PPLD Digital Collections

A man stands in front of a log cabin, a tree and chimney are on the left side of Photo 1

A man with two children next to a riverside, a bridge is to the left, and railroad tracks are behind. 1

A side of a house with windows reflecting the Sun; electric pole stands in the front with another pole on the right side of the Photo 1

A sparsely-loaded inclined railway car sits before the building at the top of the hill. [In operation from 1907 to 1990] 1

A white cottage sits on a hillside with retaining wall in the front of lawn. 1

A. J. Hensen log cottage in the mountains. Cost $1,500 1

Along the Ute trail. 1

Bertha Priess [1878-1970] standing next to very tall pile of snow from the snowstorm on December 12, 1913. Identified on reverse as ";Bertha";. 1

Cabin with large front porch identified as Mary Demsey's cottage. 1

Car is filled with passengers at the top of the Mount Manitou Incline Railway. 1

Car that was in use from 1911 to 1935 is filled with passengers at the top of the Manitou Incline. 1

Chipita Lodge on the right with a Texaco gas pump in the driveway. Mountain foothills are in the background. 1

Chipita Lodge with a Texaco gasoline pump in the driveway. Model A Ford bearing a 1930 Colorado license plate is parked in front. Clouds and mountains in the background. 1

Chipita Park golf course. Man and caddy stand in front of golf course entrance. 1

Demsey cabin, K. C. [Kansas City], Mo. Long-Bell Labor Company. 1

Dirt road on a hillside in the forest. 1

Earl Potter cottage in Chipita Park. Cost $1,600 1

Elevated view of a mountain town identified as “Marble – Colo.” At the bottom of the image. 1

Elevation and floor plan of Cottage "A". One bedroom, living room, kitchen, and porch. 1

Elevation and floor plan of Cottage "D". One bedroom, living room, kitchen, and two porches. 1

Elevation and floor plan of economical Cottage "E". One living room and kitchen. 1

Elevation and floor plan of modest Cottage "C". Living room, kitchenette, toilet, and screened porch. 1

Elevation and floor plan of spacious Cottage "B". One bedroom, living room, kitchen, toilet, and sleeping porch. 1

Elevation and floor plan of the Chipita Park community building. One bedroom, dining room, kitchen, spacious tea room, store and two porches. 1

Exterior view of The Village Inn Restaurant. Note with image "Mrs. Frederick Tuttle, organist in Colorado room." 1

Family portrait of two men and four women. A house and hillside are behind them, a small tree to the left of the Photo. 1

Frank Priess [1874-1952; plumber in Colorado City] likely at his home after a snowstorm. The 1913 Colorado Springs & Colorado City city directory lists his address as 315 Colorado Avenue. 1

Group Photo of two men, two women and a girl with donkeys in front of Balanced Rock at the Garden of the Gods. 1

Group portrait of three women and a man taken among trees, possibly in Chipita Park. A sign stuck in the ground reads "For Sale / Chas. Bennett / 5 Pikes Peak Ave". 1

Identified as Y.W.C.A. rear view. Brick and stone chimneys are visible on the roof. A covered porch is to the left and a wrap-around enclosed porch is on the right. A pile of logs in the foreground. 1

Interior view of Miss Baker's cottage. Cost $1,300 1

Interior view of cabin owned by Ira D. Waterman. 1

Interior view of rustic cabin, F. O. Kettlekamp's cottage. Cost $1,600 1

L. B. and Mabel Grubb stand in front of a lake. 1

L. B. and Mabelle Grubb picnicking in the Garden of the Gods. 1

Lake with mountains in background 1

Laura and Lavergne Long stand on a boardwalk bridge. 1

Log cabin identified as Cottage "A". 1

Log cabin identified as W. H. Ratliff's cottage. Cost $1,600 1

Log cabin under construction. Cottage "A", Gilliand, [from] Seminole, Oklahoma. 1

Log cabin with brick chimney is identified as Cottage "C". 1

Log cabin with covered porch identified as the residence of Miss Cone. 2

Log cabin with covered porch. Identified as Cottage "C". 1

Log cabin with stairs and porch in woods 1

Looking down at rows of houses, trees. Mountains are in the background. 1

Looking north from Y.M.C.A. Residence of H. C. Frick, K. C. [Kansas City] in foreground [on the right]. 1

Looking north toward the highway and golf course. Taken from Ute trail. 1

Maintenance is underway at the golf course with a man sifting dirt in the middle distance. Five men stand on a flattened circle of dirt that serves a grassless green. A late 1920s automobile is parked in the background. 1

Man and woman stand next to a white two-story house with a cellar door. 1

Man next to a tree, in front of a log cabin 1

Man putting on a crude green with a boy standing nearby holding a golf bag at Chipita Golf Course. Mountains are in the background. 1

Man swinging a golf club in the scrubby fairway at Chipita Golf Course. A caddy with a golf bag stands behind him. Mountains are in the background. 1

Man swings golf club in Chipita Park. 1

Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway steam locomotive with passenger car #102 is parked on a steep incline with passengers and crew posing for the Photo. Snow covers the landscape of large boulders. 1

Mary Dickson's cottage. Cost $700 1

Men and women gather in front of the Chipita Lodge. 1

Men, some standing and some on horseback, with a group of horses; all in a snowy field. 1

Miss Baker's cottage. Cost $1,300 1

Mountains in the background, trees on either side of the photo. 1

Mountainside 1

Note with image "Frederick's [Tuttle] first job in Manitou." Sign on stand reads "$5 Pikes Peak by world famous cog road / The scenic and safe way / You can motor anytime...make Pikes Peak by Cog". Man stands behind counter. 1

Old Ute Pass showing dirt road and waterfalls. 1

On the Ute trail. 7

Rear view of Ira D. Waterman's cottage. Cost $2,500 1

Robert McClintock's cottage. 1

Rustic cabin built into side of hill with view of lake and mountains. Open vehicle is parked in front of cabin. 1

Rustic cabin built into side of hill, identified as The Mulvihill cottage. Cost $1,150 1

Rustic log cabin identified as F. O. Kettlekamp's cottage. Cost $1,600 1

Rustic wood cabin identified as T. S. Jones' cottage. Cost $1,200 1

Rustic wood cabin identified as The Rankin cottage. Cost $1,550 1

Seven men and a woman pose in front of the Chipita Lodge, a log structure with a stone chimney. 1

Seven men stand in front of a large building with a sign stating “Headquarters Fire Department”. At their feet lay the carcasses of 13 male deer. A boy sits on the wooden steps in the background. 1

Side view of wood cabin with front porch, identified as Demsey Cottage. 1

Sign reads "For Rent / Furnished / 2 room Tent Bungalow / 3 & 5 Room Cottage". 1

Six people enjoy a picnic on mountain rocks, a tree in the middle of them. 1

Snow piled high on each side of shoveled walkway. Woman stands at far end. [Probably Bertha Priess. 1913 City Directory lists address as 315 Colorado Avenue.] 1

Soda Spring Pavillion with mountains in the background. 1

Springhouse and a bridge along a mountainside. 1

Starting the Shoup residence. 1

Stone cabin identified as Ruth Gilliland's cottage. Cost $1,800 1

Survey marker seen in foreground. 1

Tall timbers outline the bottom half of this cabin. It has a stone foundation and chimney. "Rock Crest", Reverand E. O. Cole. 1

The front of a log cabin with a pine tree to the left, and the mountains in the background 1

Three boys, two with bicycles, stand in front of a one-story house with porch. A windmill is in the backyard. Printed on windmill vane ";The Aeromotor / Chicago";. 1

Three horses are loaded with parts of one or more field-dressed large animals [deer or elk]. A man is mounted on a fourth horse while another stands in front of the group in a grassy area with trees in the background. 1

Three men and three women in a boat on the lake at Green Mountain Falls. One man is sitting on the back edge of the boat annotated with the name “Alice”. Mountains, a gazebo, and a passenger railcars are in the background. 1

Three men in front of rustic log cabin. 1

Three men on a hillside, mountains and trees in the background 1

Three men stand adjacent to a tent and behind a rough wooden table lined with glass liquor bottles [it is unclear if they are full or empty]. The landscape is covered in snow. 1

Three men stand in front of a log cabin. There is a staircase behind them, a chimney to the left of the Photo, and a mountainside is in the background. 1

Trees on a hillside, mountains in the background. 1

Two conductors, a fireman and engineer pose with Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway steam locomotive #3. Hand-written on bottom of print is "On Pike's Peak. Altitude 14147 feet / Sep-11-1907". 1

Two log cabins visible in the middle and far distance. Plots are bounded by wood and wire fencing. 1

Two men in front of log cabin with stone chimney 1

Two men pose in front of a conical tent. Rifles, rope and pots lean against a rough wooden hitching post. 1

Two men with golf clubs, one putting, one holding the flag are on "The Ninth Green". [No grass is visible] 1

Two men, one on horseback and one standing, out hunting with four horses in a forested area. Two of the horses have deer carcasses laid over their backs. 2

Two women in dresses play tennis on a dirt court. 2

Two women in dresses play tennis on a dirt court. Chipita Lodge is in the background. 1

Two women play tennis on a dirt court in Chipita Park. In 1927 Frank Marcroft purchased what was known as the Ute Pass Land and Water Company to re-develop the area into a resort community filled with cabins, tennis courts, and a golf course. 1

Two women, two men, and a child pose in Garden of the Gods. 1

View of McClintock Cottage. 1

View of lake in foreground with fences, trees and cabins in middle-distance. 3

View of mountain side with trees and fences. 1

View of rustic log cabin identified as E. E. Hopkins' cottage. Cost $1,250 1

W. E. Kelso's cottage. Cost $1,650 1

Waterfall near Chipita Park. 1

Wetherald family [seven adults and four boys] poses for a Photo with a horse-drawn carriage at Crystal Park. Mountains are in the background. 1

Woman in hat and coat standing in front of log cabin. Identified as the residence of Governor Shoup. 1

Woman in hat and coat standing in front of stone chimney of a log cabin. Identified as the residence of Governor Shoup. 1

Woman poses in the mountains. 1

Wooden framework support a sign reading "Entrance / Chipita Park". 1