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Introduction/ scope and contents
Collection M 194, Series 1
Nina Heald Webber Southwest
Colorado printed materials
Nina Heald Webber, compiler and donor
Approximate
years: 1880-1990
Volume: more than 200 items, in more than 200 folders in 7.5
document case and 1 flat lidded box
This collection consists of assorted historically significant printed materials, many of them rare, of southwest Colorado. Subjects include Durango, Mesa Verde National Park, and Silverton, Ouray, Telluride, and other small Rocky Mountain towns of the Western Slope of Colorado. This collection is useful for anyone researching the history of various Southwestern topics.
Administrative information
About the organization of this collection:
This collection is arranged in a single
series that is grouped by a geographical region, then within that, by date.
The categories are:
1.
Durango and vicinity
(in boxes 1 and 2)
2. Silverton and San Juan Mountains
(in box 3)
3. Miscellaneous southwest Colorado mining
towns (in box 4)
4. Mesa Verde National Park and related
archaeological sites (in boxes 5 and 6)
3. The greater Southwest region (in
boxes 7 and 8)
4. Oversize items (in box 9 and in map
case drawer 3.33)
Acquisition of this collection: This collection was a gift from Nina Heald Webber to the Center of Southwest Studies (multiple accessions from 2002 to recently). The initial bulk of the collection was appraised on November 1, 2004 by Dr. David Farmer.
Processing information: Elizabeth deJong, archival student assistant at the Center, produced the folder list in October 2007. Todd Ellison, Certified Archivist, Center of Southwest Studies, produced item level descriptions, archivally re-housed the photographs, and produced this guide to the collection in October of 2007.
Subject terms:
Archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde
Cities and towns--Colorado--Ouray
Cities and towns--Colorado--Silverton
Cliff-dwellings--Colorado--Mesa Verde
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Friendly societies--Colorado--Silverton
Gold mines and mining--Colorado--San Juan Mountains
Historic buildings--Colorado--Silverton
Mesa Verde (Colo.)
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Miners--Colorado
Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Ouray County
Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Silverton
Mountain railroads--Colorado--San Juan Mountains
Mountains--Colorado--San Juan County
Mountains--Colorado--Telluride
National parks and reserves--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park
Ouray (Colo.)--Description--Views
Ouray Highway (Colo.)
Pueblo Indians--Colorado--Mesa Verde--Antiquities
Red Mountain (Colo.)
San Juan Mountains (Colo.)
Silverton (Colo.)
Social groups--Colorado--Silverton
Stagecoaches--Colorado--Ouray
Streets--Colorado--Ouray
Telluride (Colo.)
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Series | Box | Folder |
Folder title |
Date range(s) |
1 | 1 | 1 |
Correspondence sent on Strater Hotel stationery (Durango, Colo.) |
1903-07-13/ 1903-09-18 |
1 | 1 | 2 |
Durango, Colo. politics, ballot ticket and pins |
1907/1912 |
1 | 1 | 3 |
A story told in Brief of Durango and La Plata County: In Picture and Words. |
1909/09 |
1 | 1 | 4 |
Hermosa House: Trimble Hot Springs, business flyer (Durango, Colo.) |
1900/1909 |
1 | 1 | 5 |
Souvenir letter from Durango, Colo. Collected photo reproductions |
1900/1909 |
1 | 1 | 6 |
Durango Smelter leather hanging with photo (Durango, Colo.) |
1900/1920 |
1 | 1 | 7 |
Souvenir for graduating La Plata County pupil, distributed by Hattie R. Mullen, teacher. |
1912 |
1 | 1 | 8 |
1913: Everyday Almanac and Home Helps, distributed by The Durango Trust Company (Durango, Colo.) |
1913 |
1 | 1 | 9 |
Envelopes originating from Durango, Colo. (5x) |
1913-06-07/ 1939-08-12 |
1 | 1 | 10 |
Fort Lewis College bulletins, printed materials (Hesperus and Durango, Colo.) |
1914/1960 |
1 | 1 | 11 |
Draft card for Eugene Martin, notice of classification (Durango, Colo.) |
1917/12/28 |
1 | 1 | 12 |
Road and Guide Book of the San Juan Basin, published and distributed by the Durango Exchange (Durango, Colo.) |
1919 |
1 | 1 | 13 |
Sparkling Orange Soda Water, bottle label from Durango Bottling Works (Durango, Colo.) |
1910/1919 |
1 | 1 | 14 |
Miscellaneous store advertisements (Durango, Colo.) |
1910/1950 |
1 | 1 | 15 |
City of Durango Baseball League Scorebook (Durango, Colo.) |
1925-06-25/ 1927-08-13 |
1 | 1 | 16 |
The Daily Desert Calendar: One Year of Desserts with Recipes and Seasonal Adaptation, by Margaret Wayne, calendar, distributed by the First National Bank (Durango, Colo.) |
1926 |
1 | 1 | 17 |
Better Service, catalogues published by the Graden Mercantile Co. (Durango, Colo.) |
1926-06/| 1928-02 |
1 | 1 | 18 |
Telephone directories (Durango; Bayfield; Cortez; Dolores; Ignacio; Mancos; Silverton, Colo., and Aztec; Farmington, N.M.) |
1926/1961 |
1 | 1 | 19 |
Come to Durango, Colo.: The Land of Sunshine, Smiles and Pleasure, tourism advertisement and map |
1920/1940 |
1 | 1 | 20 |
Durango menus (Canton Café and Parson’s Drug Co.) (Durango, Colo.) |
1920/1950 |
1 | 1 | 21 |
Durango and the San Juan Basin, tourism promotional pamphlet, distributed by the Durango Chamber of Commerce (Durango, Colo.) |
1930 |
1 | 1 | 22 |
Durango Chamber of Commerce, letters to promote tourism (Durango, Colo.) |
1933/1940 |
1 | 1 | 23 |
Graden’s Grists (Vol. 2, No.2) Fall Edition (Durango, Colo.), newsletter advertisement |
1937 |
1 | 1 | 24 |
Burnside: A Home Owned Store (Durango, Colo.) receipt slip ‘Acct in full to date: 49cents |
1933-02-02 |
1 | 1 | 25 |
City of Durango, Colorado $100 Public Improvement Bond, cancelled, Water Works Improvement District 1 |
1935 |
1 | 1 | 26 |
Choice Recipes and Menus, by My Made, distributed by Draper’s Quality Meats and Groceries (Durango, Colo.) |
1937 |
1 | 2 | 1 |
Spanish Trails Fiesta official programs and pamphlets (Durango, Colo.) |
1941-08/ 1958 |
1 | 2 | 2 |
Seventh Annual San Juan Basin Fair (Durango Colo.) |
1941-10-23/ 1941-10-25 |
1 | 2 | 3 |
The Ute Indians of Southwestern Colorado, by Helen Sloan Daniels. Published by the Durango Public Library (Durango, Colo.) |
1943 |
1 | 2 | 4 |
Durango Demons football official programs (Durango High School, Durango, Colo.) |
1944-09-22/ 1944-09-29 |
1 | 2 | 5 |
The Story of Durango, Colorado, by Mrs. Arthur W. Ayres for the Durango Chamber of Commerce, revised with assistance of A. M. Camp |
1949 |
1 | 2 | 6 |
Durango, Colorado: Tourist Center of the Southwest, pamphlet with map, distributed by the Durango Chamber of Commerce |
1940/1959 |
1 | 2 | 7 |
Durango High School student notebook binder (Durango, Colo.), of Richard Everett |
1940/1949 |
1 | 2 | 8 |
Songs and Cheers of the Durango High School, distributed by Durango High School (Durango, Colo.) |
1940/1959 |
1 | 2 |
9 |
Picture of Mercy Hospital (Durango, Colo.) |
1940 |
1 | 2 | 10 |
The Founding of Durango, Colorado in 1880, by Mary C. Ayers |
1940/1949 |
1 | 2 | 11 |
Durango (Colo.) tourism travel brochures |
1940/1980 |
1 | 2 | 12 |
Looking back and ahead: Seventy years of faithful Service in the San Juan Basin of the 4 Corners Area: the First National Bank of Durango, Colorado, pamphlet |
1952 |
1 | 2 | 13 |
Durango newspaper clippings, miscellaneous |
1953/1984 |
1 | 2 | 14 |
Cherry Creek Lodge, advertising pamphlet, distributed by Ben and Kay Franklin (Durango, Colo.) |
1953 |
1 | 2 | 15 |
Vacation in Colorful Colorado: Great San Juan Basin, map advertisement by Gardenswartz Sporting Goods |
1950/1959 |
1 | 2 | 16 |
The First Annual Narrow Gauge Downs Pari-Mutuel Betting and 3rd Annual Navajo Trail Fiesta brochure (Durango, Colo.) |
1968-08/ 1968-11 |
1 | 2 | 17 |
The Diamond Circle Theatre in the famous Strater Hotel (Durango, Colo.), 1969 season program |
1969 |
1 | 2 | 18 |
The Strater Hotel Story, by Marion Jarvis |
1969 |
1 | 2 | 19 |
Come on in Dearie: or Prostitutes and Institutes of Early Durango, by Marion Jarvis |
1976 |
1 | 2 | 20 |
Purgatory Ski Resort brochures, distributed by the Durango Chamber of Commerce (Durango, Colo. |
1977/1982 |
1 |
2 | 21 |
Trimble Hot Springs: a historical tale, by Leith Lende Bear |
1985 |
1 |
2 | 22 |
Chuckwagon brochures (Durango and Ouray, Colo.) |
1980/1986 |
1 |
3 | 1 |
Bill of Fare: Silverton Northern R.R. Co.; Car: Animas Forks, menu (2x) |
1880/1890 |
1 |
3 | 2 |
The Hotel Grand (Silverton, Colo.), stationery and envelope |
1897-07-12 |
1 |
3 | 3 |
Advise of U.S. Postal Money Order (Silverton, Colo.) |
1899-04-15 |
1 |
3 | 4 |
San Juan Mines Souvenir Book , photo view book (San Juan, Colo.) |
1899 |
1 |
3 | 5 |
Map of the Southern Portion of the Silverton Quadrangle, Colorado, U.S. Geological Survey, topography, by Frank Tweed and Arthur Stiles, shoes mines, prospects and codes |
1909 |
1 |
3 | 6 |
Souvenir of Silverton: Containing views of points of interest in the District, souvenir letter |
1910-05-12 |
1 |
3 | 7 |
Silverton, Colorado travel brochures |
1919/1989 |
1 |
3 | 8 |
Standard Bottling Works (Silverton, Colo.) bottle labels |
1910/1919 |
1 |
3 | 9 |
Town of Silverton (Colo.) water supply bond, 500 dollars |
1934-05-01 |
1 |
3 | 10 |
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers membership card of Edward Valentine (Silverton, Colo.) |
1937-07-15/ 1939-07-10 |
1 |
3 | 11 |
The Daily Menu of the Bent Elbow, menu (Silverton, Colo.) |
1930/1969 |
1 |
3 | 12 |
Supreme Court Decision in Silverton Miners’ Union Case. Informational pamphlet, distributed by Silverton Miners’ Union, Local No. 26 (Silverton, Colo.) |
1942-12-23 |
1 |
3 | 13 |
San Juan National Forest pamphlets, distributed by the U.S. Forest Service |
1942/1961 |
1 |
3 | 14 |
The Grand Imperial Hotel: Modern Luxury with the Charm of the Pioneer West, advertising pamphlet (Silverton, Colo.) |
1953/1954 |
1 |
3 | 15 |
'The Train to Yesterday,’ Durango-Silverton: Narrow Gauge Railroading in South Western Colorado booklet, distributed by The Railroads of America |
1950/1979 |
1 |
3 | 16 |
The Narrow Gauge Railroad Story: from the San Juan Basin in Southwest Colorado, diorama picture (Silverton, Colo.) |
1950/1969 |
1 |
3 | 17 |
The Silverton Story, by Mary Ann Olsen (Silverton, Colo.) |
1962 |
1 |
3 | 18 |
Narrow Gauge to Silverton, by John B. Hungerford (Silverton, Colo.) |
1952/1966 |
1 |
3 | 19 |
The D&RG in the San Juan, by Josie M. Crum (Silverton, Colo.) |
1964 |
1 |
3 | 20 |
The Narrow Gauge Silverton Train: Durango to Silverton, travel brochures (Silverton, Colo.) |
1966/1983 |
1 |
3 | 21 |
Grand Imperial Hotel advertisements, assorted printed materials. (Silverton, Colo.) |
1974/1979 |
1 |
3 | 22 |
Silverton and neighboring ghost towns: Howardsville, Eureka, Niegoldstown, Middleton, Animas Forks, Mineral Point, Gladstone, Chattanooga, Poughkeepsie, Congress by Jack L. Benham |
1981 |
1 |
3 | 23 |
True stories of early days in the San Juan Basin by Leta Pinkert |
1985 |
1 |
3 | 24 |
Kitchen klassics compiled by the San Juan Woman’s Club, (Silverton, Colo.) |
1989 |
1 |
3 | 25 |
The Alma House: hotel for non-smokers, advertisement (Silverton, Colo.) |
1980/1989 |
1 |
3 | 26 |
Jeep Roads & Ghost Towns of the San Juans, map advertisement, distributed and published by Silverton Chamber of Commerce (Silverton, Colo.) |
1980/1989 |
1 |
3 | 27 |
A simpler way: Silverton, Colorado, by Mesich and Marshall, book |
1990 |
1 |
3 | 28 |
Railroad tickets, compiled Denver Rio Grand Western R. R. Co. coach tickets (3x), Silverton Northern R. R. Co. first class Silverton to Eureka, and Silverton Northern R.R. Co. first class Animas Forks to Silverton. |
1900/1949 |
1 |
4 | 1 |
The Cape Cod Mining and Reduction Company, stock certificate (Golden, Colo.) |
1880/1889 |
1 |
4 | 2 |
Wewissa Mine time check, for Mr. H.S. Reynolds (Ouray, Colo.) |
1890-06-01 |
1 |
4 | 3 |
First National Bank of Telluride, checks- money orders. (Telluride, Colo.) |
1898-05-01/ 1912-10-02 |
1 |
4 | 4 |
Bank of Ouray, check, to R.S. Taff at Chemical National Bank, New York. (Ouray, Colo.) |
1898-08-29 |
1 |
4 | 5 |
The Ophir Bell Mining Company, stock certificate (Aspen, Colo.) |
1890/1899 |
1 |
4 | 6 |
Rico Mining and Milling Company, stock certificate |
1901-04-18 |
1 |
4 | 7 |
Class of 1902: programme of the first annual commencement exercises of the Rico Public Schools. (Rico, Colo.) |
1902-06-06 |
1 |
4 | 8 |
Ouray: the gem of the Rockies, brochure book, issued by the Ouray Board of Trade |
1902 |
1 |
4 | 9 |
Ouray: the gem of the Rockies, brochure issued by Ouray Board of Trade |
1903 |
1 |
4 | 10 |
The San Pedro Gold Mining Company, stock certificate, (Ouray, Colo.) |
1903-02-19 |
1 |
4 | 11 |
The United Rico Mines Company, stock certificate, (Rico, Colo.) |
1909-01-26 |
1 |
4 | 12 |
The Porter Fuel Co., Porter and Hesperus coal and coke shipment card, (Durango, Colo.) to (Ridgeway, Colo.) |
1910-04-23 |
1 |
4 | 13 |
The bride of the Silver San Juan: and other poems by Dr. McKendree De Motte, (Pagosa Springs, Colo.) |
1912 |
1 |
4 | 14 |
The Denver & Rio Grande R. R. Co. shop time card (Ridgeway, Colo.) |
1918-02-14 |
1 |
4 | 15 |
Ouray High School year book, the gem, Edward H. Blackburn |
1920 |
1 |
4 | 16 |
Sweet Skin Hot Springs, advertising brochure, (Ouray, Colo.) |
1920/1929 |
1 |
4 | 17 |
Photo of The Lizard Head, taken from magazine on Denver & Rio Grande Railroad [pg. 138] (Telluride, Colo.) |
192/1939 |
1 |
4 | 18 |
Lucky Discovery Gold, Inc. stockholder letter / promotion (La Plata County, Colo.) |
1933-11-07 |
1 |
4 | 19 |
Lucky Discovery gold, Inc., brochure, (La Plata, Colo.) |
1933 |
1 |
4 | 20 |
Certificate for shares of the capital stock of the Mystery Gold Mining Co., stock certificate (Colorado) |
1934-04-11 |
1 |
4 | 21 |
Lucky Discovery Gold, Inc. brochure, (Durango, Colo.) |
1934 |
1 |
4 | 22 |
Magazine photo of the Rio de los Animas, Colorado |
1930/1939 |
1 |
4 | 23 |
CinderElla’s in the movies/ the glamour girl of the narrow gauge is a star of Nat holt’s mighty cinema epic of pioneer American railroading: the Denver & Rio Grande, brochure |
1952 |
1 |
4 | 24 |
Narrow Gauge news newspaper, number 29, 35 (Alamosa, Colo.) |
1952-11/ 1953-05 |
1 |
4 | 25 |
A travel adventure: ride Rio Grande’s novel narrow gauge through southwestern Colorado’s silver San Juan: Alamosa – Durango via the San Juan, advertising brochure |
1950/1959 |
1 |
4 | 26 |
Narrow Gauge Hotel stationary, (Alamosa, Colo.) |
1950/1959 |
1 |
4 | 27 |
Rio Grande southern railroad by Josie M. Crum |
1950/1969 |
1 |
4 | 28 |
Vacationing in the Switzerland of America: Ouray, Colorado, the gem of the Rockies, travel brochures |
1950/1979 |
1 |
4 | 29 |
Liquor license for the Beaumont Hotel, (Ouray, Colo.) |
1964-06-11/ 1964-03-31 |
1 |
4 | 30 |
A quick history of Creede: Colorado boom town, by Leland Feitz, book |
1969 |
1 |
4 | 31 |
Platoro, Colorado: mining camp and resort town, by Leland Feitz |
1969 |
1 |
4 | 32 |
Tellurider: official comix of Telluride, Colorado, promotional comic book (Telluride, Colo.) |
1977-01-01 |
1 |
4 | 33 |
Alamosa: the San Luis Valley’s big city, by Leland Feitz, book (Alamosa, Colo.) |
1976 |
1 |
4 | 34 |
The Galloping Goose, by Charles M. Engel, second printing (Rico, Colo.) |
1979 |
1 |
4 | 35 |
Ouray’s Beaumont Hotel: a century of Ouray’s history, by Doris H. Gregory, (Ouray, Colo.) |
1989 |
1 |
5 | 1 |
Pueblo ruins: ancient Zữni pottery, plate IV, B. Meisel, lithographer, Miss M. Magill, pxt. (?), lithograph |
1877 |
1 |
5 | 2 |
53117 – Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde (general view), lithograph |
1898 |
1 |
5 | 3 |
Original maps of Mesa Verde National Park, distributed by the Department of the Interior |
1909/1920 |
1 |
5 | 4 |
Ancient ruins of the southwest, by Edgar L. Hewett |
1909 |
1 |
5 | 5 |
Travel-guide map of the Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, map |
1916 |
1 |
5 | 6 |
Excavation and repair of Sun Temple, by J. Walter Fewkes (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1916 |
1 |
5 | 7 |
The prehistoric cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde National Park, published by George L. Beam |
1917 |
1 |
5 | 8 |
The National Parks Portfolio, Second Edition, by Robert S. Yard |
1917 |
1 |
5 | 9 |
The Mentor, Mesa Verde cliff dwellers, magazine article on Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. |
1922-06 |
1 |
5 | 10 |
Santa Fe/ Mesa Verde National Park: via the new gateway- Gallup, New Mexico, tourism brochure |
1924-05 |
1 |
5 | 11 |
Mesa Verde National Park passes and permits, (Mesa Verde, Colo.) |
1924-09-14/ 1958-09-03 |
1 |
5 | 12 |
Mesa Verde National Park: circular of general information, distributed by the United States Department of the Interior / National Park Service |
1927/1931 |
1 |
5 | 13 |
With a camera in the Mesa Verde National Park, southwestern Colorado: most remarkable ruins of ancient habitations in the United States, distributed by Denver & Rio Grande Railroad |
1920/1929 |
1 |
5 | 14 |
Pantasote car top advertisement with picture of Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. |
1920/1929 |
1 |
5 | 15 |
Come into western Colorado: Mesa Verde Nat’l Park circle trip, travel / tourism booklet. |
1920/1929 |
1 |
5 | 16 |
A summer outing amidst the cliff dwelling ruins: Mesa Verde National Park, southwest Colorado, by Elmer E. Higley, brochure |
1920/1939 |
1 |
5 | 17 |
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, distributed by United States Railroad Administration |
1920/1939 |
1 |
5 | 18 |
Prehistoric antiquities in Colorado, page of magazine (pages 57-58) about Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado |
1920/1949 |
1 |
5 | 19 |
Mesa Verde: what does it mean? a pilgrimage to Mesa Verde, by Karleton Hackett, travel promotion, distributed by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad |
1920/1939 |
1 |
5 | 20 |
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, distributed by the United States Department of the Interior / National Park Service |
1933/1948 |
1 |
5 | 21 |
Spruce Tree Lodge menus (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1931-07-17/ 1950-06-27 |
1 |
5 | 22 |
Mesa Verde National Park, engraving and matching postage stamp, by Harry L. Peckmore |
1934 |
1 |
5 | 23 |
National Parks, Mesa Verde National Parks envelope (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1934 |
1 |
5 | 24 |
National Parks, Mesa Verde National Parks envelope (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1934-09-25 |
1 |
5 | 25 |
Teddy Roosevelt Freemason envelope, byline about Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. |
1934 |
1 |
5 | 26 |
Cliff dwellings of the Mesa Verde: a story in pictures, by Don Watson, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1930/1949 |
1 |
6 | 1 |
Map and guide to Mesa Verde National park: follow the scenic Navajo Trail through the Rockies travel / tourism brochure, distributed by the National Park Service, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1950 |
1 |
6 | 2 |
Red Arrow: Indian boy of Mesa Verde, comic, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1952 |
1 |
6 | 3 |
Mesa Verde National Park, photos and descriptions binder, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1954 |
1 |
6 | 4 |
Map and guide to Mesa Verde National Park, leaflet, distributed by the National Park Service, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1955/1959 |
1 |
6 | 5 |
Our National Parks: Mesa Verde, Colorado, April calendar, distributed by the National Park Service, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1957 |
1 |
6 | 6 |
Mesa Verde: a chapter from the romantic past, brochure distributed by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1950/1959 |
1 |
6 | 7 |
Sinclair Oil Company advertisements featuring Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. |
1950/1959 |
1 |
6 | 8 |
The story of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, by Joseph E. Smith, distributed by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1950/1959 |
1 |
6 | 9 |
A pictorial guide to Mesa Verde National Park by Ansel F. Hall, published by Mesa Verde Co., (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1950/1959 |
1 |
6 | 10 |
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, travel brochure, distributed by Far View Motor Lodge, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1950/1969 |
1 |
6 | 11 |
Rocky Mountain tours: Mesa Verde National Park, Royal Gorge, brochure |
1950/1969 |
1 |
6 | 12 |
Indians of the southwest, matchbook covers, distributed by Mesa Verde Enterprises (Mancos, Colo.) |
1950/1969 |
1 |
6 | 13 |
See America year – 1960: via the GrayLine: Indian detours in and around Santa Fe, N< and escorted motor cruise to Mesa Verde National Park, Colo., travel brochure |
1960-04-01 |
1 |
6 | 14 |
Mesa Verde National Park, Colo., brochure, distributed by the National Park Service |
1966 |
1 |
6 | 15 |
The Mesa Verde museum by Richard M. Howard |
1968 |
1 |
6 | 16 |
The Mesa Verde story, dioramas of Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. |
1960/1969 |
1 |
6 | 17 |
Great historical sites of America: first edition proof – first day of issue, Mesa Verde coin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1971-02-04 |
1 |
6 | 18 |
Mesa Verde National Park Decals, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1960/1989 |
1 |
6 | 19 |
National parkways: a photographic and comprehensive guide to Rocky Mountain and Mesa Verde National Parks, vol. 3 / 4, publisher and editor-in-chief Michael D. Yandell. |
1972 |
1 |
6 | 20 |
United States travel – National Park series: Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, stereo pictures |
1976 |
1 |
6 | 21 |
The World’s100 greatest landmarks: Mesa Verde, coin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1978-01-04 |
1 |
6 | 22 |
Mesa Verde National Park, information booklet, distributed by the National Park Service, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) |
1979 |
1 |
6 | 23 |
Masterpieces of ancient engineering … great historical sites of America – Mesa Verde National Park, Colo., travel card, |
1970/1999 |
1 |
6 | 24 |
Mesa Verde information booklets, published and distributed by The Mesa Verde Museum Association, Inc. |
1970/1999 |
1 |
6 | 25 |
Schedule of tours: Mesa Verde National Park, distributed by Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. |
1982-10-16 |
1 |
7 | 1 |
Population of Colorado: United States Census of 1880 – final revision, 1882, map |
1882 |
1 |
7 | 2 |
Tourists’ handbook: descriptive of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, distributed by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad |
1894 |
1 |
7 | 3 |
Colorado (1) Map, Bureau of American Ethnology, eighteenth annual report, plate CXVI, map |
1897 |
1 |
7 | 4 |
Colorado in color and song, edited and published by Frank S. Thayer, color lithographs and songs, (Denver, Colo.) |
1899 |
1 |
7 | 5 |
Color lithograph from Colorado in color and song, edited and published by Frank S. Thayer, (Denver, Colo.) |
1899 |
1 |
7 | 6 |
Colorado wild flowers, hand bound book with color lithographs |
1890/1929 |
1 |
7 | 7 |
Wild flowers of the Rockies, hand bound book with pressed flowers, made by Buela Beeler Evans (Guffey, Colo.) |
1900/1939 |
1 |
7 | 8 |
Premium list: Colorado – New Mexico fair: Tenth Annual and Twelfth Annual; pamphlets with rules, regulations, and awards listings |
1909-09-28/ 1911-09-29 |
1 |
7 | 9 |
Little journeys in Colorado, by L. M. Allen, issued by Passenger Traffic Department, Rock Island Lines |
1913 |
1 |
7 | 10 |
Colorado, issued by The Chicago and North Western Railway |
1915 |
1 |
7 | 11 |
Wonders of Colorado scenery, published by the Carson-Harper Co. (Denver, Colo.) |
1910/1920 |
1 |
7 | 12 |
Come to western Colorado – see the magical southwest, tourism brochure |
1925/1930 |
1 |
7 | 13 |
Highway map and guide of Colorado, distributed by the Authorized Guide & Map Service of America, map |
1920/1929 |
1 |
7 | 14 |
Historical facts about the old battle grounds and old Indian and Spanish trading post at Glorieta Pass (Old Pigeon Ranch) on the Santa Fe Trail, by Thos. L. Greer, (Glorieta Pass, N.M.) |
1920/1929 |
1 |
7 | 15 |
Historical guide to Colorado: a pilgrimage over the old trails to outstanding sites and landmarks, by Lillian R. Brigham |
1931 |
1 |
7 | 16 |
Colorful Colorado¸ brochures, distributed by the Colorado Association |
1931/1939 |
1 |
7 | 17 |
Towns that once made millions, magazine article by Ruth A. Laughlin, (pgs. 39-41, 46) taken from Travel Magazine |
1937-08 |
1 |
7 | 18 |
Travel Colorado highways, brochure issued by the Colorado State Highway Department (Denver, Colo.) |
1941 |
1 |
7 | 19 |
The Narrow Gage Railroads of Colorado: The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society bulletin no. 67A, by Lucius Beebe |
1946-08 |
1 |
7 | 20 |
Rocky Mountain travel directory: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, distributed by the Rocky Mountain AAA |
1946 |
1 |
7 | 21 |
My story of the Aztec ruins, by Sherman S. Howe |
1947 |
1 |
7 | 22 |
The Colorado magazine, published by the State Historical Society of Colorado, volumes XXVI; number 3 and XXIX; number 2 |
1949-07/ 1952-04 |
1 |
7 | 23 |
Million Dollar Highway, article in Ford Times Magazine and newspaper clipping |
1952/1988 |
1 |
7 | 24 |
Highway map of Colorado, distributed by Skelly Oil Company, map |
1953 |
1 |
7 | 25 |
Colorful Colorado: its dramatic history, by Caroline Bancroft |
1959 |
1 |
7 | 26 |
Travel Colorado with Conoco: every Conoco station is a branch of the Conoco Travel Bureau, map |
1950/1960 |
1 |
7 | 27 |
The Four Corners, published by Four Corners Publishing Co. |
1950/1959 |
1 |
8 | 1 |
The Four Corners country: a guide book in verse, by Orval Ricketts, illustrated by Mary T. Masters |
1962 |
1 |
8 | 2 |
Wonderful Western Colorado, brochure |
1950/1969 |
1 |
8 | 3 |
Envelopes originating in Colorado, (Durango, Golden, Rico, Silverton, Colo.) |
1979/1982 |
1 |
8 | 4 |
Tour guide to old forts of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, & Colorado, by Herbert M. Hart, volume II |
1981 |
1 |
8 | 5 |
Silver San Juan: the mines and high scenery in Colorado’s southwest mountains- in 1882, by Ernest Ingersoll |
1986 |
1 |
8 | 6 |
Colorado / Utah tourbook, distributed by the American Automobile Association, AAA |
1986 |
1 |
8 | 7 |
Road map of New Mexico, distributed by U.S.D.A Forest Service |
1980/1999 |
1 |
8 | 8 |
Colorado handkerchief, linen, etc. |
1980/1999 |
|
9 |
1 |
Map of part of Colorado, San Juan Reconnaissance of 1877, C. A H. McCauly( 2nd Lieut. 3rd Art’y. in Charge), published by Western Colorado Chamber of Commerce |
1877/1878 |
|
9 |
2 |
Gems of Colorado Scenery, by Frank S. Thayer (Denver, CO) from photographs by W. H. Jackson & Co., wash drawings by George Berger. Book. 2006:002.11 |
1892 |
|
9 |
3 |
Glimpses of America: a pictorial and descriptive history of our country’s scenic marvels delineated by pen and camera. Historical Fine Arts Series, Vol. II, No. 8,published by H. S Smith and C. R Graham for Historical Publishing Co., Philadelphia |
1894-05-03 |
|
9 |
4 |
American politics: campaign guide for the presidential election of 1896, advertisement from I. Kruschke, the oldest and largest dry goods house in Durango, Colorado. |
1896 |
|
9 |
5 |
Where the silv’ry Colorado wends its way, sheet music, words by C. H. Scoggins, music by Charles Avril |
1901 |
|
9 |
6 |
Rand McNally popular map of Colorado, map of Colorado and California [pages 17-18] |
[early 1900s] |
|
9 |
7 |
Gems of Colorado Scenery, 8th edition, by Book Department, Denver Dry Goods Co. 2006:002.10 |
[early 1900s] |
|
9 |
8 |
Watson’s atlas map of Colorado, early Colorado / eastern Texas map. [pages 59-60] 2006:133.007 |
[early 1900s] |
|
9 |
9 |
Wonderland reached by the Rio Grande ‘the scenic line of the world’: a souvenir album containing forty views of Colorado and Utah scenery, Smith Books Press |
1922 |
|
9 |
10 |
Menu: welcome to Trimble Hot Springs. Mack and Bill Cody … your hosts presenting …, menu, 2006:133.079 |
1943-06-11 |
|
9 |
11 |
Velma’s Supper Club: Durango’s only supper club, menu |
[1940/1959] |
|
9 |
12 |
Mesa Verde, by Ansel Hall, photo book |
1951 |
|
9 |
13 |
Silverton, Colo. ‘"A trip into yesterday," pennant |
[1950/1979] |
|
9 |
14 |
Alpine explorer recreation guide to the San Juan Triangle, distributed by the Bureau of Land Management |
1987 |
|
10 |
1 |
Map of Mesa Verde National Park, original map, (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) located in oversized maps case 3.33, folder M194 |
1911 |
1 | Map |
1 |
American Smelting and Refining Co. smelter. Map of smelter, railroad terminus and nearby features in Durango, Colorado. Features shown include barns, warehouses, sheds, a slaughter house, a rendering house, mills, stock yards, the railroad yards, and a pump house, etc., east/across the Animas River from the smelter and other structures including coke ovens, a dwelling, a barn, scales, and a power house on the same side of the river as the smelter. Denver and Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) tracks are shown in red; Rio Grande Southern (RGS) tracks to Ridgway are shown in green. Undated. Includes a mention of "AFE 2898 - 1952 Retire Tracks." Scale: 1" = 100'. |
1942/1952 |
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