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Two unidentified women sit in a boat at the Smith Ranch. The postmark is dated May 10, 1909. An unidentified individual is sitting on the porch of the house.
Smith's Ranch was located near Ruedi, Colorado. John Ruedi settled on the land after snowshoeing up from Basalt in 1885. Ruedi would later sell his ranch in 1906. Other settlers followed including Bill Smith. Once located in the Fryingpan River Valley, the land where Ruedi was located was...
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A postcard of the Basalt Public School. The Basalt Public School was originally located in a small one-room frame structure until the late-1890s. The school was relocated to this building, which sat on the border between Eagle County and Pitkin County. In 1902, the building was expanded from a one-room school house to a four-room, two story brick building, pictured here. The bell was removed from the bell tower in 1914, due to structural concerns,...
89. Aspen, 1950s
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A small greeting postcard sent to Mary (Grant) Borah, Alda (Borah) Perkins, and Franklin Perkins from Marvin and Eva Borah. A small poem in the greeting card reads, "From the Mountains comes this Greeting / Ringing like the Echoes true / That your Christmas may be merry / And the New Year happy too."
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A postcard of the Hotel Colorado (left) and Glenwood Hot Springs pool (right). The Glenwood Hot Springs pool opened in 1888 and is still in operation today. The Hotel Colorado first opened in 1893. Former United States President's Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft stayed at the Hotel Colorado during their presidencies. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1977.