Justen G. "Jess" Oakley and Eli Fletcher carry the mail down snow-covered Main Street, Breckenridge, during the "Big Snow" event of 1898-1899. The men volunteered to ski over Boreas Pass to Como, where the Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway was stopped. Heavy snowstorms prevented trains from delivering mail, fresh food and other supplies. Quoted from handwritten text on the reverse: "US mail via snow shoe winter of the 78 day blockade".
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Looking north at the buildings lining the west side of Main Street, Breckenridge, during the 1898-1899 winter of the "Big Snow". On the reverse is handwritten: "Breckenridge Colo winter 1899".
UnidentifiedSnowy landscape view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking east toward the railroad tracks on Barney Ford Hill. Plumes of smoke are visible rising from the rotary snowplow railroad engines. Bald Mountain in the background. Handwritten on the reverse: "Last train out of Breckenridge beginning of the 78 day blockade Feb 5 at noon showing rotary 1899". During the "Big Snow" event of 1898-1899.
Westerman, OttoLooking north on snow-covered Main Street, Breckenridge, during the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. False front and wood frame buildings line both sides of the street. In the left foreground, Ezra Stewart, wearing a dark cape overcoat and hat, stands on top of a tall snowbank in front of the Arlington Hotel.
UnidentifiedPeople sit or stand on the concrete sidewalk in front of the commercial buildings that line the west side of Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado, probably sometime after 1912. The snow-covered peaks of the Tenmile mountain range can be seen in the background.
Westerman, OttoLooking northwest toward Breckenridge from Barney Ford Hill. The large flat area in the foreground is the baseball field. Piles of riverbed rock are left behind by the dredges along the west side of town. Pictured off center to the right, the 1880-constructed Methodist Episcopal Church (M.E. Church) with bell and belfry, painted white, stands prominently on North French Street (in 1909 the Summit County Courthouse was built on this lot just south of the church). St. Mary's Church with bell and belfry, added in 1899, is also in view on French Street, dating this photograph circa 1899-1909.
UnidentifiedSouthwest view overlooking toward the town of Breckenridge. Snow-covered peaks of the Tenmile Range (including Mt. Quandary, Mt. Helen, Peak 10 and Peak 9) in the background. In the foreground is a wood structure. Handwritten on the reverse is "Breckenridge Colo". Circa 1890s.
UnidentifiedLooking north on Main Street, Breckenridge, in January 1965.
Manuscript by Agnes (Finding) Miner titled the "Founding and Early History of Breckenridge, Colo. and The Story of a Colorado Pioneer by Mrs. Duane F. Miner".
Miner, Agnes E. (Finding)Part one from the typed manuscript by Agnes (Finding) Miner. Her account of the early history of Breckenridge, titled "Founding and Early History of Breckenridge, Colorado" begins in 1859 with the Georgia Gulch gold rush and continues with the area's mining and railroad history. Agnes also includes the naming of Breckenridge and references to "Colorado, a Summer Trip" by Bayard Taylor and "In the Parks and Mountains of Colorado" by Samuel Bowles. Agnes ends part one of the manuscript with a poem.
Miner, Agnes E. (Finding)Telephone directories for Breckenridge, Colorado, and surrounding areas. Includes towns in Summit, Lake, and Eagle counties.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company telephone directory for Leadville, Breckenridge, Dillon, and Red Cliff, Colorado. Winter 1936-1937.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph CompanyMountain States Telephone Directory for Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco, Leadville, Minturn, and Vail, Colorado. Area code 303. Published July 1967.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph CompanyMountain States Telephone Directory for Breckenridge, Climax, Dillon, Frisco, Leadville, Minturn, and Vail, Colorado. Area code 303. Published July 1968.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph CompanyMountain States Telephone Directory for Breckenridge, Climax, Dillon, Frisco, Leadville, Minturn, and Vail, Colorado. Area code 303. Published November 1969.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph CompanyMountain Bell telephone directory for Breckenridge, Climax, Dillon, Frisco, Leadville, Minturn, and Vail, Colorado. Area code 303. Published January 1971.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph CompanyMountain Bell telephone directory for Breckenridge, Climax, Dillon, Frisco, Leadville, Minturn, and Vail, Colorado. Area code 303. Published January 1972.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph CompanyMountain Bell telephone directory for Avon, Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco, Leadville, Minturn, Silverthorne, and Vail, Colorado. Area code 303. Published January 1976.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph CompanyMountain Bell telephone directory for Avon, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Dillon, Frisco, Keystone, Leadville, Minturn, Silverthorne, and Vail, Colorado. Area code 303. Published January 1977.
Mountain Bell telephone directory for Avon, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Dillon, Frisco, Keystone, Leadville, Minturn, Red Cliff, Silverthorne, and Vail, Colorado. Area code 303. Published January 1978.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company