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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Ridgeway, Colorado.
A black and white postcard of a town in a valley under a mountain.
Rock formation in Cortez, Colorado.
Black and white photograph of a large rock formation standing alone in shrubland. Larger mesas can be seen in the distance.
Ruins of the San Diego de Jemez Mission (Jemez Hot Springs, N.M.)
Color lithograph photo print image of architectural remains. Fields and cliffs rise in the background.
Saddling up Big Jack
A color postcard of a man saddling a giant rabbit. There are horses, a white fence, and a mountain with trees on it in the background.
San Ildefonso, Indian Pueblo. New Mexico
A color postcard of the town of San Ildefonso. There are mountains visible behind the town.
San Juan Range (Colo.)
View of snow capped mountain peaks overlooking a valley; trees at the bottom of the valley are reddish orange. C attle graze in a field at the very bottom. A white frame and caption have been added to the image.
San Juan Range - Rocky Mts.
A color postcard of a mountain range. The mountains appear to still have some snow left on them.
San Juan Range and Trout Lake as viewed from Lizard Head Pass (western Colorado)
The postcard shows a lake that is surrounded with trees. There are some mountains in the background and some clouds in the sky.
Sapinero Bridge over Lake Fork of the Gunnison, Colo.
Image, from an elevated vantage point, of a highway spanning a river gorge supported by a frame of one metal arch. Below, and closer to the rapids of the river, is a second metal truss bridge.
Scene on Slumgullion Pass near Lake City, Colo.
A sepia postcard of a mountains with a valley between them. There are many trees in the valley and in the mountains
Scene on Western slope of Wolf Creek Pass - Indian Head Mtn., & San Juan Valley (Colo.)
Colored lithograph photo print image of a mountain valley; rivers and mountain switchback roads from an elevated vantage point.
Scene on Wolf Creek Pass - Hwy. U.S. 160 (Colo.)
Black and white photographic print. Image of a mountain pass road at far left; pine forest scales the mountain sides; snow capped peak in background.

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