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- Lake Eldora Region
- Tall pine trees stand along a dirt road near Lake Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. A tree stump and large rock are on one side of the road.
- Forest roads--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Pines near Lee Hill Road
- View of pine trees and rocks near Lee Hill Road in Boulder County, Colorado. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
- Limber pine--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- White, John
- John C. White, a stage driver during the mining boom in Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, poses for a studio bust portrait. Eldora experienced its boom near the end of the 19th century. White drove the stage route between Eldora and Boulder...
- Driving of horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; White, John C.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Fourth of July Tunnel
- Small log cabins stand near a pile of tailings from the Fourth of July Mine northwest of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Several tree stumps stand interspersed among small pine trees in the foreground. Taller pine trees stand in the background...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Frost Plumes
- A pine tree, possibly a Limber Pine, stands in the foreground of a view of several houses and buildings at the base of a mountain ridge, possibly near Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Limber pine--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Kekionga Shaft House
- The large shafthouse of the Kekionga Mine stands in the foreground west of the Magnolia mining district in Boulder County, Colorado. A wood wheel, possibly a hoist, is at the top of a square platform near the shafthouse. The platform is supported...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Magnolia--1930-1950.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Magnolia--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Magnolia (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Hoisting machinery--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Magnolia--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Shaft house interior
- Hoisting equipment stands inside the shafthouse of the Caribou Mine near Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. The mine reportedly produced the silver ingots used to pave Eureka Street in front of the Teller House in Central City when President...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Hoisting machinery--1930-1950.; Ladders--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Tree structure
- An up-close view of the bark on a tree shows the swirling pattern on it. The bark is possibly from a Limber Pine tree in Gilpin or Boulder County, Colorado.
- Limber pine--Colorado--1930-1950.; Pine bark--Colorado--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Caribou Flats. Pine tree
- A pine tree, possibly a Limber Pine, stands on a ridge near Caribou Flat in Boulder County, Colorado. The tree has shorter branches growing near its trunk and larger branches at its crown. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
- Limber pine--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Gold Lake Road, N. of Ward
- A log cabin stands in the foreground near Gold Lake Road north of Ward in Boulder County, Colorado. A log fence stands along the dirt road in the midground. Trees stand in the field in front of the cabin and form a thick forest in the background....
- Forest roads--Colorado--Ward--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Ward (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Fences--Colorado--Ward--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ward--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Timberline Group
- A group of pine trees grow toward one direction on a ridge at timberline, possibly in Boulder or Gilpin County, Colorado. Several branches and other pieces of wood lie in the long grass in the foreground.
- Timberline--Colorado--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Arapaho Peak from Klondike Mtn.
- Small groups of trees stand on the steep side of a hill in this view from Klondike Mountain in Boulder County looking toward Arapaho Peak on the border of Grand and Boulder counties in Colorado. Patches of snow stand on the mountains.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Klondike Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1950.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Jasper Lake, N. from Spencer Mtn.
- An unidentified man holds a pair of large, wood snowshoes at his side on a ridge near Jasper Lake, west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Several trees with bare branches are in the foreground. A second pair of snowshoes is propped against a...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Snowshoeing--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Little, R. H. B.
- Robert H. B. (Bob) Little poses at his desk, probably in the late 1890s, at his home in Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado. Little was the town's first clerk and later served as mayor for several years just after the turn of the century. He was also...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Desks--1930-1950.; Mayors--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Pianos--1930-1950.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Rocking chairs--1930-1950.; Little, Robert H. B.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Botany. Trees. Timberline.
- A tall pine tree towers above other pine trees in a fog shrouded field on the Arapahoe Ranch, near Eldora, in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Fog--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Meadows--Colorado--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Lake Isabel [sic]
- Patches of snow remain on the rocky cliffs bordering Lake Isabelle in Boulder County, Colorado. A group of pine trees stands on the shore in the right midground. A large rock is in the left foreground.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Isabelle, Lake (Boulder County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Boulder
- South Boulder Creek is bordered to the south by steep rock walls, and to the north by residences and a man in an automobile of 1930s vintage. The creek is located in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1950]
- Near Jasper Lake
- An unidentified man sits on a saddled horse in a grove of tall pine trees with bare branches near Jasper Lake in Boulder County, Colorado. Several dead trees and rocks lie on the ground near the horse. The man wears a hat and chaps. A ridge of...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Near Jasper Lake
- An unidentified man sits on a saddled horse on a ridge near Jasper Lake in Boulder County, Colorado. Tall trees with bare branches stand at the edge of the ridge in the midground. Additional dead trees lie on the ground near the horse. A ridge of...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Entrance to Happy Valley
- Log cabins stand in the background at the entrance to Happy Valley at the base of a ridge of mountains in Boulder County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand around the cabins and on the mountains. Telephone poles stand along a dirt road in the...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Valleys--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Forest Primaeval, Upper South Boulder
- View of pine forest near in Boulder County, Colorado; mountain peaks and strato cumulus clouds are in the background.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Forests--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Long Lake
- View of Long Lake and pine forest in Boulder County, Colorado; snow dots mountain peaks and strato cumulus clouds fill the sky.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Silver Lake
- Silver Lake stands in the foreground in Boulder County, Colorado, with a ridge of mountains in the distance. Tall pine trees stand on the far shore of the lake. Patches of snow are on the distant peaks. Rocks are on the near shore of the lake in...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Bow of Clouds, Looking East from 4th of July Mine
- Cumulus thunderheads and cirrus clouds fill the sky east of the Fourth of July Mine in Boulder County, Colorado. Felled timber is in the foreground.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Clouds--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Park Ranger - Boulder foothills 1930's
- A park ranger rides a horse through large drifts of snow in the Boulder foothills in Boudler County, Colorado. A large rope is tied to the saddle.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Hills--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Rangers--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Snow--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Arapaho Peak from Black Hills near Lake Eldora
- A saddled horse eats grass in a meadow by pine forest and wildflowers in Boulder County; strato cumulus clouds top Arapaho Peak in the distance.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora, Lake (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- The Banner, Caribou Flats
- A windblown (possibly) Bristlecone Pine, grows near Caribou Flats in Boulder County, Colorado; cumulus thunderheads are in the background.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Caribou Flat (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Diamond Lake - Looking toward Arapaho Peak
- Two pine trees stand among large rocks on the near shore of Diamond Lake in Boulder County in this view looking toward Arapaho Peak in the distance on the border of Boulder and Grand counties in Colorado. Small patches of snow are on Arapaho Peak.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Diamond Lake (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Lake Eldora
- An unidentified woman sits on a large rock on a hill above Lake Eldora near Spencer Mountain in Boulder County, Colorado. The woman holds a cowboy hat on her lap and faces toward the sun with her eyes closed. A large pine tree stands near her....
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora, Lake (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Spencer Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Caribou, Colo. Sarah Collins grave 1875
- A light-colored gravestone marks the grave of Sarah Collins in a cemetery in Caribou, a small mining town in Boulder County, Colorado. The gravestone has a dove engraved near its top and reads: "Sarah Collins Wife of James Collins Died Oct. 5, 1875...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Caribou--1930-1950.; Collins, Sarah.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- J.D. MacKenzie (Nederland mayor) 1940's
- J. D. (Jack) Mackenzie, a pioneer resident and former mayor of Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado, poses for a bust portrait. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and a jacket and patterned tie.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mayors--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Pioneers--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Mackenzie, J. D. (Jack)
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- J.D. MacKenzie (Nederland mayor) 1940's
- J. D. (Jack) Mackenzie, a pioneer resident and former mayor of Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado, poses for a bust portrait. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and a jacket and patterned tie.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mayors--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Pioneers--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Mackenzie, J. D. (Jack)
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- J.D. Mackenzie (Nederland mayor) 1940's
- J.D. (Jack) Mackenzie, a pioneer resident and former mayor of Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado, poses for a bust portrait. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and a jacket and patterned tie.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mayors--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Pioneers--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Mackenzie, J. D. (Jack)
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Mt. Neva - Forest Glade
- Pine trees stand on the hill below an old path near Mount Neva on the border of Grand and Boulder Counties in Colorado. Grass and dandelions grow on the path.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1930-1950.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Mt. Neva - Forest Glade
- Pine trees stand on the hill below an old path near Mount Neva on the border of Grand and Boulder Counties in Colorado. Grass and dandelions grow on the path.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1930-1950.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Eldora - Happy Valley
- Several log cabins stand in the background at the base of a mountain in Happy Valley near Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. A ridge of mountains is in the distance. Tall pine trees stand in the midground and along the side of the mountain. A row...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Eldora - Happy Valley
- large pine tree is in the foreground.; The town of Eldora is nestled between two mountain ridges in Boulder County, Colorado. Eldora saw its boom near the end of the 19th century when mining camps started to develop in the surrounding area. The...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Sulfide Flats
- A group of large pine trees stands in the midground near Sulphide Flats west of Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. In 1907, the area was chosen as the site for a new dam to serve as a hydroelectric power source. W. Hollingsworth McCleod, a...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- The Survivor
- The bare branches of a tree in the foreground form an irregular shape on a mountain ridge west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. The tree stands among rocks, and other trees are in the background. Photographer titled the image "The Survivor."
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.; Tree limbs--1930-1950.
- [1939 or 1941?]
- Woodland Flats
- A log cabin stands in the foreground in Woodland Flats, a snow- covered ridge west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Several tree stumps and a dead tree lie in the foreground. Pine trees and some trees with bare branches stand in the...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- After the snowdrifts disappeared near Caribou
- Shows an abandoned wood building with a collapsed roof near Caribou in Boulder County, Colorado. Caribou was an important silver mining district in the 1870s.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1930-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Caribou--1930-1950.; Silver mining--Colorado--Caribou--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Arapaho Peak looking North from Tip Top
- Arapaho Peak is in the distance on the border of Grand and Boulder counties in Colorado in this view from the Tip Top Mine near Perigo in Gilpin County. Patches of snow dot the peaks; strato cumulus and cirrus clouds dot the sky.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Perigo (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Perigo--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Avenue of Trees, Caribou Flats
- People stand among timberline pine trees at Caribou Flat near Caribou, Boulder County, Colorado; cumulus and nimbus rain clouds fill the sky.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Caribou--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Early Spring, West of Caribou
- Snow covers the ground near a mining complex west of Caribou in Boulder County, Colorado. Some patches of dirt and rocks stand on a hill in the right foreground where the snow has melted.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Silver mining--Colorado--Caribou--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Eldora, Colorado
- Snow blankets the ground and pine trees near the mining town of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Telephone poles stand in the right midground. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Eldora Valley
- The snow-capped peaks of the Continental Divide stand in the distance of this view of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Eldora experienced its mining boom for about two years starting in 1897, when gold tellurides and sulphides were discovered on...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Jasper Basin, West of Eldora
- An unidentified man stands in the background on a snow-covered ridge in Jasper Basin, west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. A track made by large snowshoes leads back to where he stands.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Snowshoeing--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Kemp's Falls
- Water cascades around large rocks in Kemp's Falls west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. The falls were named for photographer Donald C. Kemp's father, John H. Kemp, who staked a claim on the Happy Valley Placer on September 5, 1891. Kemp had...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Mount Neva
- Tall pine trees stand along a path in the foreground in this view looking toward Mount Neva on the border of Boulder and Grand Counties in Colorado. Patches of snow are on the mountain's peak in the distance.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1930-1950.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Sewell, Jim
- Jim Sewell, a pioneer of the mining town of Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado, sits on top of a horse, probably near Nederland. A dog stands near the horse barking at it. Snow covers the ground. Sewell wears a cowboy hat and a wool coat.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Pioneers--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Sewell, Jim.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]