Volume 6: Other Southwest Colorado Areas

From Montrose to Cortez to Pagosa Springs, southwest Colorado includes many towns with interesting history, significant natural and cultural resources, and other facets that have been pictured on postcards.


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Sleeping Ute- Landmark of San Juan Basin.
Black and white photo print of the Sleeping Ute Mountains in the background of a sage and scrub foreground.
Souvenir from Mancos, Colo.
Color and embossed lithograph print image. Two figures in modest bathing garb face each other over an assemblage of sea weeds, shells, and a beach scene vignette. Several elaborate fonts state: "Souvenir from Mancos, Colo".
Specled [sic] beauties caught in Snake River, Focus Ranch, Columbine, Colorado
Black and white contact print photograph image of nine trout hanging on a line between two trees.
St. Elmo, Colorado
A color postcard of three old wooden buildings stand abandoned and boarded up at the side of a gravel road. Three children walk in front of the nearest building. There are mountains and trees visible in the background.
St. Rita's Catholic Church, Mancos, Colorado
A black and white postcard of a Catholic Church with a few cars parked outside of it.
Storm over the San Juans
A sepia postcard of a few mountains with clouds above them. There is also a bush in the foreground and trees that line the right side.
Stupid Charlie Guest Ranch
The color postcard with three separate pictures. On of the pictures is inside a building and shows tables and chairs. The second picture shows a few animals in front of some tall trees. The third picture shows three buildings behind a couple of trees.
Summit of Pike's Peak (Colo.) - altitude 14,147
Colored lithograph photo print image of railroad train on a rocky summit.
Summit of Wolf Creek Pass in winter
A postcard of a snow covered road with a mountain and trees behind it.
Sunset over Sleeping Ute, Mancos-Cortez Hiway.
A black and white postcard of Sleeping Ute Mountain.
Ta-Mo-Ta-Povi (Morning Glory) Coo-Cag-Za (Corn Flower) Tewa Indian family twins, Garden of the Gods, Colo.
A sepia postcard of two children standing in front of a stone wall with trees in the background.
Taken June 18, 1919 en route to Mt. McClellan, Colo. 14007 ft. high, on the Argentine Central RY., Loop Trip, Colo.
Colored lithographic photo print image of train, crew, and passengers posed along the rail line and amongst banks of snow.

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