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Tenderfoot Mountain behind the roundhouse, prior to the 1892 fire. Alice Chinn Collection.
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Although damaged and vandalized, pillars supporting the roof over the grave of Duke remained in place in the early 1920s when this trio of young Salida women (Nina Churcher (Thompson) on right) visited the monument on their way to a picnic at the Crater, a popular Sunday hiking destination. Frank Thomson Collection.
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Trees on Tenderfoot Mountain are alive and well when this photograph was taken March 20, 1895. They began dying shortly after the smelter opened – upwind – in 1902, and by 1917 there were almost none left. Two foot paths up the mountain were used by hundreds of visitors who wanted to get a view of the city while they waited to change trains. The mountain was a favorite picnic spot for locals as well. The Denver & Rio Grande Depot, F Street...
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Celebrating the 4th of July in Salida, Colorado at F and 3rd Streets. Image taken by John Kratky. Josephine Soukup Collection.
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The depot and railyard, viewed from across the Arkansas River, near where Riverside Park is located today. Alice Chinn Collection.
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All 27 roundhouse tracks and nearly half of the Salida roundhouse itself, are visible in this photograph, taken sometime between 1890 and 1892. Nearly half of the stalls carry four rails to handle both gauges. The 62-foot turntable was used until 1909, when it was replaced with an 80-foot model. Moving counter-clockwise from the roundhouse lead nearest the photographer, the following locomotives are visible: • narrow-gauge Engine 62, a Baldwin...
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As many as 100 trains a day passed through Salida – and sometimes there were 15 or more passenger trains. That was apparently the case on this day in 1884. The coaches on the far track are awaiting wash jobs before returning to service. Tenderfoot Mountain is visible in the distance. Ernest Brownson Collection.
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Men pose on locomotive number “218” on the turntable at the Denver and Rio Grande roundhouse and shops in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Virgil Jackson Collection.
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Unknown group of people with two horse carriage, and one dog. Tenderfoot Mountain is in background. Photograph was probably taken on G Street. Steve Frazee Collection.
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The Art Moderne Style D & RG Railroad Depot was built in the 1940s and torn down in 1985. Bob Rush Collection.
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The D Street Suspension Bridge with the Denver & Rio Grande Railyards in the background. Virgil Jackson Collection.
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Celebrating the 4th of July in Salida, Colorado at F and 3rd Streets. Image taken by John Kratky. Josephine Soukup Collection.
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Real estate appraisal card. 148 E. 1st Street, lots 23-26, block 4, in Salida, Colorado. This lot was shown as vacant on Sanborn maps of 1886 and 1888. The 1890 Sanborn map indicated that the western section of the building was "being built." The building is shown on the 1893 map, with a meat store furthest west, a boot and shoe store in the center, and a millinery on the east end. Center stairs led to the upper story. The 1904 Sanborn map showed...
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The Art Moderne Style D & RG Railroad Depot was built in the 1940s and torn down in 1985. This photograph is from the 1981 Architectural Inventory streetscapes.