Colorado Things of the past ... Oct. 7,8, 10, 11,12. 14

 Thing of the past ...

Galloping Goose

Creator: Noel, Thomas J.
Date: 1998
Galloping Goose No. 5 at the railroad depot in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado. Letters on the motor read: "The Galloping Goose" with a picture of a goose with a banner tied to its neck that reads: "The Galloping Goose." "Rio Grande Southern" and the number "5" are on the train. The passenger compartment and cab both show signs of wear, with faded and peeling paint.
Tom Noel photograph collection, Denver Public Library
From the Galloping Goose Historical Society website: "Motor No. 5 went into service on June 8, 1933. (The railroad officially called these vehicles Motors until 1950.) The cost was $2,599 for No. 5, which was built with a 1928 Pierce-Arrow limousine body and running gear. It was rebuilt in 1946/47, using a World War II surplus GMC gasoline truck engine and a Wayne Corporation school bus body. In 1950, the freight/mail compartment was converted to carry 20 additional passengers for sightseeing trips. With a one-man crew, and operating on gasoline rather than steam, our local Galloping Goose and its fellow goslings fit the bill for economic travel."; Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Kathleen Barlow.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.
ColoradoRestlessNative Note: Old Hollywood building in background across Flanders Park. Goose No. 5 has since been restored and running on local and statewide tracks.

Colorado Restless Native post date: October 7, 2022

Thing of the past ...
Hotel Glenisle, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
Creator: McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957
Date: [1900-1920]
Hotel Glenisle, Glenisle, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; wooden footbridge with adjacent railroad sign stating "Property of C. & S. Ry. Co., Danger, all persons are forbidden to enter upon the right of way, tracks, yards and bridges or to jump on or off of cars;" footbridge crossing North Fork of South Platte River and footpath leading to resort; portion of standard gauge track, foreground; men and woman sitting on rocks by lake; summer residences or cabins nestled amongst trees on hillside; Colorado Telephone Company Pay Station sign attached to hotel entrance.
Denver Public Library Special Collections,
Louis Charles McClure Papers 

Colorado Restless Native post date: October 8, 2022

Thing of the past ...
The Antlers
Creator(s) : Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The rusticated stone and wood hotel has a turret and finial, half-timbered dormers, corblestep parapet, and a wrap around porch. Two horse-drawn wagons are on the street; one with a sign that reads "Union Ice and Coal Company." Streetcar tracks are on Cascade Avenue.
Date: [between 1883 and 1898]
History Colorado, Denver Public Library

Colorado Restless Native post date: October 10, 2022

Thing of the past ...
View from head of Horse Gulch near Rico, Colo.
Creator: McKee, Thomas Michael, 1854-1939
Date: 1897, Sep. 19
Donor: T.J. McKee
View of a trail, a gulch identified as Horse Gulch, and a mountain range near Rico in Dolores County, Colorado.
Denver Public Library Special Collections

Colorado Restless Native post date: October 11, 2022

Thing of the past ...
Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 462, engine type 2-8-2
Creator: Richardson, Robert W.
Date: 1945
Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; with caboose 0401. Photographed: Dolores, Colorado, October 10, 1945.
Colorado Restless Native Note: I think that is the old school in the background.
Denver Public Library Special Collections

Colorado Restless Native post date: October 12, 2022

Thing of the past ...
Fountain Saloon, Cripple Creek
Date: [1896-1900]
Fountain Saloon, Fourth (4th) Street and Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one-story flat roof brick commercial building on corner, double-wide corner entry with brick pilasters frame entry, handrail in front of large storeroom window with unextended awning, group of men posed in front of doorway identified as Marus Durand (center and co-owner with A.Kinney), Charles Cobart wearing a long apron, and A. Kinney on left; "Fountain Saloon" painted on window and on side of building, arched sign "Saloon" on roof over door, two circular signs advertising Zang's Pilsener on both sides of entryway.
Digital version created from: Gwen Goldsberry - 4/12/75
Formerly negative F34315. Hand-written on back of photoprint: 4th & Meyers [sic] Avenue, Marus Durand was running it and my Dad (Kinney), Marus in center of doorway and Charles Cl--- in apron, A. Kinney. Title supplied by cataloger.
Denver Public Library Special Collections

Colorado Restless Native post date: October 14, 2022