Both Gunnison County Libraries are open to the public. Current hours are Monday-Friday, 9-6PM, Saturday 10-4PM, and Sunday 1-5PM.

Archive Search Results


Showing 1 - 12 of 12 , query time: 0.01s
Thumbnail for 'Packtrain'
Format:
Image
Pack animals loaded with supplies or possibly ore on Missouri Pass. The rider may be Pete Mann.
Thumbnail for 'Hauling mine timbers'
Format:
Image
Three two-horse teams pulling a sled loaded with mine timbers on Battle Mountain. One man driving the teams, seated on the timbers. Snow on ground.
Thumbnail for 'Tom Knight and Sam Anderson'
Format:
Image
Tom Knight, leading a pack burro. Sam Anderson is mounted, riding behind Tom. Holy Cross City and mill are in the background. Front: "Me and my ------- Holy Cross City, me, Sam Anderson 1940"
Thumbnail for 'Tom Knight and Sam Anderson'
Format:
Image
Verso: "Tom [Knight] and Sam Anderson, road to Holy Cross City 1940" The men are resting their horses on the improved road.

5. Gilman

Thumbnail for 'Gilman'
Format:
Image
Photographic postcard of the main street in Gilman. Two men are at left, in front of a storefront. A team of horses is tethered in front of a building at midfield.
Thumbnail for 'Pete Mann and pack string'
Format:
Image
Verso: "Pete Mann who ran the pack string 12 miles from the Glengary mine to Gold Park; 22 tons packed out summer 1939"
Thumbnail for 'Holy Cross City'
Format:
Image
Tom Doran (on left) of Eagle, Colorado, and Chuck Shaw of Minturn, Colorado, with pack horses at Holy Cross City. Six buildings and the remains of other structures are visible in the background. "By 1881, Holy Cross City was, itself, a reality. In a meadow, 11,407 feet above sea level, were "'two rows of houses facing each other with other buildings wherever a level spot could be found.' ...Between 1881 and 1883, Holy Cross City could boast...
Thumbnail for 'Tailings pond below Maloit Park'
Format:
Image
Horses standing in the sediment left by the tailings pond below Gilman. Mine wastes were piped approximately four miles down into the settlement area. The tailings pond kept mine wastes from flowing into the Eagle River.
Thumbnail for 'Ray Tippett and Buster Beck'
Format:
Image
Roy Tippett (L) and Buster Beck on horseback, posed in front of stacked mine timbers for the Gilman Mine. The house in the background belongs to the framer who worked for Fleming Lumber Company.
Thumbnail for 'Lawn Games at Poverty Flats'
Format:
Image
The Hart mining Camp, "Poverty Flats," east of Gilman, Colorado, and just below Bell's Camp on Battle Mountain. A group of adults appear to be playing tennis while children in the background are swinging. Two children are sitting on a pony at far right. At far left, people are seated under a shelter. Buildings are visible in the background. From left to right: Ben Hart, 2. Jodi Beverly, 3. Albert Kuhn, 4. Mary McCormick, 5. not known, 6. Susan...
Thumbnail for 'Gold Park Mill and Blacksmith shop'
Format:
Image
A unidentified individual drives a wagon away from the mill and blacksmith shop at Gold Park.
Thumbnail for 'Holy Cross City'
Format:
Image
Tom Doran and Chuck Shaw travel to Holy Cross City in 1940.