View of the Masonic Building, home to Alamosa Masonic Lodge No. 44, at 514 San Juan Avenue, Alamosa, Colorado. The two story commercial brick building has a shaped parapet, a cast iron cornice and Italianate facade with columns and arched windows....
View of the restored Masonic Building, home to Alamosa Masonic Lodge No. 44, at 514 San Juan Avenue, Alamosa, Colorado. The two story commercial brick building has a shaped parapet, a cast iron cornice and Italianate facade with columns and arched...
View of a commercial buildings on Main street (formerly "Fifth Street") in the business section of Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, men in horse-drawn wagons, a horse tied to a post, utility poles and electric street lights....
American National Bank (Alamosa, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.
Women participants in the annual Alamosa Colorado pancake race pose with frying pans and numbers pinned to their aprons in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A woman dressed as Aunt Jemima, in black face, a checkered dress, headscarf and an apron,...
The first general store and outfit station along the new Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks at South 6th (Sixth) Street in Alamosa, Colorado. Two false fronts have large painted block letter signs: "Field & Hill, Schuttler Wagons" and "Field &...
Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1900-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1950.; General stores--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1950.
View of the Narrow Gauge Museum during a driving snow storm in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The frame building, a replica of the Rio Grande Southern depot at Mancos, has flared eaves with a train order signal, and a square tower. Shows a...
A float from the Narrow Gauge Museum, a caboose body mounted on a truck, and marching bands move down a street during a parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Alamosa's founding in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows two brass marching...
Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Founders' Day commemorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Marching bands--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Parades &...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #318, and Denver & Rio Grande Western locomotive 346, repainted as Mount Blanca and Western, freight car #1143, and Rio Grande Southern locomotive #42, are on display at the Narrow Gauge...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment &...
View of the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The frame museum, a replica of the Rio Grande Southern depot at Mancos, has flared eaves, a square tower and gable trim. Signs on the building addition read: "South Alamosa" and...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge...
The side view the Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado is of the two-story brick building which burned April 26, 1930 and was then rebuilt and occupied in August, 1932. It features simple deco architectural elements, a flat...
Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
The Broadwell House on the corner of Hunt and 6th (Sixth) streets in Alamosa, Colorado, is one of the buildings moved into Alamosa from old Garland City. Men pose on the boardwalk on the corner in front of the two-story clapboard building. One man...
Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Water pumps--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
The Colorado Obituary Project is a statewide index of approximately 50,000 non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990. Researchers may request a copy of the full text obituary through the Western History and Genealogy Department.
Colorado--Genealogy--Indexes.;Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.;Registers of births, etc.--Colorado.
View of the burned out Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co. building on the south side of the Alamosa Rail Yard in Alamosa, Colorado. The exterior is brick and covered in soot.
Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co.--Buildings--1990-2000.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings.; Ruins.; Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co.--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Alamosa...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, and caboose 0500 are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The tender is decorated with a garland and painted sign that reads: "Merry Christmas...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Christmas...
View of Rio Grande Southern (4-6-0) #20, Mount Blanca & Western (2-8-0) #346, Mount Blanca & Western Caboose 05, and Rio Grande Southern locomotive (2-8-0) #42 on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The frame...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment &...
View of the Narrow Gauge Museum under construction in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The frame building, a replica of the Rio Grande Southern depot at Mancos, has flared eaves, dormers and scaffolding. A sign reads: "The Oldest Locomotive in...
Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building construction--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge...
People stand on the rail platform or beside tracks during the Narrow Gauge Museum's opening day celebration in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows "M.B. & W.R.R." (Mt. Blanca and Western Railroad) locomotive (2-8-0) #346 on display beside the...
Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building dedications--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Celebrations--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Galleries &...
View of the Alamosa passenger station of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (Alamosa County), Colorado, a two-story brick structure with overhanging hipped roof. A suspended decorative iron awning is over the entry. Shows pedestrians, horse-drawn...
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.
View of the Alamosa Hospital at 503 Main Street (the corner of Hunt and Main) in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado). A sign reads: "C.I. Stephenson, Osteopath."
William Sabine's residence in Alamosa, Colorado was built in 1879 and is a one-story wood frame house with a low hipped roof with a widow's walk, clapboard siding, pedimented drip molds, and covered porch with double arch front. William, his wife,...
Interior view of the burned out auditorium in the Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado includes partial outside walls around rubble, charred wood beams and bent metal structural interior supports. The metal framework of...
Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, repainted with "M.B. & W.R.R.," and caboose 0500 with a sign: "Mount Blanca and Western Railroad," are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado....
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sangre de Cristo...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, and Mount Blanca and Western caboose #05, are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Smoke rises from a passing D. & R.G.W. narrow gauge train....
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sangre de Cristo...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, repainted as "M.B. & W.R.R." (Mount Blanca and Western Railroad,) and caboose 0500, are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Antlers are mounted...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sangre de Cristo...
Robert W. Richardson and a bus driver pose in front of a Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company tour bus and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado....
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Flxible Company--Products--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company--Equipment &...
Boys and a man smile and pose on a narrow gauge motorized section car at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The boys wear t-shirts and blue jeans; one boy holds a cat on his lap. Shows dust in the air, and Rio Grande...
Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air...
View of Mount Blanca & Western Railroad locomotive and tender #346 (2-8-0, formerly Denver and Rio Grande Western), and caboose #05 on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The locomotive reads: "Cumbres." The...
Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air...
View of a three-way switch at "Mears Junction" in the yard at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows a freight car and motorized section car on a spur. A caboose on blocks beside the tracks has a sign that reads:...
View of Rio Grande Southern locomotive (4-6-0) #20, Mount Blanca & Western locomotive (2-8-0) #346, Mount Blanca & Western Caboose #05, and Rio Grande Southern locomotive (2-8-0) #42 on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa...
View of the Narrow Gauge Museum under construction in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The frame building, a replica of the Rio Grande Southern depot at Mancos, has flared eaves, a steep-pitched shingled roof with a decorative flashing ridge,...
Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building...
View of the L.S. & I. No. 18 Railroad Engine in service on the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad located at the Alamosa Train Depot, 610 State Avenue, Alamosa, Colo. The historic steam engine was built in 1910 for the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad, ...
Rio Grande Scenic Railroad (Alamosa, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Steam locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--2000-2010.; Alamosa (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Rio Grande Scenic Railroad (Alamosa, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Steam locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial...
The burned out Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado is a two-story brick shell, which burned April 26, 1930. Townspeople gather outside the smoke blackened brick building with its missing roof. Automobiles and trucks fill the...
Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, and caboose 0500, are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows telephone poles and snow on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the distance.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, repainted with "M.B. & W.R.R." (Mt. Blanca and Western Railroad) and "Cumbres," and caboose 05 are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado....
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge...
Mount Blanca & Western Railroad caboose 05 is on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The caboose reads: "Mount Blanca & Western, Thru the Chico." Shows the cupola and stack on the roof. Snow is on the ground.
Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air...
Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive (2-8-0) #318 is on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows a Rio Grande Southern caboose and a portion of a Mount Blanca & Western Railroad caboose. Snow is on the...
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air...
Rio Grande Southern locomotive #20 (4-6-0) and #42 (2-8-0) are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. #42 hauls stock cars and caboose 0404. Shows curved narrow gauge tracks, and a train beside the frame museum...
Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.;...
Members and supporters of the United Farm Workers of America picket the Farm Bureau in Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado. Men and women carry signs that read: "Don't Support [?]" and "Farm Bureau Exploits Farm Workers." Railroad freight cars are in...
United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Alamosa--1970-1980.; Migrant agricultural laborers.; Pickets.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
View of the First Baptist Church at 408 State Avenue in Alamosa, Colorado. The Queen Anne style building has asymmetrical construction with a steeply pitched roof and a dominant front facing gable. The facade has decorative shingling and a...
First Baptist Church (Alamosa, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Baptist churches.; Historic buildings.; First Baptist Church (Alamosa, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Baptist church buildings--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Historic...
Two single-prop planes fly just above the powerlines at the dedication of the Alamosa Airport, south of Alamosa, in Alamosa County, Colorado. Tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad cross in front of the airport's sign and small wood frame...
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive #1167, with wedge snowplow #066, sit in the yard in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.;...
Robert W. Richardson and Carl Helfin pose on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, at the Narrow Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Richardson holds an oil can and Helfin holds a wire handled lamp. Antlers are...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad...
Interior view of a hallway in the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Signs read: "[Mar]shall Pass El. 10845 Feet," "Shawano" and "Smoking Prohibited." Shows framed photographs of trains, signal lamps and probably timetables...
Interior view of the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Signs read: "Brayton," "Sargent Elev. 8477, Denver 257 Mi." and "Cedarcreek." Railroad paraphernalia is displayed on the walls and on shelves in the room. Shows...
Snow falls on Rio Grande Southern locomotive #42, stock car #7302, caboose #0404, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #318, and Mount Blanca & Western caboose 05 on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County),...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.;...
Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (2-8-2) locomotives #497 and #498, a doubleheader freight train, on the Alamosa to Chama route, in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A sign for the Narrow Gauge Motel is beside highway US...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Motels--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Signs...
A man, woman and young boy sit in a horse-drawn buggy next to a decorated truck ready for a Labor Day celebration in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. They wear suits and hats; the young boy has a ribbon sash criss-crossed over his suit that has...
Concrete sidewalks are being poured along the unpaved Main Street in Alamosa, Colorado. Wood plank forms and a shovel are in the foreground. Street lamps are in the middle of the street, where automobiles park diagonally. The brick Alamosa...
The Alamosa Courthouse in Alamosa County, Colorado, was built in 1938 with W.P.A. help and has Mission-style architecture with a U-shaped floor plan, brick construction, curvilinear gables, tile roof, and an arcade along all three sides of the...