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A postcard of a passenger train passing through the Royal Gorge at night. The Arkansas River runs through the Royal Gorge.
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A stereoscopic view of the Seven Falls and South Cheyenne Canon near Colorado Springs. This stereoscopic view was one of 500 that were awarded the "Silver Medal of Colorado Industrial Association of 1878 and 1879. It was published by Charles Weitfle of Central City, Colorado.
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A postcard showing the second tunnel in the Grand River Canyon (now Glenwood Canyon) on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
84) At Hanging Lake
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The group stands under a waterfall at Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon dated 1911. From left to right: Minnie Lundgren, Mrs. McHatton, Edward McHatton, Marvin Borah, L.J. Borah.Edward McHatton is holding a dog.
85) Glenwood Canyon
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A view of Glenwood Canyon, taken in 1919. The Colorado River flows through the canyon. Glenwood Canyon is located between Dotsero and Glenwood Springs.
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A postcard showing the second tunnel in the Grand River Canyon (now Glenwood Canyon) on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
87) Tom Knight
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Verso: "Prospector K. looking for--no, not gold, but a drop of water in Fall Creek." "Tom down in the canyon below Gilman"
88) Train in canyon
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A Zephyr wreck in Glenwood Canyon. On March 29, 1968, a passenger train was passing through Glenwood Canyon near Grizzly Creek when it derailed. Two of the diesel locomotives, F9A 5774 and F9B 5773, were later retired and sold for scrap to Barter Machinery & Supply Company out of Denver in May of 1969. Motorists can be seen on the other side of the river observing the wreck,
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Verso of the Colortone postcard of the Eagle River Canyon and Gilman, sent to Pvt. Tom Fish, U.S. Army, from his mother.
Caption: "2307--Eagle River Canon Empire Zinc Mine, and Gilman as seen from Battle Mountain Highway, Colorado."
"C.T. Art-Colortone," Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.
The postcard is from the collection of William W. Burnett and was used as the cover photo for the 2005 printing of his book, "The Eagle on Battle Mountain at...
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Colortone postcard of the Eagle River Canyon and Gilman, sent to Pvt. Tom Fish, U.S. Army, from his mother.
Caption: "2307--Eagle River Canon Empire Zinc Mine, and Gilman as seen from Battle Mountain Highway, Colorado."
"C.T. Art-Colortone," Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.
The postcard is from the collection of William W. Burnett and was used as the cover photo for the 2005 printing of his book, "The Eagle on Battle Mountain at Gilman, Colorado...
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"On the western slope of the Rocky Mountains the Eagle River takes its rise, and gathering volume from hundreds of snow fed tributaries, rushes down to its junction with the Grand, pouring through the gorge known as Eagle River Cañon. One of the striking features of this cañon is in the fact that its walls are pierced near the summit with the shafts and tunnels of mines, and, looking up the rugged heights, one catches glim[p]ses of the shaft-houses...
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"On the western slope of the Rocky Mountains the Eagle River takes its rise, and gathering volume from hundreds of snow fed tributaries, rushes down to its junction with the Grand, pouring through the gorge known as Eagle River Cañon. One of the striking features of this cañon is in the fact that its walls are pierced near the summit with the shafts and tunnels of mines, and, looking up the rugged heights, one catches glim[p]ses of the shaft-houses...
93) Double track
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"Double Track, Eagle River Canon, Colo." A passenger train in the Eagle River Canyon.
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"Eagle River Canon is between Leadville and Glenwood Springs, and is the center of considerable mining activity. One of the striking features of this Canon is in the fact that its walls are pierced near the summit with the shafts and tunnels of mines, and looking up the rugged heights, one catches glimpses of the shaft houses and...
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A postcard of Glenwood Canyon near Eagle. This view is taken near the eastern entrance to the Canyon.
96) Double tunnel
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A postcard of a double tunnel railroad track looking up at the mining town of Gilman. View from the Eagle River Canyon.
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Marvin Borah sits near the ledge of a rock in Gypsum Canyon. His dog, King, is standing behind him.
"Pushing the rock over Gypsum Canyon. Marvin Borah and King, 1925." -- Alda Borah
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A view of the long flume on the Conger Mesa Ditch. [photo says 1910, McCoy Memoirs says 1909].
"The Conger Mesa irrigation ditch in 1909 was nearly three fourths wooden flume in Rock Creek Canyon. A year later, this section of the flume went out resulting in major catastrophe for the Railroad and Ditch Company. Nearly 200 feet of track was covered with mud and rock to a depth of from five to sixteen feet and required 200 men working in ten hour...
