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Real estate appraisal card. This is approximately 345 W. Sackett Avenue, lots 11-13, block 6, in Salida, Colorado.

Real estate appraisal card. 525 W. Front Street, lots 7-8, block 8, in Salida, Colorado.

Real estate appraisal card. 511 Front Street, lots 3-4, block 8, in Salida, Colorado.

Real estate appraisal card. 349 W. Front Street, lot 9, block 6, in Salida, Colorado.

Real estate appraisal card. 417 W. Front Street, lots 5-6, block 7, in Salida, Colorado.

Real estate appraisal card. 337 W. Front Street, lots 5-6, block 6, in Salida, Colorado.

Real estate appraisal card. 211 W. 1st Street, Imp. on R.R. right of way, block 20, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected about 1902 as the plant of the Salida Bottling Company; the tracks of the Gunnison branch of the D&RG Railroad lay immediately west of the building. The building does not appear on the 1898 Sanborn map but ls shown on the 1904 edition. The building is shown on a 1902 overview photograph of the city and a close up...

In 1883, Salida (no longer South Arkansas) was growing in three directions from the river. The Craig Opera House is at the corner of Second and F Streets and the Presbyterian Church, the first designed for religious services, is a little white frame building at the corner of Third and F Streets. A few days after this photo was taken in mid-May, the F Street bridge was seriously damaged by normal spring runoff when two sections were ripped from the...

Although most of the mess from the January 1888 fire is cleaned up in this summer photo, evidence can still be seen. Despite a massive rebuilding effort – mostly in brick this time – there are still many open lots along F Street above First Street. Rubble from the fire is visible where it was dumped along the bank of the Arkansas River near the F Street Bridge. After two major fires, it is interesting to note how much larger the area that is today...

About a mile and a half west of Salida, the two engines of Passenger Train No. 16 were wrecked due to a rail washout on the line. The washout extended for about a hundred yards and the first engine fell in and buried itself, followed by the second engine, which rammed against it. Before the wreck, Engineer Reardon averted disaster when he noticed a cautionary headlight given off by a neighboring switch engine. Using his ‘customary Safety First caution’,...