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Members of Salida Hose Co. No. 1 display their new rubber coats and recently purchased hose cart February 27, 1883. The fire house was on East First St. and included a tower for drying hose – which always seemed to be in short supply. The bell is believed to be the one purchased by women of Ascension Church. Although firemen couldn’t know it yet, they would be faced with using this equipment to fight four major conflagrations in the future. The...
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Horse-drawn fire wagon.
Salida Fire Department Collection.
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This remarkable document is the subscription list dated 1892 that Mayor Wright put together to reorganize the Salida Fire Department and keep it from disbanding. It is a veritable who's who of Salida's notables. Among the signatures are Territorial Governor of Colorado A.C. Hunt, who was instrumental in bringing the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad here and platted the town of Salida. R.M. Ridgway, railroad superintendent of the Denver & Rio Grande and...
1345) 302 W. 1st Street
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Real estate appraisal card. 302 W. 1st Street, lot 23-25, block 6, in Salida, Colorado. This building is no longer standing.
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Newly built Longfellow School at 8th and I Streets in Salida, Colorado.
This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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First Baptist Church, 419 D Street, in Salida, Colorado.
This postcard is from the Anonymous Photo Collection.
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The Ku Klux Klan in the 4th of July Parade in Salida, Colorado. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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A photograph of a group at Valley View Hot Springs in Saguache County, Colorado.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Rose and Thelma posing at Valley View Hot Springs, Colorado.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Two women posing at Valley View Hot Springs, Colorado.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
1352) Valley View Hot Springs
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A patron enjoying a soak at Valley View Hot Springs in Moffat, Colorado.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Two of Salida's Bravest with a dog and her litter of pups.
Bob Rush Collection.
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Interview with Alberta Mitchell on December 13, 2004. Alberta was born on July 1, 1926 and died on August 29, 2011. She discusses growing up in Salida, her career as chief surgical nurse at the Denver & Rio Grande Hospital, and all of the people who made the Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center a reality.
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This group of men in downtown Salida may have been members of the traveling troupe Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company, which performed shows based on Stowe’s novel and traveled across the country in the early 20th century. The show featured jubilee dancers, Shetland ponies, military bands and cake walkers and generally ended with a street parade. This photo is taken on North F Street.
Bob Rush Collection.
1357) Minstrel Band
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Minstrel band coming into town for a performance. Photograph taken by John Kratky who lived in Salida between 1912-1920.
Josephine Soukup Collection.
