| The Tripp family and homestead | The Tripp family and homestead | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado |
Description:An image of the Tripp family outside their homestead of southern Elbert County in the late 19th to early 20th century, courtesy of great grandson Rolla Cusick.
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| Simla Standard Gas Station and Round-Up Cafe | Simla Standard Gas Station and Round-Up Cafe | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla
Service stations -- United States -- History |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla
Service stations -- United States -- History |
Description:An image of the Standard Gas Station and Round-Up Cafe in Simla, Colorado on the northeastern corner of the intersection of Highway 24 (Caribou) and Pueblo Avenue in Simla, Colorado. The station was owned and operated by a resident named Dean Tracy. The image features lettering identifying the name of the service station, advertisements for "gas" and "de-icer," and rooftop lettering stating, "We like Simla." Service garages and a dog are shown prominently in the foreground. Local residents indicate that the service station also housed the Round-Up cafe for years. [show more]
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| Simla main street, looking north toward the Rock Island Railroad line | Simla main street, looking north toward the Rock Island Railroad line | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla |
Description:An iconic image of Simla's main street (Sioux) in the early 1900s, probably the 1920s, as indicated by the automobiles and attire of individuals. The picture looks north toward the Rock Island Railroad line and steam or smoke from a departing engine wafts in the background. The photographer was likely at the intersection of what is now Sioux Avenue and Caribou Street (now Highway 24) when taking this picture. [show more]
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| Simla grocery store | Simla grocery store | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Simla. |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Simla. |
Description:An image of a grocery and meat store in Simla, Colorado in the mid-twentieth century.
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| Simla Drug Dealer Postcard | Simla Drug Dealer Postcard | image | Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Simla. |
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Type:image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Simla. |
Description:Colorful postcard sold by Simla Drug Dealer with pictures of the Arkansas river
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| Simla aerial photo | Simla aerial photo | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Simla
Big Sandy River (Colo.) |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Simla
Big Sandy River (Colo.) |
Description:A photograph of the Town of Simla, taken from the air northeast of town. The lower part of the picture also show the Big Sandy River.
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| Ruth, Lula, Lee, and Elmber Tripp harvesting pumpkins from a patch on their family homestead | Ruth, Lula, Lee, and Elmber Tripp harvesting pumpkins from a patch on their family homestead | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado |
Description:An image of Ruth, Lula, Lee, and Elmber Tripp harvesting pumpkins on the land of their family homestead in southern Elbert County, Colorado some time in the late 19th or early 20th century.
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| Ranchland Farm Newspaper building in Simla, Colorado | Ranchland Farm Newspaper building in Simla, Colorado | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla
Newspapers |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla
Newspapers |
Description:An image of the Ranchland Farm Newspaper building on the corner of Sioux Avenue and Buffalo Street in Simla, Colorado. In the top right of the image, "09-3-1971" is handwritten.
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| Ramah postal wagon | Ramah postal wagon | Image | Colorado -- El Paso County.
Colorado -- Ramah
Postal service -- Colorado -- History. |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- El Paso County.
Colorado -- Ramah
Postal service -- Colorado -- History. |
Description:An image of the postal wagon serving the areas surrounding Ramah, Colorado in the late 1800s to early 1900s.
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| Pete and Clarence Ashcraft photos of mail wagon and baseball pose near the train depot in the Simla and Matheson, Colorado area. | Pete and Clarence Ashcraft photos of mail wagon and baseball pose near the train depot in the Simla and Matheson, Colorado area. | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla |
Description:A photocopy of two photos from the early 1900s. One photo shows a man next to a wagon. Cursive handwriting next to this photo indicates that it is Pete Ashcraft next to a mail wagon. The other photo shows children playing baseball, with one child in the foreground posing and holding a baseball bat. Cursive handwriting next to this photo indicates that the child with the bat is "Clarence Ashcraft at the train depot." It is unknown whether the photos were taken in Simla, Matheson, or Ramah (El Paso County). These towns were all located along the Rock Island Railroad line. [show more]
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