home of Quanah Parker, near Cache, Okla.
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    View over Quanah Parker's two-story frame house (Star House) with a wraparound balcony and a fenced yard, near Cache, Oklahoma. The Native American Comanche chief led the last tribe in the Staked Plain to come into the reservation system.
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    Comanche Indians--Structures--Oklahoma--Cache--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Structures--Oklahoma--Cache--1900-1930.; Cache (Okla.)--1900-1930.; Houses--Oklahoma--Cache--1900-1930.; Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911--Homes & haunts.
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    [between 1900 and 1926?]
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  • Home of Quanah Parker
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    View of Quanah Parker's two-story frame house (Star House) with three of his seven wives, a Black man, Quanah, and two friends posing on balcony near Cache, Oklahoma. The Native American Comanche chief led the last tribe in the Staked Plain to come...
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    African Americans--Oklahoma--Cache--1890-1900.; Comanche Indians--Structures--Oklahoma--Cache--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Oklahoma--Cache--1890-1900.; Cache (Okla.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Oklahoma--Cache--1890-1900.;...
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    [between 1895 and 1900?]
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  • Quanah Parker's family
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    Shows Chief Quanah Parker with three of his wives, a son and a baby in a cradleboard. Parker, a Native American Comanche chief led the last tribe in the Staked Plain to come into the reservation system, wears a suit and hat. His wives are wrapped...
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    Comanche Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Boys--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--1900-1910.; Families--1900-1910.; Infants--1900-1910.; Spouses--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911.; Parker, Quanah,...
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    1905
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  • Quanah Parker
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    Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Quanah Parker, a Native American Comanche chief led the last tribe in the Staked Plain to come into the reservation system. Parker wears a buckskin shirt with a neck scarf and animal fur wrapped braids.
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    Comanche Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1890.; Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911.
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    [between 1940 an 1970?]
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  • Quanah Parker
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    Seated side studio portrait of Chief Quanah Parker, a Native American Comanche chief led the last tribe in the Staked Plain to come into the reservation system. Parker wears a buckskin shirt and leggings, moccasins, a neck scarf, animal fur wrapped...
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    Comanche Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911.
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    [between 1870 and 1880?]
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  • [K]emp Falls, Happy Valley Placer - No.5
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    Water cascades around large rocks in a waterfall identified as Kemp's Falls west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. The falls were named for photographer Donald C. Kemp's father, John H. Kemp, who staked a claim on the Happy Valley Placer.
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    Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.
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    [between 1900 and 1901]
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  • Gilfillan, John A.
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    1897. The project was financed by Pennsylvania and New York capitalists. The large portal was near the base of Spencer Mountain and contained two sets of tracks to haul loaded ore cars from mining points to bins near the portal, where the ore could...
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    Mining engineers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cats--Colorado--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Gilfillan, John A.
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    [1939?]
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  • Kemp's Falls
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    Water cascades around large rocks in Kemp's Falls west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. The falls were named for photographer Donald C. Kemp's father, John H. Kemp, who staked a claim on the Happy Valley Placer on September 5, 1891. Kemp had...
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    Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
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    [between 1935 and 1950?]
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  • A familiar bridge in Bear Creek
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    View of wooden stairs and a suspension foot bridge over Bear Creek in probably Bear Creek Canyon (Jefferson County), Colorado. The bridge has decorative hewn log and stick pillars, supports and a railing. A support cable is staked in the ground. A...
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    Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Jefferson...
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    [between 1910 and 1925?]
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  • J.B. Rowley & John A. Gilfillan 1937
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    J. B. Rowley, left, and John A. Gilfillan, right, sit at a table in front of a log cabin, probably in Eldora, a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado. The two men were pioneers of the town in the 1890s. Rowley was a prospector and a small mine...
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    Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Gilfillan, John A.; Rowley, J. B.
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    [1939?]
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    Staked plains
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    Staked plains
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  • History of Denver
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    Comprehenisve study of the history of the Denver area before, during, and after the founding of the city.
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    Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1901
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    Placer mining, Pitkin co. Colorado
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    Mines and mineral resources.Colorado
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    Staked plains
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    STAKED PLAINS
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  • Fiftyniners' directory : Colorado Argonauts of 1858-1859. A directory of their arrivals, removals, deaths, marriages, children, property, mines, ranches; with names of old towns, mining camps, gulches, mountains, rivers, creeks, and other matters.
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    A transcription of two volumes originally created by Henrietta Bromwell pertaining to the lives and events surrounding the early settlers of Colorado.
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    Pioneers--Colorado.; Colorado--Biography.
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    2004
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 30, 1911 July 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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    1911 July 22
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 3, 1919 March
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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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    1919 March
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  • Buffalo-hunters fighting Comanches and Apaches, March 18, 1877, on the Staked Plains
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    Reproduction of a 1907 drawing of a battle between Native American Comanche and Apaches against buffalo hunters, shows men positioned with rifles, live and dead horses, and tepees in distance.
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    Apache Indians--1870-1880.; Comanche Indians--1870-1880.; Hunters--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Llano Estacado--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--1870-1880.
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    [between 1940 and 1970]
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  • The Aeronaut, His Book of Golden Days: The Yearbook of the Students of South High School 1928
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    South Denver High School yearbook for 1928.
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    South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
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    1928
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    Bison, American
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    Caribou, Colorado
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    Cherokee strip
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    Cherubim claim: Monarch district. Colorado
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    Diamond swindle
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    Frank-Barber lode. Poughkeepsie gulch district
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    Gambling. Texas
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    G. S. number two mine. Summit district colorado
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    Gold. Colorado
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    Graneros, Colorado
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    Petroleum. Colorado -I
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    Petroleum, Wyoming
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    place names . Llano Estacado
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    Placer mining, Douglas co. Colorado
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    Placer mining. Durango district. Colorado
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    Place Names. Colorado. Cache la Poudre River
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    Place Names. Fairplay
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    Platinum. Colorado
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