Welcome to Your Past
Old homestead with a great view in Animas Forks ghost town in the San Juan Mountains outside Silverton. Colorado.
Recess
The Peace Valley School in Morgan County, Colorado was built in 1911 by homesteaders, and officially closed in 1946. The “prairie schools” in Morgan County, and elsewhere, were a product of the Homestead Act of 1862, which opened the American West with the promise of virtually free land. These rural school houses were North Prairie style -- made of lumber and built with a steeply pitched roof to shed the winter’s snows. Today it stands in decay, with the once busy swing set creaking in the prairie wind. Taken June 4, 2019.
Living Room with Great Views
On My Porch
Gone
Deteriorating wallpaper from a a homestead in Independence, Colorado.
Paper Dolls
This old homestead in Victor, Colorado, has several layers of wallpaper peeling off to reveal the original wallpaper...Denver newspapers dated 1899. It must have been a little girl's room, because Victorian paper dolls were cut out and pasted on top of the newspaper. Then the wallpaper covered the dolls with many layers.
Theresa Mine
The Theresa Mine started producing in 1895 and was shut down in the 1960s. You can explore the inside of this mine by hiking the Vindicator Valley Trail in Victor, Colorado. the Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the background.
Beebe House Christmas
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This is the Beebe house, which sits in the Vindicator Valley of Independence. My Beebe was the mine foreman of the Vindicator Mine.
Forgotten Capitol
The ghost town of Capitol City on Engineer Pass Road outside Lake City, Colorado.
Goldfield Victorian
This old Victorian sits on the top of a hill behind the ghost town of Goldfield, Colorado.
Ironton Homestead
This picturesque cabin sits in the ghost town of Ironton, found along the Million Dollar Highway between Silverton and Ouray.
Victor Mine
This old mine was taken during Autumn of 2005 but has since fallen down. It's outside Cripple Creek, Colorado, near Victor.
Homestead Under the Milky Way
The Hornbeck Cabin is part of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Florissant, Colorado.
Theresa Mine Under the Stars
The Theresa Mine Under the Milky Way. Located in the Vindicator Valley in the ghost town of Independence, Colorado.
Capitol City
This old homestead sits among colorful quaking aspens in Capitol City outside Lake City, on the Engineer Pass Road.
Cinnamon Pass
This peak is on Cinnamon Pass Road, which is part of the Alpine Loop Jeep Road outside Lake City and Silverton, Colorado.
Forgotten Ironton
This old homestead is still standing in Ironton, Colorado, on the Million Dollar Highway between Silverton and Ouray, Colorado.
Mt. Wilson Barn
This old barn is dwarfed by Mount Wilson on Last Dollar Road, outside Telluride, Colorado.
Molas Cabin
This old homestead is on a trail near the summit of Molas Pass outside of Silverton, Colorado.
Yankee Girl Mine
The Yankee Girl Mine is part of the Red Mountain Mining District outside Ouray, Colorado, along the Million Dollar Highway. Built in 1882, it produced $8M in its time.
Crumbling Door
This was an old homestead on the East side of Little Bull Hill in Independence, Colorado.
The Walsh House
The Walsh House in the ghost town of Animas Forks was the home of Evelyn Walsh McLean, daughter of Tom Walsh, who discovered the famous Campbird Mine in Ouray and was once owner of the Hope Diamond.
The Gold King Boarding House
The Gold King Boarding House in Alta Lakes, outside Telluride, Colorado.
Four Walls
The four walls of this old homestead are all that's left of this cabin, located near the summit of Molas Pass outside Silverton, Colroado.
Fixer Upper
The heavy snows and winds finally got the best of this old cabin in the high country.
St. Elmo Bay Window
This home is part of the ghost town of St, Elmo, Colorado.
Still Standing
This old building is in the Red Mountain Mining District outside Ouray, Colorado.
Guston Mine
The Guston Mine was part of the Red Mountain Mining District along the Million Dollar Highway between Silverton and Ouray, Colorado. Established in 1892, it closed in 1898.
Treasure Mountain Gold Mining Company
The Treasure Mountain Gold Mining Company building sits near the beginning of Picayne Gulch Road outside Silverton, Colorado.
Come As You Are
The 1915 Antelope Springs Methodist Episcopal Church in Morgan County is an example of a late 19th and early 20th century American Movements style building on the Colorado plains. All three stories were accessible, with the sanctuary on the main level, a downstairs kitchen and a small upper room on the third floor. From the top floor you could look out and there was nothing but prairie and horizon as far as you could see.
Trout Lake Homestead
Trout Lake was originally a natural lake that was dammed in the late 1800s to hold more water for the newly developed Ames Hydro Electric Power plant near Ophir Colorado.
Beebee House in Independence
This old homestead is in the ghost town of Independence, Colorado.
Losing Independence
One of three homesteads still standing on Little Bull Hill in the ghost town of Independence, Colorado.
Watermarks
Window to the Past
Framed
The Vindicator Mine head frame is seen through this old homestead's window.
Vindicator Mine
The Vindicator Mine in the ghost town of Independence, Colorado. This was my very first Milky Way photo, taken in June, 2016.
