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The top of Monarch Pass in Chaffee County, Colorado. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Denver and Rio Grande Hospital, located at 448 E. 1st St. in Salida, Colorado. This is currently the Touber Building, home to Salida's administrative offices. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Western Hospital located at 448 E. 1st St. in Salida, Colorado. This is currently the Touber building. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Hospital at 448 E. 1st St. in Salida, Colorado. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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A view of Mt. Aetna from the top of Old Monarch Pass. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The top of Monarch Pass in Chaffee County, Colorado. Mt. Aetna is visible in distance. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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An image of an unknown mine in Colorado. This mine is possibly in the Turret area. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad ran a 'Santa Claus Train' during the mid 20th century. This particular image shows Santa after his arrival into town. Santa and the kids went to the Unique Theater where he gave out presents and they watched cartoons. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad ran a 'Santa Claus Train' during the mid 20th century. This particular image shows Santa after his arrival into town. Santa and the kids went to the Unique Theater where he gave out presents and they watched cartoons. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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Image of the steam locomotive 'Onward', built by Mason Machine Works in Massachusetts. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad ran a 'Santa Claus Train' during the mid 20th century. This particular image shows Santa after his arrival into town. Santa and the kids went to the Unique Theater where he gave out presents and they watched cartoons. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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A view of the entrance to the Salida High School which was built in 1910 and burned down in 1962. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Salida High School was built in 1910 and destroyed by fire in April 1962. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Salida High School, built in 1910 and destroyed by fire in April 1962. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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Engine 485, shown wrecked at the Salida Roundhouse. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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Engine 485, shown wrecked at the Salida Roundhouse. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Rio Grande Hospital opened in November 1885, described as “one of the finest buildings of similar size in the West and...the especial pride of the town.” Railroad workers throughout the line paid fifty cents each month to a fund to cover the operation of the hospital. The substantial two-and-a-half-story brick building resembled a fine residence and featured a wrap-around verandah surmounted by a balcony. The landscape of the grounds included...
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A 1937 Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) project constructed springs collection boxes, collection lines, a junction box, and a five mile underground hot water transmission line to the Salida Hot Springs Aquatic Center. The pool and building were constructed as part of the same WPA project. During the depths of the Great Depression, some 200 men found work digging the pipeline and constructing the building essentially by hand. It cost $160,000...
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Major Joseph Sykes Hutchinson, Civil War veteran, moved to the upper Arkansas Valley in 1866. He established the oldest family-owned working ranch in the county. It is now the present-day location of the Hutchinson Ranch on Highway 50 between Salida and Poncha Springs. Major Hutchinson married Annabel McPherson in 1868 and they had four sons: John Arthur (Art), Bailey Forbes, Harold Charles, and Joseph Mills. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives...
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The Trout Run at the corner of 3rd & F Streets in Salida, Colorado, was stocked and cared for by Frantzhurst Trout Farm. Tourists would pay to feed the fish in the run. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.