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Moody the Peddler selling goods somewhere in the Simla area of Elbert County, Colorado at the beginning of the 20th century.

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.

An image of a coal mine one and a quarter mile north of the unincorporated town of Fondis in the early 20th century.

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

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

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

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