Call NumberX-6668CreatorMilligan, Edward William, 1869-DateJuly 1928SummaryView of Arapahoe City, (Arapahoe, Arapahoe Bar) pioneer placer mining camp, the earliest town in Jefferson County, Colorado, organized in 1858; named for the Arapaho Indians; extensive gold dredging operations in 1904 left tailing dumps covering part of the site along Clear Creek; Table Mountain mesa top in distance with a road cut along the slope.Physical Description1 photonegative ; 8 x 14 cm (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectTailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Arapahoe CityArapahoe City (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710006668Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesFormerly M1606. Photoprint is a cropped copy of the photonegative. Photoprint is wrinkled and has red stains on it. Stamp on back of copy photoprint: "Photographed, printed or enlarged by J. H. Starr...."; Title and photographer hand-written on back of photoprint. R7100066683
Milligan, Edward William, 1869-, Site of Arapahoe Bar (July 1928). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 05/12/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1022478
