A wooden bridge spans the North Fork of the South Platte River in Ferndale (Douglas County), Colorado. It was built by the owners of the cabin on the hill in the background, W. F. and Mary Byers Robinson.
Robinson, Mary Byers--Homes & haunts--1900-1920.; Robinson, W. F.--Homes & haunts--1900-1920.; Ferndale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Ferndale--1900-1920.
Mary Elizabeth Byers Robinson stands on a wooden bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado. She wears a long skirt, a blouse, and a hat. Her cabin is just visible through dense evergreen trees.
Robinson, Mary Byers--Homes & haunts--1900-1920.; Robinson, W. F.--Homes & haunts--1900-1920.; Ferndale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Ferndale--1900-1920.
Men sit on an uprooted tree washed onto Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad bridge number 129-A near Livesey in Pueblo County, Colorado. Shows the washed out railroad grade and bridge.
Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo...
The wreckage of probably a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train after a bridge collapse near Vona (Kit Carson County), Colorado. Shows a train derailment on the bridge. Crushed and overturned railroad cars lie in the river, some cars...
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.;...
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad main line tracks are washed out at milepost 145.8 near Portland, Fremont County, Colorado; shows flood damage, the Arkansas River and Shoofly track against a cliff.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.;...
Aerial view of flooded Fountain Creek in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the flood damaged 4th (Fourth) Street bridge, Colorado and Southern Railway bridge debris in the creek bed and the washed out 1st (First) Street bridge in the...
Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
View of the confluence of a stream and the flooded Arkansas River, the former site of bridge 138-B, near Hobson (Carlisle, Carlile) in Pueblo County, Colorado. Shows railroad bridge supports washed out in the flood at the edge of the stream.
Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Hobson (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Hobson--1920-1930.; Railroad...
Men stand on a washed out railroad embankment near the town of Jansen (Las Animas County), Colorado. Two sets of tracks are slumped into the waters of the Purgatoire River.
Jansen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Jansen--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Jansen--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Jansen--1900-1910.
View of the Frank Byers ranch beside the Colorado River in Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County), Colorado. Shows the three-story frame "Willows" house with a hipped roof, dormers, and a porch. Cabins, probably a corral, and a hot springs building are...
Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.;...
View of a partially washed away bridge along the Arkansas River in Pueblo County, Colorado. The bridge, identified as "County Bridge," is supported by wooden beams, a dirt road leads up to the bridge. Shows trees, poles and the wooden adjoining...
Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.
Flood damage in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of a washed out corrugated pipe culvert and broken concrete housing. Men and a woman walk on the high ground.
Flood damage in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of a concrete housing and washed out corrugated pipe culvert. Men walk on the high ground, and Mount Vernon Creek is in the foreground.
Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mount Vernon Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
View from bluff across the White River south of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows high water and muddy streets. Landmark buildings include the Hugus Block, the Meeker Hotel, and St. James Episcopal Church.
Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
View of a dam on probably Sneffels Creek by the Camp Bird Mill near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. United States Mountain is in the distance.
Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; United States Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dams--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
View of the flood damage from the Kiowa River, Bennett, Adams County, Colorado, shows a washed out road with broken pavement over an eroded embankment.
Bennett (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Kiowa Creek (Adams County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Bennett--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Bennett--1930-1940.
A view of the earliest Rocky Mountain News building in Denver, Colorado. The building was built on stilts in the bed of Cherry Creek, it was washed away in the flood of 1864.
View of the 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. Rail tracks in the foreground end abruptly where the flood washed out the ground, and a harp switch stand sits at the edge of the new precipice. The Purgatoire River curves outside of the...
View of the river and mudflats from the 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. A half destroyed, one story adobe structure hangs over the washed out bank of the Purgatoire River, its inner walls and floor boards exposed to view. Behind is a...
View of flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. Scene includes rails and ties draped over the washed out bank of the Purgatoire River and pilings of a destroyed bridge. People crowd on the banks and sit in the crossbeam power poles, perhaps doing...
1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. People stand on the rails and ties of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad that hang over the washed out banks of the Purgatoire River. The Cardenas Hotel, a two story, mission style structure...
Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Cardenas Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)
View of flood damage in (possibly) Morrison (Jefferson County) Colorado; shows a "Texaco" tank railroad car, a washed out bridge, and businesses with sign: "Red Rocks."
View of pueblo, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona, shows Native Americans (Hopi), adobe house blocks; one freshly stuccoed and white washed.
Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1900-1910.;...
View of Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks by the Arkansas River, at (possibly) Beaver (Pueblo County), Colorado; shows a depot and bridge parts, washed out by the flood.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Railroad...
View of a man using "Hydraulic Chief" type nozzles to aim jets of water at an eroded bluff, in (probably) California. Another man stoops in the gold mine, wearing a raincoat.
View of holding ponds for hydraulic gold mines; shows flumes, a gauging weir, and plank embankments. Columbia, Tuolumne County, California, is in the background.
Columbia (Calif.)--1860-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--California--Columbia--1860-1880.; Mining--California--Columbia--1860-1880.; Reservoirs--California--Columbia--1860-1880.
Interior view of "Rachel's Place," in Fairplay (Park County), Colorado; much detail washed out by light coming in the front door, however, the pot-bellied stove, counter, and overhead lights are discernible.
People crowd the entrance of the Denver Theater in Denver, Colorado; the marquee has electric lights and signs: "Cool Washed Air," "Donnelly James," "Lester Harding," "Helen Marie Briscoe," and "Frank Capra's Lost Horizon, with Ronald Coleman."
The railroad bridge and the automobile bridge are washed out over West Bijou Creek near the town of Byers, Colorado (Arapahoe County). Girders, steel, and other debris hangs from the bridge. The flooded river has encroached on the fields in the...
View looking down the footbridge that spans the North Fork of the South Platte River in Ferndale, Colorado, in Jefferson County. Steel cables support part of the wooden bridge.
Ferndale (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Ferndale--1930-1940.
Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "Frivolities of 1920," presented at the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Men, women and children pose at the stage door entrance to the theater. Producer G.M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson...
Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "Frivolities of 1920," presented at the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Men, women and children pose at the stage door entrance to the theater. Producer G.M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson...
Aerial view of steep canyon walls and towers of a canyon below Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls County, Idaho. Shows trees on talus slopes and fallen timber washed up beside boulders at the edge of the Snake River.
Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1860-1870.; Twin Falls County (Idaho)--1860-1870.; Expeditions & surveys--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1860-1870.; United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (1867-1881)
Aerial view of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows the washed out Colorado Boulevard bridge, water, and sandbars.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Aerial view of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows Cherry Creek, the washed out Harvard Avenue bridge, farms, and the Sullivan School.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
View of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado; shows drainage pipes, retaining walls, washed out stream banks,x a steel bridge, people, and houses in the Country Club neighborhood. Billboard reads: "Byers Addition."
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Country Club (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
View of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado; shows drainage pipes, retaining walls, washed out stream banks, a steel bridge, people, and houses in the Country Club neighborhood.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Country Club (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
The tracks of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad are washed out after the Trout Lake Dam break of 1909 in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows the San Miguel River and utility poles.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1900-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--San...
Seven African American teenage campers from Camp Nizhoni pose in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. They all wear pants and blouses; one has on overalls, one wears a straw hat and three others wear sailor-type pants with large buttons.
Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
Ten African American campers from Camp Nizhoni (including Patsy Crosswhite from Sioux City, Iowa) pose together on the campgrounds in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado.
Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Camps--Colorado--Lincoln...
Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-160], [ARL-161] and [ARL-162] The first heavy rain of the season washed away our bridge, making it impossible to get to the station. The train had to stop at the old crossing, and the girls, baggage...
Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln...
Passengers look out windows as a group of African American campers and their counselors from Camp Nizhoni (Gilpin County), Colorado stand near a D.& R.G.W. Railroad train near Lincoln Hills. The campers and counselors wear pants, shorts, dresses...
Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln...