A boy stands in the snowy landscape outside the schoolhouse on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1898. Built in 1882, the two-story wood frame schoolhouse featured a bell and bell tower centered on the simple gable roof, and a shed addition on the south side. Brick chimneys rise from both gable ends and sash windows are pedimented throughout. Next door is a side gable frame house. In the foreground is a wooden sidewalk running along the east side of Harris Street. The schoolhouse was torn down and replaced with a brick structure in 1909.
UnidentifiedA person navigates a path in the deep snowdrifts in front of the Gaymon's and Tressler's houses on the west side of Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado, during the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedA woman stands under a snow-covered evergreen outside her home in Breckenridge on December 25, 1899. Tracks in the snow lead to the open front door. The one and half story frame house featured a multi-gable roof.
UnidentifiedCharles and Miriam Walker's house on Lincoln Avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado. Built during the months of March 1880 through February 1881, the two-story hewn timber house featured stacked square-bay windows. Behind the house (south) is a two-story board and batten wood building once used as a barn.
UnidentifiedClara (Adams) Tillet poses outside her friend Minnie Thomas' house on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. She wears a high-crowned hat with no brim, trimmed with a feather plume and flowers. Circa 1910s.
Slifka, VictorConrad Leslie (C.L.) Westerman's house on French Street, between Lincoln and Carter Avenues, in Breckenridge, Colorado. The two-story front gable wood frame home with bay window faced south. Covered front porch trimmed with decorative brackets. Two women sit on each gate post at the entrance to the home while three smartly dressed men lean on the fence. A wooden sidewalk runs along the front of the property and abruptly ends in dirt.
Westerman, OttoEast facing side of Charles and Miriam Walker's two-story log house and wooden barn on Lincoln avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado. To the south (pictured left) is a white frame house bordered with a fence decorated with flags and banners draped from trees.
UnidentifiedThe Evans hydraulic elevator system at the the Gold Pan Mining Company south of Breckenridge, Colorado, with a view of the elevated trestle and sluice. Tailings were hauled up the elevated wooden trestle by ore trolley and dumped over the edge, away from the Blue River and Gold Pan excavating pit. The sluice was used to collect potential gold-bearing dirt and gravel. Mine buildings in the background, with a view of Barney Ford Hill. Circa early 1900s.
UnidentifiedThe elevated wooden scaffold at the Gold Pan Mining Company in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa early 1900s. Far left, a sluiceway with a rubber conveyor belt moved rocks from the gold excavating pit and into an ore trolley. The trolley moved up the elevated wooden scaffold and dumped the rocks over the edge, eventually creating a massive tailings pile. The Gold Pan Mine operations nearly reached the buildings and houses on the southern edge of town. Tenmile Range in the background; the Colorado and Southern (C&S) Railway tracks are in the foreground.
UnidentifiedEvans elevator system and excavation pit at the Gold Pan Mining Company just south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Water diverted from the Blue River was forced under tremendous pressure down one pipe into the pit. A second pipe hydraulically lifted rocks, dirt, water and potential gold to the elevated trestle and sluice. Tailings were moved by conveyor belt into an ore trolley; the trolley hauled the rocks up the elevated wooden trestle and dumped them over the edge, away from the pit. In the background are houses on Ridge Street. Circa early 1900s.
UnidentifiedWilliam and Rose Forman pose with their sons on horses by the picket fence surrounding their home on High Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1885-1900. William holds the reins to the horse that Deber, their youngest son, sits astride. George, the oldest child, is on the other horse. Rose stands on the grass inside the fenced yard, and a large dog lays on the wooden sidewalk. The 1881-built one story multi-gable house has a covered portico and square bay window. A second story was added in 1901.
UnidentifiedTwo women sit on the covered front porch steps of the house known as the William F. Forman House, located on the northeast corner of High Street and Lincoln Avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado. Originally designed and built in 1881 by Breckenridge architect Elias Nashold, the home was sold to the Forman family in 1885. In 1901, Mr. Forman added a second story to the house. The two-story cross gable clapboard house featured a brick chimney, dormer and bay windows, and a stone foundation. A rounded wrought iron fence encloses the property. Circa 1929.
UnidentifiedFour young women stand side by side in the snow outside a house in Breckenridge, Colorado. From left to right: Edna York, Florence (Tressler) Myers, Ada Sperry, Ada Davison. They are dressed in long-sleeve, loose-fitting blouses tucked into straight skirts cut above the ankle. The wood frame house behind them features a covered porch and decorative brackets on the posts. Circa 1910s.
UnidentifiedGold Pan Mining Company operations at the southern outskirts of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa early 1900s. A sluiceway with a rubber conveyor belt moved rocks from the gold excavating pit and into an ore trolley. The trolley moved up the elevated wooden scaffold and dumped the rocks over the edge, eventually creating a massive tailings pile. The Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) tracks ran under the conveyor system and crossed a trestle to the west side of the Blue River. In the foreground is a wood frame house with a square bay window, facing east. A rail fence borders the property. Tenmile Range in the background.
UnidentifiedJ. Frank Willis' one and half story front gable frame house on Gibson Hill, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1880s-1903. Outside, Willis holds his bicycle by the handle as he props his left foot on the bike pedal. A second bike leans against a tree by a dirt path. He wears a cap, coat, and knickers with stockings.
UnidentifiedLizzie (Dusing) Tubbs poses outside of her sister Minnie (Dusing) Thomas' house on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. She wears a high-crowned hat with an angled brim trimmed with feather plumes. Circa 1910s.
Slifka, VictorLooking east over the snowy landscape of Breckenridge, with Bald Mountain and Barney Ford Hill in the background. Wood frame buildings line the north end of Main Street, including the Occidental Hotel, facing west. Left center is a view of the Summit County Courthouse on Lincoln Avenue. Circa 1920s.
UnidentifiedLooking west from High Street down Lincoln Avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1890-1899. The two-story frame schoolhouse on Harris Street stands prominently in view. Built in 1882, the school featured a bell tower centered on the multi-gabled roof. The large white frame building in the left background is St. Mary's Catholic Church on French Street, before it had a bell tower (installed in 1899). Far right, on the north end of French Street is Father Dyer United Methodist Church, at its original location before the courthouse was built on the same lot in 1908.
Westerman, OttoMinnie (Dusing) Thomas poses by her house on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. She wears an over-size wide round brimmed hat stacked with flowers, and is dressed in a loose overcoat over a long circular skirt. Circa 1910s.
Slifka, VictorMinnie (Dusing) Thomas poses with her sister Lizzie and their friends on the steps to her house on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Front row, from left to right: [unidentified man], Minnie (Dusing) Thomas, Agnes (Adams) Springmeyer. Standing, back row: Clara (Adams) Tillet, Lizzie (Dusing) Tubbs. The women wear hats adorned with feathers and flowers and are dressed in overcoats and ankle-length skirts. Circa 1910s.
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