Salida Centennial Photo Collection
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161) A Gathering of Women
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Women are gathered at an unknown event.
Nellie Ellis Collection.
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Wellsville Hot Springs, ca. 1908 – 1912.
Josephine Soukup Collection.
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In 1883, Salida (no longer South Arkansas) was growing in three directions from the river. The Craig Opera House is at the corner of Second and F Streets and the Presbyterian Church, the first designed for religious services, is a little white frame building at the corner of Third and F Streets. A few days after this photo was taken in mid-May, the F Street bridge was seriously damaged by normal spring runoff when two sections were ripped from the...
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The F.C. Watson Store in Garfield, built in 1920 and burned down in 1929.
Nellie Ellis Collection.
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Colburn Jay, Mrs. Dunmire, Fred Watson, at Garfield.
Nellie Ellis Collection.
167) 3,000 Silver Dollars
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C. H. Kelleher, Salida Building and Loan President, Alice Chinn, Secretary/Treasurer, and Theo Jacobs, Director, counting the 3,000 silver dollars a patron had used to pay off a mortgage.
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The view from the top of the 365-foot smokestack in Smeltertown, Colorado.
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The Independent Order of Odd Fellows – during a statewide convention – parade up F Street October 15, 1894, preceded by dignitaries in carriages and followed by one of Salida’s marching bands. Six years after the disastrous 1888 fire, there appears to be construction work in the lot on the corner of Second and F Streets where the Knights of Pythias building stands today. Alger’s Drug Store is in the J. H. Collins building (with the large awning)...
170) Enterprise Club
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'The Enterprise Club entertained in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Darby at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F.P. Black on Monday night. The ladies were all gowned in Dame Washington fashion and presented a quaint and pretty appearance. The house was profusely decorated with American flags. A literary and musical program interspersed with games provided an evening of diversified enjoyment. The patriotic colors were carried out in the menu, in flags in red, white,...
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Members of Salida Hose Co. No. 1 display their new rubber coats and recently purchased hose cart February 27, 1883. The fire house was on East First St. and included a tower for drying hose – which always seemed to be in short supply. The bell is believed to be the one purchased by women of Ascension Church. Although firemen couldn’t know it yet, they would be faced with using this equipment to fight four major conflagrations in the future. The...
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Horse-drawn fire wagon.
Salida Fire Department Collection.
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This remarkable document is the subscription list dated 1892 that Mayor Wright put together to reorganize the Salida Fire Department and keep it from disbanding. It is a veritable who's who of Salida's notables. Among the signatures are Territorial Governor of Colorado A.C. Hunt, who was instrumental in bringing the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad here and platted the town of Salida. R.M. Ridgway, railroad superintendent of the Denver & Rio Grande and...
177) Minstrel Band
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Minstrel band coming into town for a performance. Photograph taken by John Kratky who lived in Salida between 1912-1920.
Josephine Soukup Collection.
