Salida Centennial Photo Collection
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Photograph of unidentified family sitting on bridge.
Janice Pennington Collection.
22) Smeltertown
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The smelter, on the slag dump looking East at the power house, and the smokestack. Note the center plant in front of the smokestack. The overhead cables supplied electricity. The slag engines were evidently motorized, not steam mules as in other smelters.
R.M. Stein Collection.
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Major fires, two years apart spurred Salidans into a spate of brick construction that eventually saved the town from more devastating damage. A couple of brick yards were in operation before the 1886 fire, but within a year after the 1888 conflagration, there were at least four in production. Clay, sand and water are stirred into a stiff mud before it is packed into molds. It was repetitive, back-wrenching work, but it was lucrative for many years....
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Increased mining activity – and some small financial successes in the late 1890’s – prompted a spate of prospecting by Salida businessmen and even a few children. They swarmed up the gulches northeast of town with picks, shovels and a little dynamite seeking “color.” They weren’t disappointed – at first – because they found showings of gold, silver, copper and lead. For a time during the winter of 1895-96, many businesses closed early...
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Automobile touring near Garfield, Colorado.
Josephine Soukup Collection.
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This train wreck occurred January 23, 1918 near Pando, Colorado. The engineer, Fred C. Graham, and the brakeman, Roy Foster Leininger, were killed. Leininger’s body was buried under tons of wreckage and crushed beyond recognition.
Nellie Ellis Collection.
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Robert Martin Stein, age 7, in front of “My Rock” looking East, and happy in his first suit of homemade clothes.
R.M. Stein Collection.
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Tombstone of Albert Edmund Hanks, buried at Fairview Cemetery in Salida, Colorado.
Haley-Bratton Collection.
32) Alpine Park Lion
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Alpine Park, 4th & F Streets, in Salida, Colorado. The Alpine Park Lions were carved by Abran Marchi.
Josephine Soukup Collection.
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Haight & Churcher specialized in home furnishing sales and had a woodworking shop in which they produced a small amount of furniture. As a natural spin-off, they were the only coffin makers in Salida – so they became morticians as well. If people didn’t like what was in stock, the store would order fancy furniture and coffins for people who were willing to wait. Isaac Haight is shown here.
Frank Thomson Collection.
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Automobile touring near the Hutchinson Ranch, where US Highway 50 is today.
Josephine Soukup Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grand Railroad Hospital and Annex.
Alice Chinn Collection.
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Denver & Rio Grande locomotive #1063. Image taken by John Kratky.
Josephine Soukup Collection.
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Celebrating the 4th of July in Salida, Colorado at F and 3rd Streets. Image taken by John Kratky.
Josephine Soukup Collection.
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The depot and railyard, viewed from across the Arkansas River, near where Riverside Park is located today.
Alice Chinn Collection.
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Woman seated near a Garland Hot Blast Stove.
Josephine Soukup Collection.
