PPLD Digital Collections

A sign reading “Wilkerson Pass Camp Ground/Pike National Forest” is in the foreground with Pikes Peak in the background. 1

A small house surrounded by trees and bushes behind a metal gate. Described as McLaughlin home in Fairplay. 1

A stagecoach is parked on a street at the Southpark City Museum Town in Fairplay, Colorado. 1

A stream runs through a valley at the base of a forested large rock canyon. Identified as being near Eleven-mile Canyon. 1

A stream runs through grassland in a flat valley in South Park looking east. Run-down ranch buildings and a barn are in the mid-ground. Low hills are in the distance. Location identified as McQuaid’s Ranch. 1

A touring car is parked in front of the Manitou Mineral Water Building. 1

A view looking north along Tejon Street from East Cucharras Street on a quiet Sunday. 1

A view of Ute Pass above Manitou Springs at Rainbow Falls looking through scrub pine. 1

A view of dilapidated and collapsed buildings in the ghost town of American City. A wagon wheel is visible in the foreground and forested hillsides in the background. 1

A view of ranch buildings identified as Turner’s Ranch located near Garo, Colorado. A person is walking in the foreground and mountains are visible in the background. 1

A view of the Summit County Courthouse [erected in 1909] in Breckenridge with mountains in the background. 1

A weathered privy outhouse with a forest in the background located at the old stagecoach stop northeast of Como. 1

A young girl sits on an old wagon bed amidst a collection of other old wagons and parts in Fairplay. The old Park County Courthouse built in 1874 is in the background. 1

A young girl visits a sheepherder and his two dogs with hundreds of sheep grazing in a somewhat barren high-mountain meadow. Note reads “15,000 sheep in Southpark on the McDannald Ranch”. 1

Abey’s Ranch located in East Southpark. 1

An abandoned and weathered three-story building [possibly an ore mill] with a woman standing next to it. Identified as “Dudley”. Dudley was a mill town established to handle ore from the Moose mine. 1

An early 1950s Willys station wagon is parked on an unpaved road next to a log fence line and stream. Note reads “Old highway to 11-mile Reservoir, Buffalo Peaks in background”. 1

An elevated view looking down on scattered small buildings with several children in the foreground and the North Fork of the South Platte River flowing behind them. This mountain valley hamlet of Grant is located along U.S. Highway 285 southwest of Denver. 1

An old house identified as Mamie O’Malley’s. Research indicates that her name was actually Mayme O’Mailia and that this is known as the Hall-O’Mailia house built in 1866 at 600 Clark Street in Fairplay. 1

An old log building stands in the foreground with mountains in the distance. Note reads “At Garo”. 1

An old log building with a deteriorating wooden fence attached in a mountain landscape. Note state “Southpark on the west side of Wilkerson Pass, north of Hwy 24. Richenberger Spring”. 1

Arch highway bridge over canyon at Rainbow Falls in rocky landscape. 1

Buildings at Santa’s Workshop. 1

Construction underway for the new Immanuel Lutheran Church building at the corner of North Institute Street and Pikes Peak Avenue. 1

Deteriorating wooden barn and outbuildings described in notes as “Southpark, Tom McQuaid’s Ranch (old J.P. Ranch)”. 1

Deteriorating wooden barn surrounded by log fencing. Mountains are in the background. Note state “G.S. Ranch now Buffalo Peaks”. 1

Deteriorating wooden mine buildings on a mountainous hillside. Note identifies it as North London Mine. 1

Ducks in a pond at Santa’s Workshop adjacent to a fountain. Goats and buildings are in background. 1

Elevated view looking down on an old mine with log buildings and mining cart tracks leading to a tailings pile. A snowbank is on the right and forested mountains in the background. Note identifies this as Weston Pass. 1

Goats in the foreground at Santa’s Workshop. 1

Goats stand along a rock-lined stream with Santa’s Workshop buildings in the background. 1

Headstones are visible among the weeds at Lake George Cemetery. Woman carrying a bag and mountain foothills are seen in the background. 1

Identified on photograph "North by west from county building site of new court house." The El Paso County Judicial Complex began in 1972 at the corner of Vermijo and Cascade. 1

Log building and fencing at the Harry Caylor Ranch. A forested hillside is in the background. Information provided with print indicates it was located at the old townsite of Rocky near Lake George. 1

Log buildings at Santa’s Workshop. 1

Log buildings of an old ranch with forested hillsides in the background. Note states “Keestor”. 1

Log buildings surrounded by log fences. Note states “Harry Caylor Ranch at the old townsite of Rocky near Lake George. 1

Log corral located in Southpark with trees and mountains in the background. 1

Long view of Hartsel with mountains in the background. 1

Long view of Hartsel, Colorado, with log fencing in the foreground and foothills in the distance. The large Hartsel Hotel is visible at the base of the hill on the left. 1

Long view of a barn, corral and outbuildings with mountains in the background. Notes read “H.C. ‘Carr’ Gilley homestead ranch on the west slopes of Wilkerson Pass”. 1

Long view of a mining dredge with mounds of tailing behind. Mountains are in the background. 1

Long view of the North London Mine complex on a hillside surrounded by large mounds of mine tailings. 1

Long view of the South London Mine located on the side of a mountain. 1

Long view of the West London Mine with a mining complex atop tailings in the middle ground on the right side of the image. Rugged treeless mountains are in the background. 1

Looking north, a brick building located at the southwest corner of Colorado Avenue and Tejon Street is being demolished adjacent to buildings with “Froggie’s Lounge” and “Alamo Apt.” signs. Bain’s Clothing Store is in the distance on Colorado Avenue. 1

Mrs. Englert at the gated entrance to Frank Cusack’s Marigreen Pines property along the Ute Pass Highway. 1

Old log building and lumber outbuilding with nearby log fencing at a Southpark ranch. A man is walking in the area. 1

Old mining building in a mountainous area. Note states “North London Mill”. 1

Old tram and Xcel power lines for the North London Mine with barren mountains in the background. 1

Our Lady of the Woods Catholic Church in Woodland Park with Pikes Peak in the background. 1

Ranch complex of three houses, two barns and several outbuildings. Two trucks are parked in the area. Note states “Frank Turner's ranch. Pioneer family early 1860s.” Research indicates this ranch was located in Southpark near Garo, Colorado. 1

Second Antlers Hotel in downtown Colorado Springs during its demolition. Photo identified on back as "Antlers Hotel Jan. 1965. West by south west." 1

Second Antlers Hotel in downtown Colorado Springs during its demolition. Photo identified on back as "Antlers Hotel destruction Nov. 64. Looking due West. This is the south wing. Jan. '65" 1

Several automobiles are parked in front of the YWCA Building located at the northwest corner of Kiowa Street and Nevada Avenue. 1

Several deteriorating wooden buildings in a mountain valley in Southpark. Notes read “Saw mill. Southwest”. 1

Several old and deteriorating hay wagons are parked next to log fences and corrals with mountains in the background. Note reads “Old wagons at Tom McQuaid’s”. 1

Three adults and three children at a zig-zag log fence with mountains in the background. Note reads Englert Family with Frank Turner at the Tom McQuaid Ranch. 1

Three barns and several smaller outbuildings are surrounded by a corral with foothills in the distance. Note states “Southpark Ranch, Black Mountain in the background”. 1

Three gas pumps and several buildings are along an unpaved road at a Phillips 66 gas station in Guffey, Colorado. One building has a hanging sign reading “Post Office – Guffy”. A forested hillside is behind. 1

Three men in western clothing, wearing holsters and holding pistols chase four men wearing Native American garb up a dirt road in a canyon. Note reads “Gunslingers chasing Indians, Ute Pass”. 1

Three people walk down a dirt road adjacent to a barn and outbuilding. Rolling hills are in the background. Note reads “JJ Lipsey, Salt Works”. 1

Three people walk near a collapsed log building on a hillside with mountains in the background. Note states “Sacramento Gulch (west of Fairplay) east side". 1

Two automobiles are parked at a ranch house adjacent to a weathered wooden outbuilding. A woman walks in the foreground. Notes read “Harry Caylor Ranch at the old townsite of Rocky near Lake George”. 1

Two people stand in the foreground near a fence with a stream in the background running through a rocky landscape. Note states “Buffalo Slough. Looking south. Looking for arrowheads”. 1

Two weathered log buildings and an outbuilding. Note reads “Stage Stop N.E. of Como”. 1

Two weathered log buildings of an old stagecoach stop in Park County. Note reads “Como Stage Stop”. 1

View in Victor of mine headworks and piles of tailings with a concrete foundation in the foreground. 1

View looking east of the Broadmoor Convention Hall under construction. A 1956 Dodge station wagon is parked in front on the street. This building is now known as the Broadmoor International Center. 1

View looking north of the newly constructed Antlers Plaza Hotel building on the left and Holly Sugar building on the right. A Conoco gas station is in the foreground at the corner of Cascade and Colorado Avenues. 1

View looking southwest of the Broadmoor Convention Hall under construction. A mobile crane is operating at the site and a playground is in the foreground. This is now known as the Broadmoor International Center. 1

View of street in Manitou Springs with arch sign over the roadway and cottages on the hillside. Note states “Manitou Springs, start of Ute Pass. Note two statues still in place”. 1

With a small log building in the foreground, the one-room Garo Schoolhouse can be seen in the background with several adjacent outbuildings. Mountains are in the background 1

Zig-zag log fences form a complex of corrals in what note indicates is “Near Hartsel on the McQuaid Ranch with Buffalo Peak in the background”. 1