Men pose beside tall corn plants and horses or mules hitched to a McCormick reaper harvesting machine in a corn field near La Junta (Otero County), Colorado. The workers wear overalls or suspenders, work gloves, button down shirts and hats. A man...
View of the Victorian Otero County Courthouse with Spanish-style embellishments in La Junta, Colorado. Architectural features of three- story masonry building: twin towers with hipped roofs brackets, finials, lintels, and decorative brickwork,...
La Junta (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--La Junta--1900-1930.
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph employees pose by horse drawn wagons in La Junta (Otero County), Colorado; the men are in front of the Otero County Courthouse.
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1890-1910.; La Junta (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--La Junta--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--La Junta--1900-1910.; Linemen--Colorado--La Junta--1900-1910.
View of the Otero County Courthouse in La Junta, Colorado. Architectural features: brick construction with glass windows. Dirt parking lot in front of building. Signs: "Do Not Enter."
La Junta (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--La Junta--1960-1970.
Men pose near a freight train with sugar beets piled in Arkansas Valley Railroad Company and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company cars in Fowler (Otero County), Colorado. Men wear suits and stand near a man on a horse. A frame building and...
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Fowler (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Fowler--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Fowler--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Fowler--1900-1910.
Crowds of people mingle amongst horse-drawn carriages during Watermelon Day in Rocky Ford (Otero County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings and banners along street that read: "Welcome," "Buggies and Wagons," "Rocky Ford."
Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1900-1910.
Men drive horse-drawn wagons near the foundation of the partially constructed main building at a sugar refinery near Swink (Otero County), Colorado. A silo, houses, and other buildings are nearby.
View of a railroad crane with a claw attachment as it lifts material out of a Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company car near Swink (Otero County), Colorado.
A man poses on the stoop of the construction office of the Holly Sugar Company's sugar mill operation in Swink (Otero County), Colorado. The two-story brick building has awnings and a wooden picket fence nearby.
A man walks near the construction office of the Holly Sugar Company's sugar mill operation in Swink (Otero County), Colorado. The two-story brick building has awnings and a wooden picket fence nearby.
Construction workers stand on the partially constructed foundation of the Holly Sugar Company's mill near Swink (Otero County), Colorado. Metal utility buildings are in the distance.
Holly Sugar Corporation--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
View of a dumping station at the Holly Sugar Company's mill near Swink (Otero County), Colorado. Holly & Swink Railway cars loaded with sugar beets prepare to dump their loads onto the ground.
Workmen stand on scaffolding near the top of the diffusion battery at the Holly Sugar Company's mill near Swink (Otero County), Colorado. A series of pipes and valves are nearby.
Construction workers pose near a set of railroad tracks and a crane at the Holly Sugar Company's mill near Swink (Otero County), Colorado. Tanks, railroad cars, and utility buildings are nearby.
View of boilers in the partially constructed boiler house at the Holly Sugar Company's mill near Swink (Otero County), Colorado. A kiln and holding tanks are nearby.
Construction workers stand on a temporary bridge at a bridge construction site near the Holly Sugar Company's mill at Swink (Otero County), Colorado. The Arkansas River is nearby.
A man poses near the time office at the Holly Sugar Company's mill near Swink (Otero County), Colorado. The one-story brick building has a wood picket fence nearby.
View of the partially constructed boiler house and kilns at the Holly Sugar Company mill near Swink (Otero County), Colorado. A utility building and smokestack are on either side of the boiler house.
A man sits at a desk in the mechanic's office at the Holly Sugar Company mill near Swink (Otero County), Colorado. A lamp, clock, pictures, and books are on the desk. The man wears a suit and cap.