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A picture of the Albert and Sarah Tripp homestead and surrounding landscape somewhere in the vicinity of Simla, Colorado provided by their grandson Rolla Cusick.

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…

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.…

An image of Simla, Colorado, most likely at the intersection of what is now Highway 24 (Caribou) and Sioux Avenue.

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…

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.

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.

An image of Jesse Tripp entering his home in southern rural Elbert County, Colorado, courtesy of his grandson Rolla Cusick.

An image of the postal wagon serving the areas surrounding Ramah, Colorado in the late 1800s to early 1900s.

An image of a grocery and meat store in Simla, Colorado in the mid-twentieth century.