Things of the past ... Pikes Peak to Big Thompson Flood

Thing of the past ...
Station & observation - summit of Pikes Peak]
Photograph shows Albert James Myer, holding binoculars, and another man standing outside a stone observation station on Pikes Peak, Colorado.
Created / Published[between 1865 and 1880]
Headings:
- Myer, Albert James,--1829-1880
- United States.--Weather Bureau--Buildings--1870-1880
- Meteorological stations--Colorado--Pikes Peak--1870-1880
- Stone buildings--Colorado--Pikes Peak--1870-1880
- Meteorology--Colorado--1870-1880
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880
Genre: Albumen prints--1870-1880
Notes: - Title from item.
Medium:1 photographic print : albumen, on card.
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 11659 [item] [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: cph 3c37696 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c37696
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008677143

Thing of the past ...
Long's Peak (14,271 ft.) Continental Divide, S. from Estes Park, Colo.
Underwood & Underwood, publisher

Created / Published:[1910]
Headings:
- Mountains--Colorado--1910
- Parks--Colorado--1910
Genre:
Stereographs--1910
Photographic prints--1910
Notes:
- No. (13)-10622.
- Title from item.
Medium:1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Call Number/Physical Location:STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE - Colorado -- Parks -- Rocky Mountain National [item] [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: stereo 1s11372 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s11372
Library of Congress Control Number: 2018647931

Thing of the past ...

Loveland Pass, Colorado. Sign on the Continental Divide indicating an elevation of 11,892 feet

Feininger, Andreas, 1906-1999, photographer

Created / Published: 1942 Nov.

Headings: - United States--Colorado

Genre:Nitrate negatives

Notes:

- Title and other information from caption card.

- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

- Temp. note: owibatch5

- Film copy on SIS roll 16, frame 1964.

Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location:LC-USW3- 043380-E [P&P]

Source Collection: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Repository:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Digital Id:fsa 8d35749 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d35749

Library of Congress Control Number:2017866068

Thing of the past...

Street scene in Monte Vista during potato shipping time, 1910 to 1920
More than twenty horse-drawn wagons loaded with potatoes are parked on a dirt street in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings and parked cars. Signs on buildings read: "Spearhead Plug Tobacco, " "Millinery, " "Rooms, " "Dry Goods, " "J.C. Bushinger Clothing Hats Furnishings & Shoes, EST. 1891."
Colorado Historical Society, Denver and Rio Grande collection

Thing of the past

Main Street, Grand Junction,
Dean, Frank E., photographer. Between 1920 and 1930
View of commercial buildings and cars parked on Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, an electric streetcar and tracks, stone and brick one and two-story buildings, and the five-story First National Bank building with modollions on the cornice and a flagpole on the roof. Signs on businesses read: "Victrolas, " "The A.M. Harris Stores Co. Ladies Ready-To-Wear, " "The Chocolate Shop, " and "Sporting Goods." Colorado Historical Society, subject file collection       

Thing of the past ...

[Sixteenth] 16th St. up from Larimer St.
William Henry Jackson, photographer, 1900 to 1910
Rooftop view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians, trolley cars, and a horse-drawn wagon are on the street.
Colorado Historical Society, William Henry Jackson Collection.

 

 

Thing of the past ...

Long's Peak from Mont Alto, Colorado

Detroit Photographic Co.

Created / Published:c1901.

Headings:

- Mountains

- United States--Colorado--Longs Peak

Genre:

Photochrom prints--Color

Notes:

- Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co.

- Title from item.

- Title on inventory list: Long's Peak from Mont Alto.

- Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53153".

- Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection.

- More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Medium:

1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.

Call Number/Physical Location:LOT 13923, no. 201 [item] [P&P]

Repository:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Digital Id:ppmsca 18009 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18009

Library of Congress Control Number:2008678209

 

Thing of the past ...
Colorado, Estes Park Odessa Lake and outlet.
Clatworthy, Fred Payne, 1875-1953, photographer
Created / Published: c1911 October 13.
Headings:- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1920
Genre:Photographic prints--1910-1920
Notes:
- J161531 U.S. Copyright Office.
- Title from item.
- Copyright deposit; F.P. Clatworthy; 1911.
Medium:1 photographic print.
Call Number/Physical Location:LOT 3750 [item] [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ppmsca 35616 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.35616
Library of Congress Control Number:2013648254

 

Thing of the past ...

From the David McComb Big Thompson Flood Collection in the CSU Water Resources Archive.

On July 31, 1976, the Big Thompson Canyon flood devastated Loveland and the surrounding area, killing 143 people and causing untold injury and damage. It happened during the state of Colorado’s centennial celebrations, when 12-14 inches of rain fell over a four-hour period in the mountains below Estes Park, according to the USGS. 

 

Thing of the past ...
Crossing the timber line, Pike's Peak railway
Detroit Photographic Co.
Created / Published:[between 1898 and 1905]
Headings:
- Mountain railroads
- United States--Colorado--Pikes Peak
Genre:Photochrom prints
Notes:
- Title from item.
- Detroit Publishing Co. no. "0019".
- Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection.
- General information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Medium: 1 photomechanical print : photochrom.
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 13923, no. 7 [item] [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ppmsca 17815 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.17815
Library of Congress Control Number:2008676315 

Thing of the past ...
Glen Eyrie the first~1872
Four men and a dog are posing at a branch-fence, where one sits and whittles wearing a conductor's hat. The others stand, wearing bowlers and holding rifles, butts on the ground. Eagle Cliff and formations of the Garden of the Gods are in the background.; View of the original hunting lodge of William Jackson Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This high peak roofed frame structure has split-log roof and siding, a gabled entry with jigsawn eaves, and diagonal panes in the windows all around.
Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain views.
Source: Mrs. Carrie Morrison.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

 

Thing of the past ...
Dusk approaches along a dusty road in Sedgwick County, near Julesburg, Colorado]
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published:2014-11-07.
Headings:
- United States--Colorado--Sedgwick County--Julesburg
- America
- Dusk shots
- Rural scenes
Genre:
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes:
- Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer for similar image.
- Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Gift; Gates Frontiers Fund; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).
- Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Medium:1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-DIG-highsm- 33053 (ONLINE) [P&P]
Source Collection: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: highsm 33053 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.33053
Library of Congress Control Number:2015633068 

Thing of the past ...
Lincoln Schools (Structure Number 2), Eleventh Street & Fourth Avenue, Greeley, Weld County, CO
Names:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Westberg, O E
Kenichi, Hikida, photographer
Lewis, William S, historian
Kelm, Walter O, historian
Created / Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
Headings:
- schools
- brick buildings
- Mission Revival architectural elements
- Colorado -- Weld County -- Greeley
Notes:
- Significance: Part of the three existing Lincoln School structures which are locally significant as an unusual examples of Mission Style architecture exhibiting the Prairie School influence. They are the only known examples of this quality in the style in Greeley.
- Survey number: HABS CO-32
Medium:
Photo(s): 9
Data Page(s): 3
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Call Number/Physical Location: HABS COLO,62-GREEL,1-
Source Collection:Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Control Number:co0021

  Digital Id:ppmsca 78031 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.78031

 

 

Thing of the past ...
Aerial view of the United States Air Force Academy, El Paso County, Colorado] / MST.
Trikosko, Marion S., photographer
Created / Published:8/0/1958 [August 1958]
Headings:
- United States Air Force Academy--Buildings.
- Military academies--Colorado--El Paso County--1950-1960.
- Mountains--Colorado--El Paso County--1950-1960.
- Colorado--El Paso County
Image:
Film negatives--1950-1960.
Notes:
- Title devised by Library staff.
- Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 1510Q, 15.
- Related log book caption from USN&WR COLL - Job no. 1510: "USAF academy 8/0/1958 MST."
- Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Medium: 1 photograph : safety negative ; film width 35mm (roll format)
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-U9-1510Q- 15 [P&P]
Source Collection: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id:ppmsca 78031 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.78031
Control Number:2023630565

 

Thing of the past ...
Fourteen thousand feet above the sea, Pike's Peak, Colorado, U.S.A.
Created / Published:[1894]
Headings: - Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900
Genre:
Stereographs--1890-1900
Photographic prints--1890-1900
Notes:
- No. 34504-Z.
- Title from item.
Medium: 1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Call Number/Physical Location: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE - Colorado -- Peaks -- Pike's [item] [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: stereo 1s11398 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s11398
Library of Congress Control Number: 2018647523 

Thing of the past ...
"I helped to build Pike's Peak Railroad myself."
Created / Published:[1894]
Headings: - Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900
Genre:
Stereographs--1890-1900
Photographic prints--1890-1900
Notes:
- No. 24994-Z2.
- Title from item.
Medium: 1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Call Number/Physical Location: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE - Colorado -- Peaks -- Pike's [item] [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id:stereo 1s11403 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s11403
Library of Congress Control Number:2018647528

Mouse becomes a symbol of defiance

"Montrose Mouse" artwork adopted as symbol of small-town defiance.

 Rodent with high-handed message

By Rob Carrigan, robcarrigan1@gmail.com

Nearly a half century ago now— a defiant rodent with a high-handed message for a much larger eagle on attack, became a symbol of a small town which dared to defy the bureaucracy and was adopted by the City of Montrose. And so, The Montrose Mouse was born.

 "Thirty-five years ago, a mouse defiantly raising a middle finger toward an eagle swooping down on him became a potent symbol of a small town standing up to the Washington bureaucracy," wrote Nancy Lofholm of The Denver Post. in April 19, 2012 edition.

"The mouse, which eventually was toned down with a raised fist rather than a flip of the bird, turned up on everything from lapel pins and banners to city stationery and the doors of city vehicles as Montrose fought President Jimmy Carter’s plan to kill a dam project in the Uncompahgre Valley."

"Montrose won out. The Dallas Creek Project was built. And the popular mouse eventually was retired, wrote Lofholm, years later.

"Now, the scrappy mouse is back, dusted off as a new symbol of civic strength and a come-on for tourists," she said in 2012.

"When the committee of Washington officials showed up for the hearing on the dam project in the 1970s, they were greeted with mouse flags, people wearing mouse buttons and waving mouse signs and a large mouse banner."

The modern version of the Montrose mouse was to be prominently displayed in a 12-foot-high sheet-metal sculpture raising a fist in front of the Oxbow Crossing shopping plaza along U. S. 550.

“I wanted to put that old ‘never give up’ attitude on display,” said Oxbow developer Matt Miles at the time. “It seems no one really wants to fight anymore.”

 According to Shirley Bradbury, of the Montrose Mirror:

 "A memorable art print you may remember from the late 60’s/early 70’s is called, "The Last Great Act of Defiance," showing a huge eagle swooping down with its razor sharp talons outstretched, a tiny mouse sitting there calmly, about to be snatched up for the eagle’s dinner, with its middle finger raised in the ultimate, albeit final, act of defiance in the face of certain death. This print was popular around the time of the Vietnam War, when there was a lot of discontent among the younger generation as they tried to come to terms with an unpopular war and the impact that it was having on their lives. It depicts the sentiment that even when circumstances are difficult and it looks as though there is no way out of a bad situation, standing up to your oppressor and letting them know how you feel until the last possible second is a sign of honor and pride. "

"Like that Mouse, a little town in Western Colorado found itself in a bad situation in the late 1970’s. The “Dallas Creek Project,” which had been approved, had funding allocated and had been in the talking stages for almost 30 years, was in danger of being dismantled by then-President Jimmy Carter as part of his federal budget “hit list”—a move that would have left Montrose with insufficient water for the future. Even though the voters agreed nine to one on the project, and were more than willing to pay their share of the project, the federal government was trying to end the project," explains Bradbury.

 "The “Montrose Mouse” was born from an idea by Kay Orton, exemplifying the spirit of the townspeople who said “No one is going to tell Montrose what to do!” It was an idea that rallied the entire town behind one cause, to make their voices heard in Washington. According to then-governor Richard Lamm, “(The Dallas Creek Project) … has been authorized by Congress, approved by past presidents, and monies have been appropriated for its construction. It is inconceivable … that it should be capriciously and arbitrarily terminated.” 

Bob Strong, who served as Mayor in 1977, told Bradbury, “The symbol of the mouse is appropriate. …Shabby and besieged, it will not submit to the domination of an unreasonable superior.” A show of support became a local phenomenon, according to Lamoine Brown, who was the Montrose director of community development at the time. In addition to badges, lapel pins, signs and banners, thousands of balloons printed with “Save the Dallas” were available all around town. It was hoped that a show of force, that “last act of defiance” exemplified by the Montrose Mouse, would have some influence over the presidential hearing. 

 Matt Miles, a local school boy back then and now a successful businessman with fond memories of the times, has recently commissioned a sculpture of the Montrose Mouse. When asked what inspired him to take on this project, Matt talked about the recent passing of Dr.Ted Dickinson, someone he had known and respected. When reading about Ted it just seemed appropriate to capture that symbolism, that idea of “NEVER give up!” Matt had been considering a new piece of site specific art, and the Montrose Mouse (mentioned in one of the articles about Ted) jumped out at him. Matt was inspired by the visionaries of past years, those who set up Montrose for long term success by ensuring quality water availability for both agriculture and residential use for many years to come. He did pose the question, “Did they really see that far ahead and know they were preparing Montrose for the future? Or did they just hate having Washington tell them what to do?”

 Maybe there was a bit of both – visionary and obstinacy – in their plan.
The Montrose Mouse sculpture will capture a bit of our local lore to serve as a reminder to us all of civic pride in action, and to show us how people before us worked together for the good of all. The sculpture will be a 12-foot tall sheet metal mouse with upraised fist (not the middle finger!) created by Wayne Brown and his team at Prospect Steel. Over the past 14 years, Prospect Steel has taken on several large art projects during times that construction work is slow – you can see their rose, antler and pine cone sculptures at Oxbow Crossing. According to Wayne, “This is my first mouse.”  

"During President Jimmy Carter’s administration, there were nine reservoir proposals to solve some of Colorado’s water problems. The president opposed the reservoirs, and seven of those proposals were denied, never to be built. Of the two that were not denied at the time, the Dolores reservoir was not built for at least 20 years after the initial proposal; but one reservoir, the Dallas (now known as Ridgway Reservoir) was supported by a tough group of creative Montrosians who were not about to take NO for an answer, even from the president. "

There was a “for show” presidential hearing held in Montrose on April 1, 1977, making a pretense of hearing what the residents had to say about the proposed reservoir. Apparently, hearings in several other communities had been disrupted by protesters with bullhorns. Jim Austin, who was city manager at that time, arranged for a band to be available outside the hearings; his plan was to have the band mingle amongst the protesters and start playing, if the protesters started getting disruptive. Montrose was not going to be bullied! "

Kay Orton, who worked for the city manager, decided to get things organized and boy, was she effective! Kay arranged for hundreds of tractors to be driven into town and parked outside the meeting at the Elks Lodge so they were visible from where the committee sat. She borrowed judges’ chairs from Denver that were particularly large and imposing, for the committee members. Some say the committee looked a bit like Edith Ann from the old Laugh-In TV show – feet dangling, chairs too big for them. The point was to make them look and feel small. It seemed to work. "

Historic Dallas City, Colorado was an extinct town in Ouray County, Colorado, located near the present-day town of Ridgway, according to Wikipedia. The town was also known as Dallas, and a community named Dallas Meadows now exists in the area. The Dallas post office operated from 1884 to 1899.

Kay commandeered a very large, heavy and solid walnut table, covered it in black velvet and set it in front of the committee’s chairs. Hallmark sent 5 solid gold ashtrays (remember, that’s when people smoked indoors) just for effect – people on the committee were seen to pick up the ashtrays, realize they were 14k gold, and nudge each other.
Behind the committee, very visible, was a banner of the Montrose Mouse – actually, everywhere you looked you could see the Montrose Mouse. Banners behind the witness chairs, every pole in town from the airport to the Elks Lodge; you couldn’t take a photo without getting the Montrose Mouse into the picture. (Jane Chamberlain was the artist behind the Montrose Mouse, though the creator of the original art is not known.) People all over town sported lapel pins and buttons with the Montrose Mouse, showing their support for their town, rallying for the cause. Bob Strong, who was Mayor at the time, remembers that most of the stores in town closed so people could attend the hearings.
Then-governor Richard Lamm and several state representatives were brought in as witnesses to the need for water in our part of Colorado. Elaine Barbour, the 1978 National Teacher of the Year from Montrose, brought in her students throughout the hearings to participate, making sure there were students in the front row at all times. The committee was effectively humbled.
After the hearing, people decided Montrose had to do something more to get President Carter’s attention and remove the Dallas Creek Project from his budget “hit list”. Somehow Kay acquired about 3,000 empty urine sample bottles and on April 1, 1977 (yes, April Fool’s Day) mailed them ALL to the president with a tag that read, “If you won’t let us store our own water, then would you please send us some! We need water in Colorado!” (FYI – it took a 3 cent stamp to mail each bottle.) Even now people laugh at the image of President Carter getting a desk full of urine bottles from Colorado with instructions to “fill it up” himself, if he didn’t plan on letting us get our own water.
One characteristic of President Carter – he was very sensitive to being laughed at. It seems this promotional stunt did get his attention.
"We enjoy the benefits of the outcome of this display of civic pride every day – the Dallas Reservoir was built, while seven others were not and one was delayed 20 years, thanks to a determined town that was not going to let even a president tell them they could not have the reservoir they needed. Instead of struggling for sufficient water over the years, our area has plenty of room for growth well into the future because of those imaginative and strong-willed people. " The Montrose Mouse became the unofficial mascot of Montrose for several years, even appearing on town stationery. Then in about 1980, members of the city council decided it was too undignified and irreverent to be the symbol of our city. Even though most of the banners, flags, buttons and lapel pins did not show the upraised middle finger on the mouse, people always remember the original print and mentally add it… Apparently many people wanted to keep the mouse as the official town mascot – petitions were signed and a Grand Mouse Parade was held to promote the icon. But political sensitivities prevailed, and we now have only a great memory of “The Montrose Mouse that Roared.”
The “Montrose Mouse” – also known as the “Mouse that gave the eagle the bird” – will be added to the city’s sculpture collection as a reminder of the spirit that made our town what it is today, and an exhortation to, as Matt Miles puts it, “Never, never NEVER give up!” The mouse has been updated and is now seen carrying a suitcase representing the Colorado Tourism Association, embodying the spirit of adventure and independence that has long characterized Montrose, Colorado, and its people.

 From the Montrose Press, June 3, 2016:

The Mouse was adopted by the City of Montrose as the symbol of a small town which dared to defy the bureaucracy. The idea was sparked by a cartoon, entitled “The Last Great Act of Defiance”, which pictured a small mouse making an obscene gesture at the large eagle swooping down on him. The City expressed its frustration through the character of the Mouse in 1977 when the federal government decided to hold hearings on water projects in the West. The Dallas Creek Project, which had been approved by the people of this valley by a 9-to-1 vote, was scheduled to be “heard” by federal representatives. The question was not one of water shortage nor of costs - the question was one of character.

The town insisted that its right of local self-determination was not a subject of state or federal concern. The Mouse personifies ordinary, small-town people united in a common bond to fight any encroachment upon their liberties. He stands shabby and besieged, yet determined not to   sacrifice his small-town values to the dominations of anonomous bureaucrats, or the self-righteous intrusion of special interest groups.

Following is an account by Samantha Wright,  of the The Watch,

"But for a cartoon mouse and 1,500 urine sample bottles, the Ridgway Reservoir may never have existed," wrote Wright.

"The unlikely story was one of many shared at a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Ridgway State Park last Friday, Aug. 8, at which people who were involved in the construction of the Ridgway Dam and Reservoir, as well as the state park that grew up around it, gathered to swap tales and tour the facility they had helped create over a quarter century ago," Wright says.

The diverse group of Bureau of Reclamation photographers, planners and engineers, State Park officials and construction workers likely wouldn’t have had a reason to gather, if not for the so-called Montrose Mouse, as Jim Austin, Montrose City Manager in the 1970s, recounted. 

"The Dallas Creek Project (as the Ridgway Dam and Reservoir was known at its inception), came along at the very tail end of the Colorado River Storage Project, initiated by an Act of Congress in 1956, that involved the construction of some of the biggest dams and reservoirs across the Colorado River Basin, including those at Glenn Canyon and Blue Mesa," in  Wright's version.

"One of the features of the act was that excess revenues from hydropower production at the more massive CRSP facilities could be used to help finance the construction cost of a number of smaller designated “participating projects.”

The Dallas Creek Project, long promoted by the downstream agricultural community of the Uncompahgre River Valley (and particularly Tri-County Water) as a potential “canteen” in which to store water for agricultural and drinking water purposes, was authorized by the feds a dozen years later in 1968 as a participating CRSP project. 

"At first, the project proposed to flood Pleasant Valley and inundate the town of Ridgway, and was (not surprisingly) opposed by many Ridgway residents. In 1975, the site of the proposed dam was shifted downstream, where the reservoir would instead flood sparsely populated ranch land north of town. "

"(Thus Ridgway residents coined their own nickname: "The Town that Refused to Die."'

Galloping Goose on trestle between Placerville and Ridgway near Dallas Divide.

Things of the past ... Mesa Verde to Fort Morgan

 Thing of the past ...

"Dismantled towers, and turrets broken," Cliff Palace in the Mesa Verde, Colo., U.S.A., on line R.G. & S.R.R.

Created / Published:c1898.

Notes:

- Copyright by 1898, by B.L. Singley; Keystone View Co. (no. 8014).

- This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

- Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Indians Camps...; Colo. Mesa Verde; Shelf.

Medium: 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.

Call Number/Physical Location:

STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE - Colorado--Parks--Mesa Verde [item] [P&P]

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id: stereo 1s11350 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s11350

cph 3b07544 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b07544

Library of Congress Control Number:2004679783

Thing of the past ...
Tourists looking for Indian hieroglyphic pointed out by ranger, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Created / Published:1939 Aug.
Headings
- United States--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park
- Mountains, tourists--Colorado
Genre:Nitrate negatives
Notes:
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-USF33- 012347-M4 [P&P] LOT 615 (Possible associated group of images)
Source Collection: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8a26855 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a26855
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017740645

Thing of the past ...
Arch at Denver, Colo.
Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published: [no date recorded on caption card]
Headings: - Denver,Colo
Genre:Glass negatives
Notes:
- Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
- General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location:LC-B2- 39-15 [P&P]
Source Collection: Bain News Service photograph collection
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ggbain 00212 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.00212
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014680210

 

Thing of the past ...
Mrs. Helen L. Grenfell
Photograph shows Helen Loring Grenfell, a Colorado school superintendent. In 1920 she was a candidate for delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017)
Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published: [between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
Genre: Glass negatives
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
- Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-B2- 5203-5 [P&P]
Source Collection: Bain News Service photograph collection
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ggbain 30555 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.30555
Library of Congress Control Number:2014710712

 

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County road, Ft. Morgan, Colo.
Photograph shows groups of men in three automobiles crossing a dirt road.
Created / Published: [between ca. 1900 and ca. 1920]
Headings:
- Dirt roads--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1900-1920
- Automobiles--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1900-1920
Genre:
Photographic prints--1900-1920
Notes:
- Fort Morgan Drug Co., Fort Morgan, Colo.
- Title from item.
Medium: 1 photographic print.
Call Number/Physical Location: SSF - Roads -- Colorado [item] [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: cph 3a19689 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a19689
Library of Congress Control Number: 2012649625        

 

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Threshing grain, San Luis Valley Farms, Alamosa, Colorado
Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
Created / Published: 1939 Oct.
Headings:
- United States--Colorado--Alamosa
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes:
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at

 

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Fog adds to the winter chill above and surrounding Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published: 2016-02-05.
Headings:
- United States--Colorado--Routt County--Steamboat Springs
- America
- Fog
Genre: Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes:
- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Gift; Gates Frontiers Fund; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).
- Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Medium: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-DIG-highsm- 36902 (ONLINE) [P&P]
Source Collection: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: highsm 36902 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.36902
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017687061 

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Residential district of Durango, Colorado. Durango is trading, shipping and distribution center of southwestern Colorado
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Created / Published: 1940 Sept.
Headings:
: - United States--Colorado--La Plata County--Durango
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes:
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch4
- Film copy on SIS roll 24, frame 2603.
Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location:LC-USF34- 037748-D [P&P] LOT 464 (corresponding photographic print)
Source Collection: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b26332 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b26332
Library of Congress Control Number:2017787929  

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A portion of what some call "the oldest building in the world" in Lamar, the county seat of Prowers County, Colorado
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published:2015-05-20.
Headings:
- United States--Colorado--Prowers County--Lamar
- America
- Petrified wood station
- W.G. Brown
- Roadside attractions
Genre:Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes:
- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- What's left of the old gas station gets its name because it is made of petrified wood, in effect, wood turned to stone, dating back 175 million years or so. Hoping to sidetrack tourists traveling along US 287 on their way through Lamar, Colorado to the Rocky Mountains, lumber dealer W. G. Brown built the one-of-a-kind structure in 1932. The station became a tire store in 1962 and as of this image (in 2015) was part of a used-car lot.
- Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Gift; Gates Frontiers Fund; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).
- Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Medium:1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-DIG-highsm- 32199 (ONLINE) [P&P]
Source Collection: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: highsm 32199 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.32199
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015632214

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Ennis House, North side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO
Other Title: Saint Elmo Historic District
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Ennis, James
Stark, Roy A
Ennis, Elizabeth M
Stark, Anthony J
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Thallheimer, Arnold, photographer
Glass, James A, historian
Created / Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
Headings:
- log cabins
- houses
- domestic life
- mining
- Colorado -- Chaffee County -- Saint Elmo (Historical)
Notes:
- Significance: A rarity among surviving log cabins at St. Elmo, this cabin illustrates the "Anglo-Western" type first used in the Plains Settlement and later brought to Rocky Mountain mining camps. Unlike other St. Elmo log cabins of the 1880's with high-pitched gable roofs and plank gables, the Ennis Cabin is totally constructed of logs below the eaves and has a low-pitch roof. Its construction suggests the absence of a saw mill, but mills appeared in 1880, and tax assessment records show no improvements on the site before 1885.
- Survey number: HABS CO-163
- Building/structure dates: ca. 1885- ca. 1890 Initial Construction
Medium:Photo(s): 1
Data Page(s): 3
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Call Number/Physical Location: HABS COLO,8-STEL,32-
Source Collection: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Control Number: co0337 

 

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Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse were contracted to construct the world's first commercial transmissions of high-pressure electricity. The hydroelectric plant produced alternating current (AC) instead of direct current (DC).
L.L. Nunn power station, Ames, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows a side gable structure with lean-to additions, board and batten construction and uneven board roofline. A large stack of lumber is piled in front of the power station below the Gold King mine. Nunn, a lawyer, was hired to represent the financially troubled mine that could not turn a profit due to high cost of fuel and 12,000 foot altitude. He came up with the idea to use the San Miguel River to power an electrical power plant.
Source L.L. Nunn : a memoir / Stephen Bailey. Ithaca, NY, 1933.

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[Main Street, Creede, Colorado]
Photo shows the main street at the mouth of Willow Creek Canyon. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
Feininger, Andreas, 1906-1999, photographer
Created / Published: 1942 Dec.
Headings:
- World War, 1939-1945
- Mountains
- Streets
- United States--Colorado--Creede
Genre:Transparencies--Color
Notes:
- 12002-62.
- Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
- General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
- Title devised by Library staff. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption misidentifed the view as "Lead mine, Creede, Colo."
- Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179914856 External
Medium: 1 transparency : color.
Call Number/Physical Location:LC-USW36-456 [P&P]
Source Collection: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information color slides and transparencies collection (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsac 1a34857 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34857
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017878855