Call NumberP-2000CreatorPoley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)Date1894SummaryCaptain Smith's Deputy Army Veteran Company pose at Camp Boynton in Beaver Park, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado. A row of men kneel behind a dirt barricade, another row of men stand behind them, all hold rifles. Two cooks with aprons and pans sit on the barricade. The army, mostly sheriffs and former policemen, assembled to suppress the first mining strike in the district.Physical Description1 photoprint on mat board ; 12 x 20 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894Cripple Creek (Colo.)Barricades--Colorado--Cripple CreekCooks--Colorado--Cripple CreekMilitias--Colorado--Cripple CreekMiners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple CreekSmith, Captain--StaffGeographic AreaCripple Creek (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700172000Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromH. S. Poley.Original Material Found in CollectionC Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.Poley's perfection views.NotesPhotographer's information printed on back of print with: "Omaha, Chicago, Denver, Kan. City, Great Rock Island Route, Best Line Between Chicago and the Rockies. Solid Vestibuled Trains and Through Dining Cars."; Printed on front of print: "Camp Boynton Beaver Park". Title printed on front of negative. Vintage photographic print. Written on back of print: "The deputy army in the First Strike, Cripple Creek District."; R7001720001
Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley), Capt. Smith's Veteran Company, Insley Guards: Major N. E. Insley [graphic] (1894). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 09/06/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1046872
