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- Grubbing and burning sagebrush on John Hick's homestead near Craig, Colo.
- Distant view of John Hick's homestead amidst sagebrush near Craig, Colorado; man & woman (in bonnet) clearing field of sage; small steep pitched wooden frame residence & outbuilding, background; burning uprooted sage.
- Hick, John--Homes and haunts.; Sagebrush--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Sagebrush Range below lake
- Sagebrush fills the landscape in an area below a lake, possibly Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado.
- Sagebrush--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1920.; Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Pajarito Park Roadway to cliff- trees & sagebrush in foreground
- View of a dirt road at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The road makes its way to a mesa through sagebrush and trees that dot the rocky desert landscape.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1920.; National parks & reserves--1910-1920.; Roads--New Mexico--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Mule deer by the edge of Medano Creek
- Mule deer stand in sagebrush in Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado. Shows grasses and tumbleweed.
- Mule deer--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1970-1990.; Sagebrush--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1970-1990.; Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Deer--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1970-1990.
- [between 1975 and 1981?]
- Concrete lined Vallejos Ditch, Costilla County, Colorado
- View of the concrete lined Vallejos Ditch, after the USDA. Ditch no. 5 Special Improvement Project for the Vallejos Ditch system in San Pablo (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a headgate in the irrigation ditch. Sagebrush and pinon covered hills...
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1960-1970.; Vallejos Ditch (Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Pablo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Irrigation canals & flumes.; Irrigation canals and flumes--Colorado--San Pablo--Pictorial works.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains...
- [1965]
- Acequia, Costilla County, Colorado
- View of an acequia (irrigation ditch), possibly part of the Vallejos Ditch system in the San Luis Valley in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows grass and weeds. A wooden headgate is in the ditch. Sagebrush and pinon covered hills and the Sangre de...
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1990-2000.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Irrigation canals and flumes--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Costilla County...
- [between 1990 and 2000?]
- Dirt road near Chama Canyon
- View of a dirt road near Chama Canyon, above Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows telephone poles, post and wire fences, sagebrush, chamisa, adobe buildings, and a bridge. A mesa or plateau is in the distance.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [1950]
- Adobe house
- View of an abandoned adobe house near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows an adobe brick building with a sod roof and door and window openings. Sagebrush and trees are nearby. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Adobe buildings.; Houses.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.
- [between 2005 and 2006?]
- A Mountain of shale on Conn Creek near De Beque
- Men, probably miners, stand and pose beside canvas tents near sagebrush and a barbed wire fence near De Beque and Conn Creek in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows layers of shale on a mesa.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mesas--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1918?]
- Shale mesas
- View of snow on a shale mesa in probably Garfield County or Mesa County, Colorado. Shows layers of shale, talus, rocks, and sagebrush.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mesas--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Roan cliffs outside of Rifle
- Men wear suits and stand on a valley floor near sagebrush outside Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Scree and trees are on Roan Cliffs in the distance.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Oil shale deposits near Rifle, Colo.
- A man wears a tie and stands near sagebrush in a valley below the Roan Cliffs near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows trees, scree, and layered shale on steep cliffs in the distance.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Valleys--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Haystack Mountain and plant site of the Mid-Continent Shale and Refining Co.
- Men stand beside a car on a dirt road near Haystack Mountain in Garfield County, Colorado. Sagebrush, a haystack, trees, a fence, and Parachute Creek are in the valley. Shows layered shale on the Roan Cliffs and talus on mesas near the plant site...
- Mid-Continent Shale and Refining Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Haystack Mountain (Garfield County,...
- [1920 August]
- Snow on shale cliffs
- Snow is on a hillside below layered shale cliffs in probably Mesa County or Garfield County, Colorado. Shows trees and sagebrush on the hillside.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Plant of the Continental Oil Shale Mining & Refining Co., Rio Blanco [County], Colo.
- View of a Continental Oil Shale Mining and Refining Company plant on a hillside near layered shale cliffs in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Shows a brick retort with timber scaffolding and ladders and a sign that reads: "The Colorado Continuous...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--Rio Blanco...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- A man stands on a footbridge with rope sides over the Colorado River in Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County), Colorado. Shows frame buildings at the hot springs and the Frank Byers ranch. The three-story "Willows" frame house is near a sagebrush...
- Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Oil Shale mountains near De Beque, Colorado
- View of a car, sagebrush, oil shale strata, and hills near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1920.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Hunters
- Hunters sit and pose on a sagebrush covered hillside beside pack horses that carry deer carcasses in probably western Colorado. Men wear hats and pose with deer skulls and antlers, and rifles.
- Deer hunting--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Pack animals--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- La Jara, Colo., All Saints
- Men pose in front of a gabled, log church in La Jara (Conejos County), Colorado. All Saints church has a gabled side entrance with a cross on the cornice, a shingled roof and a flared eve on one side of the building. Shows sagebrush around the...
- La Jara (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Churches--Colorado--La Jara--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--La Jara--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1895?]
- Gilsonite Vein, Bonanza Dist Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of a shallow, mined Gilsonite (trademark name for uintaite, a black lustrous asphalt) vein in the Bonanza District, either in Uintah County, Utah, or Rio Blanco County, Colorado; sagebrush surrounds the gash, with slag at left and right.
- Gilsonite--1910-1920.; Mining--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Gilsonite Veins, Bonanza Dist., Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of veins of Gilsonite (trademark name for uintaite, a black lustrous asphalt) in the Bonanza District, either in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, or Uintah County, Utah; a pathway leads to intermittent piles of uintaite slag marring the sagebrush...
- Gilsonite--1910-1920.; Mining--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Sand Dunes, near Alamosa, Colo.
- View across sand ripples and scattered sagebrush to giant wind swept dunes in the Great Sand Dunes in the San Luis Valley in Colorado. The Sangre de Cristos are covered with light snow in the distance
- Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dunes--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1910-1920.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colo.
- View across sagebrush and prairie towards James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colorado; man standing next to log cabin, horse- drawn wagon, three logs forming tripod or winch.
- Kilpatrick, James--Homes and haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Prairies--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Undeveloped land west of Craig, Colo.
- View across prairie & sagebrush, west of Craig, Colorado.
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Prairies--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Parade entry, Flower Carnival
- Well dressed men and women wearing fedora or flowered hats, carry white parasols and pose in a horse drawn buggy draped in sprigs of sagebrush (artemesia), and other flowers, during the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parades &...
- July 4, 1906
- O. H. Bryan, 2 year homestead
- View of the O. H. Bryan two-year homestead, probably near Craig, Colorado; shows cultivated fields, baled grain, and sagebrush.
- Bryan, O. H.--Homes & haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Homesteading--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Distant town w/ horses
- View of a town amid the sagebrush in an unidentified town possibly in Colorado. Corral of horses and riders congregate outside of the town next to racetrack.
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1900-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Racetrack & town
- View of an unidentified town amid sagebrush, possibly in Colorado. Corral of horses and riders congregate outside of the town next to racetrack.
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1900-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Spring Creek party at Great Divide barbecue
- Women, men and children, most in hats, gather around a picnic blanket at Great Divide (Moffat County), Colorado. Shows young children and a baby in a baby carriage, wagons and sagebrush. John A. Breach kneels, he holds his cup upside down. He wears...
- Great Divide (Colo.)--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Great Divide--1910-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Great Divide--1910-1920.; Breach, Glen T.; Breach, John A.; Breach, Susannah.
- 1917
- Broad valley & town
- View of a valley in southwest Colorado; shows sagebrush fields.
- Valleys--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Mt. Sopris
- View of Mount Sopris, fenced hayfields, and sagebrush, in Pitkin County, Colorado.
- Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- House & road in valley w/ mountains beyond
- View of sagebrush fields, a dirt road, and a house, probably in Colorado or Utah. Jagged, sawtoothed mountains and bluffs are in the background.
- Houses--1920-1940.; Roads--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Mountain cabins
- Resort cabins in sagebrush, yucca, and cedar trees, probably in Colorado in Utah. Number on the door reads: "9."
- Cabins--1920-1940.; Resorts--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- D&RGW scenic points Dotsero Cutoff survey
- View of the Eagle River, fields of sagebrush, and hills, in Eagle County, Colorado. A farmhouse and outbuildings are near the water.
- Dotsero Cutoff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Eagle County--1930-1940.; Rivers--Colorado--Eagle County--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Colorado cattle on the range
- View of cows grazing in (possibly) San Luis Valley, Colorado; sagebrush meadow in valley with Sangre de Cristo Range in distance; irrigation ditch in foreground.
- Beef cattle--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Second Canon of Yellowstone from upper end
- A man sits in sagebrush in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming and looks at the entrance to a canyon identified as the Second Canyon of the Yellowstone and the Yellowstone River.
- Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1878]
- Pony Express Riders
- Uniformed Boy Scouts of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, pose with bicycles; some equipped with horns and lamps. Men in cowboy hats, shirts and bandanas are with them; Governor Ralph L. Carr, in a suit and white Homburg hat, holds a scarf. The...
- Boy Scouts of America--1930-1940.; Brush (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1930-1940.
- June 29, 1939
- Castle Valley, Utah
- View of log buildings, a tent, and sagebrush at possibly Castleton in Castle Valley (Grand County), Utah. Parriott Mesa, Castle Rock, and Priest and Nuns rock formations are in the distance. A sign on a building with a grass roof reads, "General...
- Castle Rock (Grand County, Utah)--1900-1910.; Castle Valley (Utah)--1900-1910.; Grand County (Utah)--1900-1910.; Parriott Mesa (Utah)--1900-1910.; Priest and Nuns (Utah)--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Utah--Grand County--1900-1910.; Mesas--Utah--Grand...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- The Terrible Mine's mill
- View of the dilapidated mill for the Terrible Mine located in the Griffith Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a canyon, sagebrush and hills.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Terrible Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mills--Clear Creek--1960-1970.; Mining--Clear Creek--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Clear Creek--1960-1970.
- 1968 April
- The Terrible Mine's mill
- View of the dilapidated mill for the Terrible Mine located in the Griffith Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a canyon, sagebrush and hills.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Terrible Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Clear Creek--1960-1970.; Mills--Clear Creek--1960-1970.; Mining--Clear Creek--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Clear Creek--1960-1970.
- April 1968
- Virginia City, Nevada
- Panoramic view of buildings in Virginia City (Storey County), Nevada. Shows frame houses and probably mine buildings, brick commercial buildings, and churches with steeples. Horse-drawn wagons are on dirt roads near sagebrush covered hillsides and...
- Virginia City (Nev.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nevada--Virginia City--1860-1870.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Virginia City--1860-1870.; Mining--Nevada--Virginia City--1860-1870.; United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel...
- [between 1867 and 1868?]
- "Badlands" on Wind River, Wyo.
- Panoramic view of sedimentary rock formations identified as "Badlands", probably in Fremont County, Wyoming. Shows layered strata on steep rock hillsides. Sagebrush and grass are on sandy, barren ground.
- Badlands--Wyoming--Fremont County--1870-1900.; Fremont County (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Fremont County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Mining site
- Men sit and pose on a porch of an adobe or stone building. A mine building, headframe, and smokestack are near deteriorated stone buildings, possibly in Nevada. Sagebrush and grass are on rocky hillsides.
- Houses--Nevada--1860-1890.; Mining--Nevada--1860-1890.; United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (1867-1881)
- [between 1867 and 1890?]
- View near head of Conejos River, Col.
- Panoramic view of tents and a camp near the Conejos River in Conejos County, Colorado. The river has islands between channels. Sagebrush and trees are nearby and the foothills of the San Juan Mountains are around the valley.
- Conejos County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Conejos River (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1874
- Park near head of Conejos canon, Col.
- Panoramic view of a valley and the Conejos River in Conejos County, Colorado. Shows a camp with tents, a pack horse and smoke from a fire. Trees and sagebrush are in the valley and rocky cliffs are nearby in the San Juan Mountains.
- Conejos County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Conejos River (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys...
- 1874
- Ruins in ancient pueblo of San Juan, Colorado [sic]
- A man stands beside stone and adobe Native American Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) ruins, Salmon Ruins, near Bloomfield (San Juan County), New Mexico. A man's jacket hangs on a ruin wall and a ruler is on the ground near a box of possibly supplies....
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Salmon Ruins (N.M.)--1870-1880.; San Juan County...
- 1874
- Group of cowboys and their horses, Sheridan, Wyo.
- Cowboys pose on or beside a herd of horses in Sheridan (Sheridan County), Wyoming. The men wear woven shirts, vests, ties or neckerchiefs, cowboy hats and cowboy boots. Saddles have lassos. A man is in a wagon near unsaddled horses in a sagebrush...
- Sheridan (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Cowboys--Wyoming--Sheridan--1890-1900.; Horses--Wyoming--Sheridan--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- Yellow Creek round up
- Cowboys pose near a herd of horses on a hillside in Rio Blanco County, Colorado near Yellow Creek. The men are on horseback or stand nearby and wear cowboy hats, jackets, boots with spurs, chaps, gloves and carry lariats. Horses are in a temporary...
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Corrals--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco...
- 1911
- Movie train
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 453, a tender and a baggage car used in the movie, "Three Young Texas," near Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. A harp motif adorns the locomotive head lamp. Shows sandstone boulders and sagebrush.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.
- [1953 August 24]
- View near Steamboat Buttes
- View of hogbacks on sagebrush covered hills near what is identified as "Steamboat Buttes," probably Steamboat Rock in Larimer County, Colorado.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buttes--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.; Cuestas--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]