PPLD Historic Photo of the Day, 5/31/11: Colorado City

By On May 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In A Big Something, Photography, PPLD Historic Photo of the Day


(Colorado City, ca. 1862, photographer unknown. Courtesy of Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District. Image Number: 001-2070.)

Several buildings of small town with scrubby hillside in front and behind and mountains in distance. Hand-written note on back reads “The original of this picture belonged in the Prof. Kern collection. The back of the picture had “Colo. City – 1860.” It was taken after July 1862 however.

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