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Photo of “Orient Academy” with teacher and students, dated 10/06/1899, Orient, Colorado.

Post author:jcamenga
Post published:September 2, 2024
Post category:Orient
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The age range of the kids in this picture and the presence of one adult point to the log structure being a one-room schoolhouse in Orient. The unpretentious nature of…

Photo of the Fairmount Railroad train (Note: this image is not taken from an original print; it appeared on a postcard published between 1910 and 1920.)

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Post published:September 2, 2024
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In 1891, the New Year’s Day edition of the Rocky Mountain News contained a half-page ad placed by the Fairmount Cemetery Association touting its new cemetery, describing it as “the…

Photo postcard of Trathen’s Emporium, Idaho Springs, CO, 1912.

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Post published:September 2, 2024
Post category:Idaho Springs
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John Trathen was born in Cornwall, England, in November of 1847, and his wife, Mary (last name unknown), also from England, was born in June of 1852. They married in…

Photo postcard depicting the Great Western Cattle Yards outside Brush, Colorado, ca. 1918.

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Post published:May 3, 2024
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This is the first time I’ve posted a Colorado photo, only to relate a tragic backstory rooted in Texas. The story involved brothers Willie and Arthur Halliburton, who signed the…

Welcome to my blog of old Colorado photos. I’ve always loved old photos, and given my interest in history, it was probably inevitable that I would be drawn to the idea of collecting old images of the Colorado town where I grew up, i.e., Fort Lupton. Fort Lupton sits on the South Platte River, about halfway between Denver and Greeley, at the western edge of the Great Plains.

I grew up feeling more connected to the eastern half of the state than to the western half. Maybe that was because I knew the plains were just out the back door of Fort Lupton, so to speak, or simply because I was more familiar with the names of towns to the east. So, a few years ago, when I decided to expand my collecting beyond Fort Lupton, I leaned east. Since then, though, I’ve gotten the bug for expanding my collection to the entire state. You'll find that, in its current state, my blog is weighted toward images of Fort Lupton, eastern and northern Colorado, but that will shift as I steadily add images from the Colorado Rockies and western slope.

I hope you enjoy my blog as much as I enjoy building and tending to it. Please feel free to leave comments!

Jack’s Old Photos
of Colorado

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Jack’s Old Photos
of Colorado

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PEOPLE AND PLACES

Calhan, CO

Jack’s Old Photos of Colorado

Blog

PEOPLE AND PLACES

Jack’s Old Photos of Colorado

Blog

PEOPLE AND PLACES

Calhan, CO

Jack’s Old Photos
of Colorado

Jack’s Old Photos
of Colorado