Image Number441-13Date1893-1894DescriptionPrinted on front "|Camp Boynton Beaver Park."| Printed on back "|Great Rock Island Route / Best Line Between Chicago and the Rockies. Solid Vestibuled Trains and Through Dining Cars. Poley's Perfection Views. Colorado Springs, Colorado."|A line of men (many of whom are black) in civilian clothing and equipped with ammunition belts and canteens are aiming rifles. They are undoubtedly part of the 1200 men who were deputized by El Paso County Commissioner Boynton to suppress the miners’ strike.PhotographerPoley, Horace S., 1863-1949LocationCripple Creek (Colo.)SubjectCripple Creek (Colo.)--HistoryMilitiasStrikes and lockouts--MinersNotes Mounted on cardstock. Thanks to J Richards of Colorado Springs for background research on this image.CollectionCripple Creek Labor Disturbance Photographs (1893-94)PublisherPikes Peak Library DistrictOriginal FormatPhotographsPhysical Description7 1/2 x 41/2 b&w printRightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/. You may use items from PPLD’s digital collections freely for private study, research and educational purposes. Any other use, including reproduction, publication or exhibition, should be requested through Regional History & Genealogy at PPLD. Proper credit and citation should accompany any use of these materials.