Del Rio, Butch's bank building, Rockland,, and more

Thing of the past ...
Dolores, Colo., early 1930s, Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, from Nina Heald Webber Southwest Colorado Collection, Center for Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College. 

Thing of the past ...
Drug store in downtown Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published: 2016-02-04.
Headings:
- United States--Colorado--San Miguel County--Telluride
- America
- Mining towns
- Downtowns
- Butch Cassidy
- Paul Newman
Genre: Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes:
- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- This building was once the San Miguel Valley Bank, site of the first bank robbery in 1889 by Butch Cassidy, a colorful outlaw made famous 80 years later in the Hollywood movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," in which Paul Newman depicted Cassidy.
- 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- 35842 (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 35842 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.35842
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017686325 

 Thing of the past ...
Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota by the FSA (Farm Security Administration), to harvest and process sugar beets under contract with the Inter-mountain Agricultural Improvement Association
Created / Published:1943 May.
Headings
- Mexicans--Employment--1940-1950
- Migrant agricultural laborers--1940-1950
- Railroad trains--1940-1950
- Sugar industry--1940-1950
- United States
Genre:Safety film negatives
Notes:
- Title and other information from print in lot.
- 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: owibatch6
- Film copy on SIS roll 0, frame 0.
- pp/aipsh
Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-USW33- 031868-C [P&P] LOT 906 (Location of corresponding print.) (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 8e01498 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8e01498
Library of Congress Control Number:2017872351

Thing of the past ...
Women's march
Date:January 1914.
Mounted members of the Colorado National Guard disperse men and women participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, near the Post Office on Main Street in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado.
Condition: corner of postcard torn, piece missing. Formerly F21802. Postcard stamp on back. Printed on back of postcard: "AZO". Title and "Trinidad" hand-written on back of postcard.
Denver Public Library Special Collections 

Thing of the past ...
Scene in school room in community building. San Luis Valley Farms, Colorado
Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
Created / Published: 1939 Oct.
Headings: - United States--Colorado--San Luis Valley
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: usf34batch3
- Film copy on SIS roll 21, frame 691.
Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
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 

Thing of the past ...
University of Northern Colorado gymnasium
between 1905 and 1920
Women exercise in the gymnasium at the University of Northern Colorado (formerly known as the State Normal School, Colorado Teacher's College, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State College) in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County.
From: The Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library 

Thing of the past ...
Cavalry remnant of "Meeker" massacre 1. Buckskin - 2. Pe-Ve-Ge - 3. Nanice - 4. Severo / / F. Gonner, photo.
Photograph shows Ute men in traditional dress on horseback in front of teepees.
Gonner, F. (Frank), photographer
Created / Published: [Colorado], [1904]
Headings:
- White River Massacre, Colo., 1879
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Colorado--1900-1910
- Ute Indians--Colorado--1900-1910
- Warriors--Colorado--1900-1910
- Horseback riding--Colorado--1900-1910
- Tipis--Colorado--1900-1910
Genre: Photographic prints--1900-1910
Notes:
- H43325 U.S. Copyright Office.
- Title from item.
- Publication date based on copyright statement : "Feb. 27, 1904."
Medium:1 photograph : gelatin silver print on cardboard mount ; sheet 38 x 45 cm, mount
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 13010 [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: ds 06801 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.06801
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015645526 

Thing of the past ...
About 1875
Georgetown Colorado
A parade in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Sixth (Alpine) Street. The parade is led by two men on horses wearing ribbons on their chests, followed by a brass band lead by a uniformed drum major, carriages, and mounted flagbearers. Men, women, and children watch from the board sidewalks; one man leans on a crutch. A man on the corner carries a walking stick and wears a boater. The storefront behind him displays photographs and a triangular display case. The Cushman Block is on the left; the schoolhouse, built in 1874, is further down the street.
Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library 

Thing of the past ...
Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge motor car number 6
Creator: Richardson, Robert W.
Date: 1952
Motor car, from front end, close view; Work Goose switching gondola. (The Work Goose never carried passengers or freight. It was used in maintenance of way service.) Photographed: Dolores, Colorado, September 5, 1952. 

Thing of the past ...
Scene on the Western Slope of Wolf Creek Pass, Colo. Photo taken between 1907 and 1914. Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo., Publisher and Photographer. Nina Heald Webber Southwest Colorado Collection. Center for Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College.

Thing of the past ...
Lizard Head
McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957
Date: [1900-1910]
Rock formation Lizard Head on Lizard Head Pass, Colorado; copy of an original attributed to McClure.
Original Material Found in Collection
Louis Charles McClure papers, Denver Public Library Special Collections 

Thing of the past ...
Cascade on the Colo. Midland Ry.
Creator: McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957
Date: [1890-1919]
Cascade, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows dirt road leading past post office to Ramona Hotel, a three-story wooden frame hotel with surrounding porch, verandas on every floorand a Byzantine dome.
Louis Charles McClure papers 

Thing of the past ...
An-te-ro, war chief of the U-in-ta Utes
Hillers, John K., 1843-1925, photographer
Created / Published:[United States : publisher unnamed, 1874]
Genre:
Stereographs--1870-1880
Albumen prints--1870-1880
Notes:
- No. 112.
- Title from item.
- Forms part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.
- Forms part of series: Indians of the Colorado Valley, U-In-Ta Utes, living in the U-in-ta Valey, on the western slope of the Wasatch Mountains in Utah.
- Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997.
- Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.
Medium: 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen.
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 13577, no. 18 [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id:
stereo 1s01648 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s01648
stereo 2s01648 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.2s01648
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006676633 

Thing of the past ...
Typical Western family / Samuels & Mays, Meeker, Colo.
Created / Published: c1902.
Headings:
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1900-1910
- Ute Indians--1900-1910
- Families--Colorado--1900-1910
Genre:
Portrait photographs--1900-1910
Group portraits--1900-1910
Photographic prints--1900-1910
Boudoir card photographs--1900-1910
Notes:
- H22764 U.S. Copyright Office.
- No. 9.
- Title transcribed from item.
- Copyright by Samuels and Mays.
Medium:1 photographic print on boudoir card.
Call Number/Physical Location:LOT 12896 [P&P;]
Digital Id: cph 3c12566 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c12566
Library of Congress Control Number: 94516036 

Thing of the past ...
Dolores, Colo., Photo date between 1890 to 1910. View of Main Street in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado; shows snow, mud, businesses. Men and women pose on a boardwalk by storefronts and a sign: "Hotel."
Colorado Historical Society, Denver and Rio Grande collection.  

Thing of the past ...
Wild Flower Excursion, Colorado on Colorado Midland
Created / Published:[between 1912 and 1926

Headings:
- Railroads--1910-1930
- United States--Colorado
Genre:
Postcards--1910-1930
Notes:
- Title from item.
- Associated names: H.H.T. Co.
- Numbers printed on card: 4121.
- Source not identified.
Medium: 1 print : photomechanical print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
Call Number/Physical Location:PCRD 1 - Colorado, no. 4 [P&P]
Source Collection: Postcard filing series (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id:pcrd 1a01411 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pcrd.1a01411
pcrd 2a01411 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pcrd.2a01411
Library of Congress Control Number:2025663085  

Thing of the past ...
Grand Valley
Creator: Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
Denver & Rio Grande and Rio Grande Junction railroad depot and frame buildings in the town of Grand Valley (Parachute) in Garfield County, Colorado. Men stand near boxes, crates and milk jugs on the platform of the depot. A sign on the depot reads: "Western Union Telegraph & Cable Office." Girls or women are in the street near a horse-drawn wagon and a timber commercial building with signs that read: "Doll Bros and Smith, General Merchandise," "Gasoline, Polarine [?] Supplies." The "Grand Valley News" building is near a D.& R.G. freight car on tracks.
Date: [between 1910 and 1920?]
History Colorado, Original photographs collection

 

Thing of the past ...
Palmer Lake, 1912, Main Street, McIntyre's, edge of Pillsbury and Deer Park, and Rockland Hotel in background.

Thing of the past ...
Group of people posed with railroad car behind them, Denver, Colorado
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
Created / Published: 1903?
Headings:
- Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910
Genre: Photographic prints--1900-1910
Notes:
- Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.
Medium:1 photographic print.
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 9809 [item] [P&P]
Digital Id: cph 3c05571 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c05571
Library of Congress Control Number: 92515076

Mules, horses, oxen, locomotives, hotels, banks and more

 Thing of the past ...
Moving day
Date: [1895-1900]
Man and woman on horseback with possessions loaded on two pack horses on Columbia Avenue, Telluride, Colorado. Man in jacket and hat has rope tied to pack animals on left; woman on right has long skirt, short jacket, hat and handbag. One pack horse has a large trunk, box springs and full sacks, the other a rolled mattress, metal bed frame and suitcase. Street is lined with boardwalks, stone retaining wall on north side, and wood frame residences. Corner structure has a sign: "Police Court, Justice of the Peace;" a two-story house has a bay window, roof cresting, decorative shingles, and bargeboard.
Denver Public Library Special Collections

Thing of the past ...
Cache la Poudre Creek
Drawing shows a covered wagon, labeled "ILL," driven by two ox crossing a river in the mountains. On the far side of the river are two men by a fire, a covered wagon, and men standing and gesturing toward the wagon in the middle of the river. On the near shore men stand beside unhitched wagons, one labeled "Ohio," the other, "1859 Pikes Peak." An ox grazes lower right. This stream is located near present-day Ft. Collins, Colorado. Jenks arrived at camp 52 on Monday, May 30, 1859.
Jenks, Daniel A., 1827-1869, artist
Created / Published:1859.
Headings:
- Covered wagons--1850-1860
- Fords (Stream crossings)--Colorado--1850-1860
- Mountains--Colorado--1850-1860
- United States--Colorado--Cache la Poudre River
Genre: Drawings--American--1850-1860
Notes:
- Signed on left wagon: DAJ.
- Purchase, Ed Cox Americana fund (Madison Council), 2000 (DLC/PP-2001:050.9)
Medium: 1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, and crayon ; 18.3 x 25.5 cm. (sheet).
Call Number/Physical Location: DRWG/US - Jenks, no. 9 (AA size) [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: ppmsc 04814 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.04814
cph 3g09430 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g09430
cph 3c28892 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c28892
Library of Congress Control Number:2004661636

 

Thing of the past ...
After “the Great Fires” of 1896, residents of the district were anxious to show they had bounced back. The National Hotel was emblematic of the resurgence, rising like a Phoenix out of the ashes to prominence on Bennett Avenue. 

Thing of the past ...
South Park, & Mt. Lincoln
Six men in front of Dolly Varden mine, South Park, and Mt. Lincoln, Colorado.
Chamberlain, W. G. (William Gunnison), photographer
Chamberlain, W. G. (William Gunnison), publisher
Created / Published: Denver, Colorado : W. G. Chamberlain, [1878]
Headings:
- Mountains--Colorado--1870-1880
- Mining--Colorado--1870-1880
Genre:
Stereographs--1870-1880
Photographic prints--1870-1880
Notes:
- Title transcribed from item.
- Handwritten note on verso: Dolly Varden Mine.
- Series: Colorado Mountain Scenery.
Medium:
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 11975 [item] [P&P]
Repository:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: cph 3c10831 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c10831
Library of Congress Control Number: 94505155 

Thing of the past ...
Paradise guest ranch in Woodland Park, by postcard. 

Thing of the past ...
Marion Savage (Sabin), age 3, in front of the Rockland Hotel in Palmer Lake. 

Thing of the past ...
Unloading sugar beets from railroad cars, Loveland, Colorado
Photograph possibly taken during the fall 1901 inaugural season of the Great Western Sugar Company refinery at Loveland, Colorado. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)
Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published:[between ca. 1901 and ca. 1915]
Genre:Glass negatives
Notes:
- Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- Current, corrected title devised by Library staff, based on information from the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008.
- Original incorrect title "Coal cars and stored coal, Loveland, Co." from unverified 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
- Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163914346 External
Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-B2- 2408-13 [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 10472 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.10472
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014690455

Thing of the past ...
Keystone Placer Mine, sluice boxes
Creator: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
The Keystone Placer Mine in San Miguel County Colorado. Shows mining buildings and sluice apparatus.
Date: [between 1882 and 1900?]
Notes: Attribution to Jackson based on the photonegative's inclusion in the History Colorado William Henry Jackson Collection.; History Colorado.; Condition: glass plate chipped, emulsion scratched, pocked.; Formerly Jackson 2807.; Hand-lettered title on negative.; Number: "3202" hand lettered on negative.
History Colorado

Thing of the past ...
Stony Point on the Colorado Central road in Clear Creek Canyon.
___ William Henry Jackson

 

Thing of the past ...
Railroad station at Cimarron, Colorado
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Created / Published: 1940 Sept.
Headings:
- United States--Colorado--Montrose County--Cimarron
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 2414.
Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-USF34- 037556-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 & Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b26141 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b26141
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017787726 

 

Thing of the past ...
Perry Park, Colorado
Creator: McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957.
View of gambrel-roofed residence and barn (Perry Park Ranch) in Perry Park (Douglas County) near Larkspur, Colorado.
Date: [between 1900 and 1920?]
Notes: Glass plate with oxidation & stain.; Title from hand-written inventory.; R7000739235
Physical Description 1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 15 cm. (4 3/4 x 6 in.)
Is Part Of: L. C. McClure collection 1890-1935.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

 

Thing of the past ...
[Navajo hogan]
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
Created / Published: c1905.
Headings:
- Navajo Indians--Structures--1900-1910
- Dwellings--Southwestern States--1900-1910
- Indians of North America--Southwestern States--Structures--1900-1910
Genre:Photographic prints--1900-1910
Notes:
- Edward S. Curtis Collection.
- Curtis no. 1041-04.
- Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 1, p. 82.
Medium: 1 photographic print.
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 12311 [P&P;]
Digital Id: cph 3c05863 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c05863
Library of Congress Control Number: 92513323  

 

Thing of the past ...
Mills, Emma Gold Mining Co., Dunton, Colo., the Emma mill and boarding house
Summary: View looking down on a mining complex owned by the Emma Gold Mining Company shows both the "old" and the "new" mill, and the boarding house, Dunton, Dolores County, Colorado. The new mill is situated adjacent to the old mill, and the boarding house, with cooks posing in front, is a single story log cabin with chinking.
Date: [between 1880 and 1910?]
Notes: Formerly F48122.; Title hand-written on front of original.; R7100617361
Physical Description: 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on mat board ; 15 x 21 cm. (6 x 8 in.)
Source: Daniel Wenger, 1996.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library. 

 

Thing of the past ...
Cripple Creek District) Independence Station (after destruction by strikers) wrecked platform where 14 men were killed.
Summary: The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors has been broken out, torn shingles lie on the roof, a wall of the building has been broken down, and debris fills the exposed room. A sign reads "Independence" is on the building. Two women look in a broken window, two men lean against the building, and a group of men and women watch two workmen with shovels work near the train tracks.
Date: 1904
Notes "(See Collier's June 25-1904 similar photograph.) p. 11."; Formerly F10058.; Photoprint is dirty and has paper fragments glued to back.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint.; Vintage photographic print.; R7100095292
Physical Description 1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 10 x 11 cm. (4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Source Source: Luise Weiss, Holywood, Calif.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library. 

 

Thing of the past ...
On the Custer outlook
Edward S. Curtis (second from right) and four Apsaroke men, seated in half circle, their horses behind them.
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
Created / Published:c1908 July 6.
Headings:
- Curtis, Edward S.,--1868-1952
- Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910
- Crow Indians--1900-1910
- Horses--Montana--1900-1910
Genre:
Group portraits--1900-1910
Portrait photographs--1900-1910
Photographic prints--1900-1910
Notes:
- H113091 U.S. Copyright Office.
- Curtis no. 2763-08.
- Men identified by Library staff as: Goes Ahead (far left) and Chief Child (center).
- Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
Medium: 1 photographic print.
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 12320 [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 55296 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.55296
cph 3b14123 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14123
Library of Congress Control Number:2002722305 

 

Thing of the past ...
Title: Gillett, Colo. Store
Date: 1920-1940?
C.E. Butters, Althea B. Seirer and step-daughter in front of Butters' general store, in Gillett, Colorado, includes a partial view of a wood frame building with a pair of street level four-paned glass windows. The man is in suspenders, and the woman and girl wear hats, jackets and knickers. The boardwalk is in disrepair.
Denver Public Library Special Collections  

 

Thing of the past ...
Title: 1st Nat. Bank, 20 yrs. ago, A. H. Hunt, cash, at window
Creator: Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Date:: 1910-1920?
The First National Bank, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, features coffered wood ceilings and an ornate, three-windowed tellers box and brass footrails under writing shelves. A. H. Hunt, the cashier is behind beaded grating and another man stands in the background. Signs read: "Cashier," "Teller," "Next Window," and "Revenue Stamps for sale at This window."
H. S. Poley collection. Denver Public Library Special Collections. 

Colorado's historical development tied to Taos

 Home to Taos Pueblo 

people more than 1,000 years

 By Rob Carrigan, robcarrigan1@gmail.com

 Just back from Taos Pueblo, Place of the Red Willows. Home to Taos Pueblo people for more than 1,000 years, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as a National Historic Landmark. The tribe has its own government, land base, and municipality and have been there, continuously for the most part, for history as we know it.

Mariano Medina, born in Taos,  is widely credited with being the local Loveland area's first businessman and permanent resident. That area, mostly in Loveland city limits now, was like a lot of Colorado pre-goldrush ...  sparsely populated.  Dozens of other things Colorado-related have their history wrapped up in the fabric of Taos. Kit Carson, Fort Garland, Pueblo, other mountain men, and the development of state itself.

"Home to the Taos Pueblo people, also known in the indigenous language, Tiawa, as the Red Willow People. living on and with this land for time immemorial, the community continues to thrive in contemporary times.," says the Taos Pueblo visitor map.

 

"Starting with Pueblo Plaza, the captivation beauty of the Sangre de Christo mountain range and both adobe structures rising five stories, the North House, Hluamma, and South House, Hlaukwima are still lived in today. St. Jerome Church, built in 1850, and continues to be used by the community today. 

The ruins of the St. Jerome Church are the testimony resiliency of the community. Constructed in 1619, abandoned during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, and lastly bombed by the U.S. Calvary in 1847, the Red Willow Creek at the center of our village as a life source and a reminder of the fight for the return of our current land base. This space is kept within the adobe wall structure, once a barrier to enemy tribes, now to modernization."