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81) Automobile Wreck
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Automobile wreck in an unknown location.
Josephine Soukup Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Roundhouse, ca. 1905.
Bob Rush Collection.
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Men pose on locomotive number “218” on the turntable at the Denver and Rio Grande roundhouse and shops in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado.
Virgil Jackson Collection.
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Unknown group of people with two horse carriage, and one dog. Tenderfoot Mountain is in background. Photograph was probably taken on G Street.
Steve Frazee Collection.
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Men pose in front of a caboose in the Denver & Rio Grande Railyards in Salida, Colorado.
Virgil Jackson Collection.
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Standing on the slag dump looking Northeast at the blast furnaces, a corner of the power house is visible at the right.
R.M. Stein Collection.
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With riches inches ahead in mine shafts or tunnels, men were impatient and work often continued in deep winter snow and sub-zero temperatures near timberline. There was an insatiable demand for mine and construction timbers. Although work was brutal, the rewards were good enough that men such as this fellow at Garfield were willing to risk snow slides and frostbite to snake timber up dangerously narrow trails even in the dead of winter. Miners working...
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The American Legion Band posing on the steps of the Chaffee County Courthouse.
Bob Rush Collection.
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This horseshoeing business had the financial backing to locate in a brick building – much preferred after the 1888 fire – which is said to have been located between First and Second streets on G Street (at the corner of the alley). Netting was draped over the body of a horse to ward off flies and mosquitoes, terrible pests for both horses and people in the days before sanitation and mosquito-control districts. Used buggies were in the lot beside...
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The Central Block building which was located on the southwest corner of 1st and F Streets in Salida, Colorado.
'Another important building, completed on the opposite corner of First Street at 102-24 F
Street, apparently incorporated sections of buildings that survived the fire. Known as the
Corbin Building or the Central Block, the building was erected by E.W. Corbin, William E.
Robertson, and W.W. Roller. On 17 December...
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A listing of who's in the band:
• Basses – James Pearce, Leo Vail
• Trombones – Frank Albright, Forman Garretts, Fred Coombs
• Altos – John Bush, Mr. Guy (?)
• Cornets – John Manful, Earnest Feichtinger, Ulrich Waggener, Frank Holman
• Clarinets – Otis Camp, Paul James, Frank Peck
• Piccolo – Frank Mason
• Drums – Harry William(s), George Gorham
Leonard Perschbacher Collection.
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Unknown group of people with dog gathered together in front of a house.
Maxine McClure 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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A panoramic view of F and 2nd Streets in Salida, Colorado. First National Bank, Commercial National Bank, C.N. Francis Clothing, and Waggener's Pharmacy are visible.
Bob Rush Collection.
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William C. Keim had a decorating business located at 136 E. 2nd St. in Salida, Colorado.
Bob Rush Collection.
97) Harry Conley
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This photograph is thought to be Harry Conley.
Nellie Ellis Collection.
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The Hotel Monte Christo was decorated with American flags and bunting in commemoration of the Fourth of July. The lunchroom occupied this wing of the hotel, and the main entrance was to the left, where some gentlemen were relaxed under the canopy. By 1890, standard-gauge rail had reached Salida, and dual-gauge track was clearly visible here.
Steve Frazee Collection.
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A major fire occurred at the Denver and Rio Grande railroad facilities in December 1892, destroying fourteen stalls in the roundhouse, seventeen locomotives, and the machine shops. Railroad employees and citizens managed to save twenty locomotives, but damages were estimated at $400,000. The Rio Grande's continuing reliance on Salida was demonstrated in its rebuilding and enlarging of the damaged structures.
Bob Rush Collection....
