50 Wonderful Photos of a Colorado River Raft Trip in 1980
This post was originally published on this siteHigh in the pristine Rocky Mountain wilderness of Colorado, the mighty Colorado River begins. The Colorado River is […]
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45 Fascinating Portrait Photos of People at Halloween Parties in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteHalloween parties in the 1970s were vibrant and often reflected the decade’s eclectic culture. People embraced creative and […]
Just Another Day on the Job in 1890
This post was originally published on this site“You kids these days don’t know what it means to streamgage! In my day, we used to sit […]
Marvelous Photographs of Young Women Working on Ski Resorts in Aspen in 1971
This post was originally published on this siteMost people’s notion of ski bum is a shiftless young male who spends most of his time searching […]
35 Wonderful Photos of Colorado in the Mid-1950s
This post was originally published on this siteColorado is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of […]
You Can Actually Visit Indiana Jones’ Boyhood Home in Colorado
This post was originally published on this siteMany don’t know, but Colorado is home to Indiana Jones himself. In Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, […]
Stage Entering Red Mountain Town, Ouray County, Colorado, ca. 1885
This post was originally published on this siteThis photograph of what appears to be an open-topped stage descending into Red Mountain was taken by legendary […]
The Elk Mountain Pilot Newspaper Office in Irwin, Gunnison County, circa 1880s
This post was originally published on this siteVolume 1, Number 1 of Irwin’s weekly newspaper The Elk Mountain Pilot was released on June 24, 1880. […]
B. Ware and I. Steele, Pawnbrokers, Ironton, 1886
This post was originally published on this siteThe traveling Western photographer Charles Goodman took this photograph of the cheekily-named pawnbrokers “B. Ware and I. Steele,” […]
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Train Running the Narrow Gauge Track Through the Animas River Canyon, ca. 1880s
This post was originally published on this siteDurango was built as a company town by the Denver and Rio Grande (D&RG) Railway in 1880 with […]
Go-Devil on the Little Bookcliff Railway, 1903
This post was originally published on this siteThe Go-Devil was a gravity driven rail car that ran on the Little Bookcliff (LBC) Railway from 1892, […]
Interurban Electric Train Between Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, 1911
This post was originally published on this siteBetween July 14, 1910, and October 31, 1928, there was a daily electric passenger train service between Fruita […]
The Mammoth Potato, the First Ever Viral Photo From 1894
This post was originally published on this siteThe words “mammoth” and “potato” do not often go together. But in 1894, W. L. Thorndyke, a news […]
Members of the Glenwood Springs Fire Department Posing in Front of the Hotel Glenwood, Colorado, circa 1888
This post was originally published on this siteThe Hotel Glenwood first opened its doors in 1884. It was financed in part by town founder Isaac […]
Tunnel Through Snowslide, Otto Mears’s Toll Road Between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado, 1888
This post was originally published on this siteThe effects of winter can be very long-lasting in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. A spring 1888 avalanche (snowslide) still […]
Vintage Photographs Capture Main Street in Grand Junction During the Operation Foresight Project, 1962
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1950s, Grand Junction was thriving due to the Uranium Boom. Growth was expected to rise, and […]
Storefronts on Colorado Avenue, Telluride, ca. 1890
This post was originally published on this siteThis vintage photo shows two of the storefronts in the Roma building on the 100 block of Colorado […]
Funny Snapshots of Fruita Union High School Graduation Antics, Colorado, ca. 1941
This post was originally published on this siteTexas native Ottis Littlejohn joined the Civilian Conservation Corps after he graduated high school in 1941, and was […]
Saw Pit Store, Colorado, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteThis photo was taken by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in September 1940, and titled […]
Cross-Country Skiers in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, ca. 1910
This post was originally published on this siteThis mixed group of men and women were photographed around 1910 in Animas Forks or Eureka demonstrating their […]
Miss Atomic Energy Competition, circa 1955
This post was originally published on this siteThroughout the 1950s, during the Cold War, the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) developed atomic energy projects […]
Grasshoppers Swarm a Downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, Storefront in Early Summer 1937
This post was originally published on this siteGrasshoppers like hot, dry weather. Some of the people who survived the 1930s on the plains have stories […]
The Story of Katherine McHale Slaughterback, Who Killed 140 Rattlesnakes Back in 1925 and Used Them to Make a Dress
This post was originally published on this siteKatherine McHale Slaughterback (July 25, 1893 – October 6, 1969), popularly called Rattlesnake Kate, was born to Wallace […]
Rare Vintage Photos of the Stanley Hotel, Stephen King’s Inspiration for ‘The Shining’, in 1921
This post was originally published on this siteStanley Kubrick’s film The Shining featured a very creepy hotel that was haunted. The actual hotel used for […]
33 Fascinating Pics That Defined ’70s Fashion Styles of Colorado’s Youth
This post was originally published on this siteFor women, the Hippie look of the mid-1960s carried over to the ’70s. Popular styles included bell bottom […]