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cou-bha BHA.0006-007 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

View from Shock Hill looking east over the town of Breckenridge, Colorado towards Bald Mountain. The Denver South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway tracks and train depot are in the foreground, west of town. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Breckenridge Colo, from Shockhill, looking west."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-012 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Breckenridge, Colorado looking north down the Blue River valley. Railroad tracks are visible on Barney Ford Hill. The steep hillside is sparsely covered with thin trees. In the far distance is the snow-covered peak of Buffalo Mountain. Abbreviated title taken from handwritten caption on card mount: "Breckenridge, looking down the Blue river valley, showing R.R. track on Niggerhill to the right and Buffalo Mountain at Dillon, ten miles distance."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-003 · Item · ca. 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

The town of Breckenridge, Colorado looking west from Barney Ford Hill. Tenmile Range in the background. Handwritten caption on card mount: "Breckenridge from Niggerhill, showing ten Mile range, 13,000 feet above Sea level six miles distance."

Westerman, Otto
"Carter Museum."
cou-bha BHA.0006-008-002 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Edwin Carter's log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. Built in 1875, the one story log cabin has a shed addition on the south side and a wooden split rail fence around the property. A ladder temporarily leans against the front gable. Town buildings and a view of the Tenmile Range in the background. Circa 1899. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Carter Museum."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-016 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Beginning of the railroad grade through snowy Ten Mile Canyon at Frisco, Colorado. To the left (southeast) of the narrow gauge track is a large stack of lumber or railroad ties. Opposite are utility poles. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Entrance to the ten Mile Canon [sic] at Frisco."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-005 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

A girl and a boy pose with children sitting astride two burros stopped in the center of Main Street, Frisco, Colorado. The girl stands with her hand on her hip, holding one burro's bridle. The boy has his arm laid across the same burro's back. Wooden buildings and wooden boardwalks line either side of the dirt road. In the distance is the base of Mount Royal (left) and Mount Wichita (right). Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Frisco, an ideal village in the Mountains."

Westerman, Otto
"Illinois park and railway"
cou-bha BHA.0006-013 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Looking southeast from Barney Ford Hill over Illinois Park where Iron Springs, Puzzle Mine, Ouray Mine and the Germania Mine and Mill were located. Railway went around Hook Eye Curve with sidings to some of the mines. Near Breckenridge, Colorado. Abbreviated title taken from handwritten caption on card mount: "View from Niggerhill showing Illinois park and railway, 500ft below."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-037 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway between Boreas Pass and Breckenridge, Colorado. In the background is Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range. In the 1880s-1900s, Breckenridge locals called the mountain Peak Tilly Ann, named after Matilda Silverthorn and Ann Remine, the two young women that allegedly first climbed Peak 8. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Mount Tillyann near Breckenridge."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-021 · Item · 1895
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

View from Brewery Hill toward Farncomb Hill of mining operations in Georgia and American gulches by the Wapiti Mining Company, northeast of Breckenridge, Colorado, in 1895. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "North slope of Farncom [sic] hill showing the location of the principal Gold mine."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-019 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Mid-summer view of Breckenridge, Colorado from Lincoln Avenue showing snow on the peaks of the Tenmile Range. The 1882-built wood frame schoolhouse with bell tower stands prominently among the houses and churches. Title taken from handwritten caption on card mount: "Peak eight from hight [sic] of Lincoln Ave. as seen in mid Summer, showing perpetual Snow."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-020 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

View of Breckenridge, Colorado, from Lincoln Avenue in early autumn after the first snowfall on Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range. The 1882-built wood frame schoolhouse with bell tower stands prominently among the houses and churches. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Peak eight in early autumn after the first Snowfall."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-043 · Item · 1895
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Hydraulic mining operations in American Gulch below Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge, Colorado, in 1895. Shows the Great Flume, Victoria mill and Wapiti Mining Company's mine buildings. Or, could possibly be the buildings of Dog Town. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Placer mining by hydrolic [sic] pressure on Farncom [sic] hill."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-024 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Breckenridge, Colorado looking northwest from railroad grade on Barney Ford Hill at 500 feet above town. A man stands next to the tracks in front of the locomotive stopped at Engineer's Curve. Two other men lean on the metal frame attached to the front of the train (called a "cow-catcher"). Tenmile Range in the distance. Handwritten caption on card mount: "Breckenridge from the railway grade on Niggerhill, at an elevation of 500 ft. above town."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-025 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

At Rocky Point east of Breckenridge, Colorado four well-dressed men sit or stand on a railroad trailer. Also called a motorcar, speeder, popcar, or putt-putt, these self-powered trailers were used by maintenance crews to check for problems along the tracks. Replacement ties are stacked in the background. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Rocky Point near Breckenridge."

Westerman, Otto