Tomahawk & Western from Ticket to Tomahawk

Title: Tomahawk & Western R.R. (fictional name) # 1 named "Emma Sweeny" (Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 #20), flat car #21 (Denver & Rio Grande Western #1026, Caboose 0409 (Rio Grande Southern), combine 107 (D&RGW 212), Hermosa, Colo., above rd. x-ing on curve.
Creator(s): Richardson, Robert W.
Summary: A "Tomahawk &; Western Railroad" train (fictional railroad company), used in the movie "A Ticket to Tomahawk" travels near Hermosa (La Plata County), Colorado. The consist includes the "Emma Sweeny" (Rio Grande Southern locomotive #20), a flat car #21 (Denver and Rio Grande Western #1026), a caboose #0409 (Rio Grande Southern), and a combine car #107 (D.&.R.G.W. #212). Shows tree covered hillsides.
Date:1949 August 10
Notes: Title and date penciled on negative envelope.; R7004015073
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

"Girls in Overalls" first western movie

The Vidal family
Creator(s): Buckwalter, Harry H.
Summary :Members of the Vidal family, seven women and one man, pose in front of a wood cabin on the set of a western movie. The women wear overalls and the man wears work pants and suspenders.
Date: August 2, 1902
Notes: "Photography - motion pictures "Girls in Overalls", Aug 2, 1902 The Vidal family who posed in the first western movie." handwritten on back of photoprint.
History Colorado, Buckwalter collection
no. 664

From Colorado Film commission:
Regis Vidal settled on a 725-acre ranch near Gunnison, Colorado. Eight daughters and one son were born. As the family grew up times became hard and the father was compelled to borrow $15,000 on the ranch. He fell into the clutches of a money-lending shark and the worry caused his death. A year later the mother died, leaving the children even more deeply in debt. With true Western spirit the children decided to work the ranch themselves.
Filmography info:
Year: 1904
Name: The Girls in the Overalls
Production Company : Selig Polyscope Company
Type Of Production: Documentary Short
Genre: Short, Documentary
Director: Harry H. Buckwalter
Location: Gunnison, Colorado

Rico 1884, 1951, and near Coke Ovens

Title: Rico, Colo.
Summary: View of Rico, Dolores County, Colorado; shows men, cabins, wagons, and stacked logs.
Date: 1884
Notes: Formerly F12295.; Photoprint has stains, wrinkles, tears and cracks.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint.; R7100131496
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 25 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
Creator(s):Richardson, Robert W.
Summary: Head on, close view; engine coming from roundhouse spur. Photographed: Rico, Colorado, November 17, 1951.
Notes:Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
Creator(s): Richardson, Robert W.
Summary: Head on view at Coke Ovens crossing; snow. Photographed: between Ridgway and Rico, Colorado, November 16, 1951.
Notes: Title from inventory prepared by Western History Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Cortez in the old days

Off for the ruins at Cortez, Colo.
Alternative title: Colorado - 1890's
Summary: Men and women sit in horse drawn covered wagons in Cortez (Montezuma County) Colorado, by the Montezuma County Courthouse, a stone building with a cornice.
Date: [between 1890 and 1900]
Notes: Image mounted with X-21030 ; on verso X-21027, and X-21028.; Title hand written on album page.; R7100210290
Physical Description 1 copy negative ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint on album page ; 10 x 12 cm. (4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of C Photo Album 109. Colorado 1890s.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Cortez, Colorado
Summary: Members of a riding party sit on horses outside the "Cortez Stage Stables" in Cortez, Colorado (Montezuma County). The stable is a two- story structure with a gable, stovepipe chimney, shingles, and rectangular windows.
Date: [1890?]
Notes: Formerly F40237.; Photoprint has yellowed and faded; card has yellowed and is marked.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint.; R7100074026
Physical Description 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card : cabinet cards ; 11 x 19 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Source: L. E. Dick, Chicago.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Cortez street scenes, Main Street, Colorado
Summary: Cars are parked along dusty Main Street in Cortez, Colorado. A street light hangs over the intersection. Commercial storefronts are on both sides of the street. Signs for "Montezuma Valley National Bank" "Muse Theater Soda" "Rexall Drugs Soda" and "Bakery" are on the street.
Date [between 1940 and 1950]
Notes: Photoprint has yellowed.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint. Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library. 

Mancos historic landmarks

Title: Mancos (Colo.) Post Office
Year/era: 1907/1914
Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Nina Heald Webber Southwest Colorado Collection

Title: Bauer Mercantile, Mancos, Colo.
Year/era: 1907/1914
Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Nina Heald Webber Southwest Colorado Collection

Title: Diamond Match Factory - Mancos, Colo.
Year/era: 1907/1914
Photographer: Sanborn (Denver, Colo.)
Collection M 194:
Nina Heald Webber Southwest Colorado Collection
Volume 6: Other southwest Colorado areas post cards
Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College

Jimtown's great fire of 1892

Burn district, Jimtown, Colo., great fire of June 5th, 1892
Creator: Goodman, Charles, d. 1912.
Summary: Smoke rises from the smoldering ashes of the fire that burned a portion of Creede (Jimtown/Upper Creede), Colorado, in Mineral County. Men walk through ashes and debris that litter the center of town. Buildings, shanties, cabins, and tents that escaped the fire are on the hillside in the background.
Date: 1892, June 5
Notes: Formerly F44688.; Formerly X-7462.; Inked title reproduced in photographic print with: "no. 3."; R7110015375
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photographic print on card mount : albumen ; 13 x 21 cm. (5 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint ; 11 x 17 cm. (4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Source: Mrs. L. P. Thompson.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Here's a land where all are equal -
Of high or lowly birth.
A land where men make millions,
Dug from the dreary earth.
Here the meek and mild-eyed burro
On mineral mountains feed -
It's day all day, in the day-time,
And there is no night in Creede.

Creede, by Cy Warman

Creede was originally known as Jimtown.

Title: Jimtown (Colo.) Great Fire of June 5th, 1892
Year/era: 1892-06-05
Photographer: Sanborn (Denver, Colo.)
Publisher: Sanborn Souvenir Co., Inc.
Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Nina Heald Webber Southwest Colorado Collection

Title Main St. Jimtown, Colo.
Creator: Goodman, Charles, d. 1912.
Summary Pedestrians walk down the unpaved street of Creede (Jimtown), Colorado in Mineral County; many people stand on the wood-plank sidewalks in front of the building. Horse-drawn wagons are parked at the sides of the street. Architectural elements of the one and two-story wood-frame buildings include clapboard siding, bay windows, cornices, false fronts, flat roofs, and gables. The narrow, steep, rocky canyon that surrounds the town is in the background. Signs: "Thomas & Thomas Law Office" "Theatre Comique" "Stoves Hardware" "White and Mitchell" and "Thomas Charpe Staple Fancy Grocers."
Date: [between 1892 and 1899]
Notes: Formerly F44689.; Formerly X-7915; Inked on back of photographic print: "Creede is about a mile North of Jimtown. Principle street of Jimtown.; Inked title reproduced in photographic print.
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photographic print on card mount : albumen ; 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint ; 10 x 17 cm. (4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Is Part Of Views of Creede and vicinity.
Source: Mrs. LP Thompson.
From the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Dolores Del Rio Hotel

Title: Dolores, Colorado
Year/era: about 1930
Photographer: Sanborn (Denver, Colo.)
Publisher: Sanborn Souvenir Co.
Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Nina Heald Webber Southwest Colorado Collection

Rico engine house in 1952

Title: Rio Grande Southern Railroad engine house at Rico (Colo.): viewed from west

Date/circa: May, 1952

Photographer: Alfred G. Chione, (Morton, Ill.)
Notes: Mile Post 066.24. Viewed from the west, with leafless trees on the mountainside in the background.
Photoprint#: P026110
Center of Southwest Studies,Fort Lewis College.

Rio Grande Southern Railroad engine house at Rico (Colo.): interior side view
Date/circa: 5/21/1952
Photographer: Alfred G. Chione, (Morton, Ill.)
Notes: Mile Post 066.24.
Center of Southwest Studies,Fort Lewis College.

Rico Rio Grande Southern depot in 1918

Title: Rio Grande Southern Railroad structures at Rico (Colo.) depot. Date/circa: 1918/1919
Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Mile Post 066.24. Viewed from across the river, with the town of Rico in the background. Photo was taken prior to 1922. Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College.

1914 Cornet Creek Flood in Telluride

Cornet Creek flood
Summary: View northwest down Colorado Avenue after the Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado; shows First National Bank Building on corner of Fir and Colorado, three false front businesses, the Sheridan Hotel, the San Miguel County Courthouse, and mud and debris- filled street. Townspeople are near the bank and in distance in front of the Sheridan with a horse and automobile; electric and telephones lines cross street; chairs and tables are part of debris.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Murdered during the labor wars

Funeral on the mountain
Summary: Funeral procession for Superintendent Charles M. Baker, murdered during a WFM labor strike, at the Smuggler-Union mine in San Miguel County, Colorado. Miners carry a flower covered casket and stand on the porch of the boarding house.
Date: 1902
Notes: Formerly F31265.; Title and "Mine boarding house at the Smuggler-Union mine, Telluride Chas. M. Baker, Superintendent of Smuggler-Union mine, Telluride Times (weekly) John McRhee, San Miguel Forum." hand-written on back of print.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.