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- A.T. & S.F. depot
- Spectators stand on the banks of the flooded Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado, across the river from the demolished Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot. Shows the arched walls of the Cardenas Hotel arcade.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- Trinidad flood across from Cardenas Hotel
- View of flood damage on the banks of the Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a residence with collapsed exterior walls and damaged wooden fence. Flood waters rise to the front door of the house.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Segundo, Co.
- Panoramic view of houses and an iron bridge over the Purgatoire River in Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows the two-story frame Jerome School building amid clustered frame buildings and probably a Colorado and Wyoming Railroad freight...
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Segundo, Colorado
- Panoramic view of buildings and houses in Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a swingset on a playground at the Jerome School and one-story frame houses with gabled roofs. A bridge is over the Purgatoire River, and probably a Colorado and...
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- D. & R.G. in Trinidad
- The waters of the Purgatoire River flow over the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company tracks in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. People stand on a railroad bridge that extends over the river.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [1904]
- Colo. & Southern on Sopris branch
- View of the remains of a Colorado and Southern Railway trestle destroyed in a flood near the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Purgatoire River meanders past the ruins of the bridge.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sopris (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1910.;...
- [1904]
- C & W at Jansen
- Men stand on a washed out railroad embankment near the town of Jansen (Las Animas County), Colorado. Two sets of tracks are slumped into the waters of the Purgatoire River.
- Jansen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Jansen--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Jansen--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Jansen--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- ATSF Railroad depot after flood
- View of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot and tracks after a flood in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The mission-style stucco building has arcades, a ceramic tiled roof, and curvilinear gables. Horses, a wagon, and debris are...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.;...
- 1905
- Trinidad camera club
- A group of photographers stand on the shore of the Purgatoire (Purgatory) River as they prepare to take pictures with cameras on tripods in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Camera clubs--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Cameras--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Photographers--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Trinidad from across river
- View of the Purgatoire River near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A partially constructed bridge and railroad tracks are nearby. Buildings and houses are in the distance.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Commercial St. bridge
- View of the Commercial Street bridge in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Pedestrians are on the bridge over the Purgatoire River. Industrial buildings with smokestacks are in the distance.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- Trinidad flood
- A man stands near the edge of the Purgatoire River during a flood in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Destroyed railroad tracks, buildings, and houses are nearby.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Depot, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company Depot in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. This rusticated stone building has a low pitched, hipped roof and a dormer. Signs on the building read: "Trinidad," and "Wells Fargo [?]."...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1904?]
- Cardenas Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Cardenas Hotel, in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. This Fred Harvey hotel is a two story, mission style structure that features an arcaded porch, gabled terra-cotta roof, balcony, square tower with a domed roof, arched...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Cardenas Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1903 and 1910?]
- Stonewall Gap, in the famous Stonewall, 32 miles west of Trinidad
- View of the Purgatoire River and Stonewall Gap near Stonewall, Las Animas County, Colorado, shows the river between vertical sandstone, Dakota Hogback, tourists, and a plank bridge.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Stonewall Gap (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945?]
- Stonewall Valley
- The Purgatoire River flows past Stonewall Gap near Stonewall Valley, Las Animas County, Colorado, and the vertical sandstone, Dakota Hogback, rock rampart shows behind trees.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Stonewall Gap (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945?]
- Trinidad flood, Colorado and Southern
- A Colorado and Southern work train is on a bridge over the Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A boiler, with riveted seams, floats in the water below. The trestle is constructed of rough hewn timber posts and cross beams....
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.;...
- 1904 Sept
- Hell fires of the Purgatoire [art original].
- Coal mines and mining--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Painting, American.; Coal mines and mining in art.; Coal trade--Pictorial works.; Oil paintings.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)
- 1963
- Purgatoire River gondolas [art original].
- Coal mines and mining--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Painting, American.; Coal mines and mining in art.; Coal trade--Pictorial works.; Oil paintings.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)
- 1963
- Western History Subject Index
- Purgatoire river
- Trinidad
- Panoramic, aerial view of frame and brick houses and commercial buildings in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows bridges over the Purgatoire River, possibly the Columbian School, a stone church and downtown commercial buildings. Frame...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Trinidad, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick houses and commercial buildings in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Trees are near the Purgatoire River. Shows the one-story adobe square enclosure of the Felipe Baca residence. The flat summit of Fishers...
- Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- 1881?
- Trinidad water works
- Men pose beside a metal water pipe over a bridge and possibly the Purgatoire River, probably near Trinidad Water Works in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a frame house and a barn or garage.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Penstocks--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- The Stonewall from Stonewall Valley 32 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado
- View over the Stonewall, from Stonewall Valley, Las Animas County, Colorado, shows the vertical, Dakota Hogback, sandstone rampart along the foothills and trees along the flat Purgatoire River valley.
- Stonewall Valley (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945?]
- San Patricio Ranch, Boggsville; Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows San Patricio ranch and the Purgatoire River in Boggsville, Bent County, Colorado, with vignettes: "ruins of first schoolhouse in Bent County Boggsville," a harp, and bulls: "Col. Crisp No. 1374" and "Lord Thomas...
- Boggsville (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Fisher's Peak
- View of Trinidad, Colorado, from Simpsons Rest, looking southeast. Near the bed of the Purgatoire River is an adobe, one story square enclosure that was the original residence of Felipe Baca. Fisher's Peak is in the background.
- Fisher's Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- Flood 1920's
- View of a half submerged automobile in the flooding Purgatoire River, Trinidad, Colorado. Water reaches to just below the open windows and the angle of the vehicle affords a look at the upholstry. A field behind the car is also under water. A...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Flood 1920's.
- View of the flooding Purgatoire River, Trinidad, Colorado with crowds of spectators lining the Commercial Street bridge. The bridge has stone balustrade and two cast iron lamps with white glass spherical globes on each of the four arms. Muddy river...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Flood 1930's
- View of the flooding Purgatoire River, Trinidad, Colorado. Rail tracks and ties hang over a cataract of muddy water; tree stumps and other debris are half submerged and a warehouse is at the edge of the embankment. Buildings in the background...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939?]
- Flood 1930's
- View of the flooding Purgatoire River, Trinidad, Colorado; shows Commercial Street under water. The Adelphia Hotel is sumberged to its foundation, and water creates spray as it passes through obstacles. Sign reads: "The Hausman Drug Co. River-side...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939?]
- River that flooded A. T. & S. F. tracks & depot, Trinidad, Colo.
- View of the flooding Purgatoire River, Trinidad, Colorado with crowds of spectators lining the Commercial Street bridge. The bridge has stone balustrade and five cast iron lamps with white glass spherical globes on each of the four arms. Muddy...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Railroad tracks under water, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. Rail tracks in the foreground end abruptly where the flood washed out the ground, and a harp switch stand sits at the edge of the new precipice. The Purgatoire River curves outside of the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- September, 1904
- Trinidad flood
- View of the 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. Scene includes a railroad bridge and a railroad passenger car lying on its side, half buried in mud. People walk on the bridge and in the surrounding area. Rail tracks and ties are draped over...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- September, 1904
- Trinidad flood
- View of the river and mudflats from the 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. A half destroyed, one story adobe structure hangs over the washed out bank of the Purgatoire River, its inner walls and floor boards exposed to view. Behind is a...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- September, 1904
- Trinidad flood
- View of the 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado, with the ruin of a riveted steel structure (possibly a suspension bridge). Tree trunks, wood and mud are jammed into its uprights in the background. Two women in dark shawls (possibly nuns) stand...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- September, 1904
- Trinidad flood
- View of flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado; shows wreckage of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad bridge and trees on the banks of the Purgatoire River. Scene includes the western wall of the Trinidad Water Works.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- Sept. 1904
- Trinidad flood
- Flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado, 1904, shows the ruin of a riveted steel structure (possibly a suspension bridge) lying half buried in mud. People walk on the sandbars up and down stream from the wreckage. Freight cars, sheds and Denver and Rio...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- September, 1904
- Trinidad flood
- View of flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. Scene includes rails and ties draped over the washed out bank of the Purgatoire River and pilings of a destroyed bridge. People crowd on the banks and sit in the crossbeam power poles, perhaps doing...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- Sept. 1904
- Trinidad, Colo. river at flood stage
- View of the flooding Purgatoire River, Trinidad, Colorado with crowds of spectators lining the Commercial Street bridge. The bridge has stone balustrade and two cast iron lamps with white glass spherical globes on each of the four arms. Muddy river...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Looking up the river from Lower Bridge South Arkansas
- View of the Purgatoire River, in early Trinidad, Colorado. A man standing in the foreground looks towards the wooden suspension bridge that crosses the river. The town scene in the background includes clapboard buildings, tents and covered wagons.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Suspension bridges--Colorado--Trinidad.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Trinidad from the air
- Aerial view of Trinidad, Colorado, looking north. Centering on the southeast part of town, this image spans the area between Reservoir Hill and the Purgatoire River.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Trinidad panorama
- View of the north side of Trinidad, Colorado, looking northwest at dwellings, streets and commercial buildings. Retaining walls are along the Purgatoire River and the downtown area is in the distance. Streetcar poles are along Pine Street, and...
- Fisher's Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Trinidad, Colorado Fisher's Peak
- Panoramic view of Trinidad, Colorado, looking northeast at frame and adobe dwellings and commercial buildings. Retaining walls are along the Purgatoire River. Fisher's Peak is in the background.
- Fisher's Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Cardenas Hotel
- 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. People stand on the rails and ties of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad that hang over the washed out banks of the Purgatoire River. The Cardenas Hotel, a two story, mission style structure...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Cardenas Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)
- September, 1904
- Cardenas Hotel - Trinidad
- Exterior view of the Fred Harvey Cardenas Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. This two story, mission style structure features an arcaded porch that borders the entire front side of both wings of the ell shaped building. The gabled terra-cotta roof of...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Cardenas Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1930-1940.
- Nov 1933
- Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado
- Reproduction of a lithograph printed in the Spring 1888, Illustrated Supplement of the Bent County Democrat, includes a map of Las Animas and individual drawings of some of the landmark buildings, ranches and farms by Ricker & Murphy, Del. Eastern...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Western History Subject Index
- Purgatoire River
- Western History Subject Index
- Purgatoire river
- Western History Subject Index
- Purgatoire river
- Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado
- Reproduction of a lithograph printed in the Spring 1888, Illustrated Supplement of the Bent County Democrat, includes a map of Las Animas and individual drawings of some of the landmark buildings, ranches and farms by Ricker & Murphy, Del. Eastern...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1880-1890--Aerial views.; Las Animas (Colo.)--1880-1890--Maps.;
- [between 1960 and 1970]