Jesse Tripp home | Jesse Tripp home | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Simla |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Simla |
Description:An image of Jesse Tripp entering his home in southern rural Elbert County, Colorado, courtesy of his grandson Rolla Cusick.
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Matheson bank | Matheson bank | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Matheson |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Matheson |
Description:A photocopy of an original image of a bank in Matheson, Colorado believed to have been taken in the early twentieth century. Someone has handwritten "Matheson Bank" in cursive on top of the picture.
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Matheson billiards hall | Matheson billiards hall | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Matheson |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Matheson |
Description:A photocopied image of a billiards (pool) hall in Matheson, Colorado in the early 1900s.
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Moody the Peddler | Moody the Peddler | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Simla Peddlers -- United States |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Simla Peddlers -- United States |
Description:Moody the Peddler selling goods somewhere in the Simla area of Elbert County, Colorado at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Page from booklet - picture of Duncan Matheson | Page from booklet - picture of Duncan Matheson | Image Text | Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Matheson |
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Type:Image Text Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Matheson |
Description:Brief history of Duncan Matheson & his farm on the Big Sandy River.
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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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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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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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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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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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