Call NumberCPHOTO141-2024-1581CreatorJessen, KennethDateJuly 31, 2019SummaryExterior view of a row of abandoned stone houses. Physical Description1 digital file : colorBorn-Digital or AnalogBorn-digitalSubjectDwellings--Colorado--EnglevilleAbandoned buildings--Colorado--EnglevilleGeographic AreaEngleville (Colo.)Las Animas County (Colo.)Finding Aidhttps://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/2088Type of MaterialDigital photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC PHOTO 141. Kenneth Jessen photo collectionNotesDerived title. Photographer's note: "Engleville, also called Engle, is located above Trinidad at the end of Engleville Road. It is one of the oldest coal camps in the area. Under the name Engle, the post office opened in 1882 and closed later that same year. It opened again the following year and remained in operation until 1913. A town plat for Engleville was filed in 1891. Located in a shallow valley near the mine, rows of company houses were built. Employment grew to more than 400 men. Originally, the Colorado Coal & Iron Company owned the town and the mine. In 1892, this company was consolidated into Colorado Fuel & Iron. The town was named for George Engle, first superintendent of the mines. The mines consisted of the Little Giant, Rope Road, Straight and Riffenburg. Total output was 1,200 tons a day, making it one of Colorado Fuel & Iron's highest producing coal mine groups. Various support buildings near the mines included a compressor house, blacksmith shop and machine shop. The highest percentage of ethnic groups were Italian followed by Spanish-speaking people. There were also several Slavic people and a few from Great Britain. The total population of Engleville in 1902 was estimated at 1,000. John Tarabino operated an independent store and a large saloon next door the store. He also acted as a bank, exchanging company scrip for cash. Fraternal organizations included the Knights of Pythias and the Red Men. Engleville also had an active Ladies' Benevolent Society. A library and reading room were located in a company house, which Colorado Fuel & Iron remodeled for that purpose. The town also had a two-story brick schoolhouse serving 35 students. Engleville is located on private property. Most of the structures can be seen and photographed from the county road. A side road leads to the Engleville Cemetery, and the tailings pile from one of the coal mines is evident to the south of the town site."DonorGift; Kenneth Jessen; 2020.
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Jessen, Kenneth, Row of stone homes, Engleville (July 31, 2019). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 13/05/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1826663
