Black and white photo of a logged clearing with several tents and wagons, one of which belonged to an early photographer of the Gunnison area. Accompanying article is about the first winter spent in Gunnison by Sylvester Richardson, who was the president of the Gunnison Company.
An advertisement run on page eight of the Gunnison Country Shopper by Gunnison Bank and Trust, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the city of Gunnison. Collected by Zelma Krueger.
Black and white photograph of Sylvester Richardson, along with an article about the first foray of the Gunnison Company into the Gunnison Valley in 1874.
Black and white photo of unnamed mining town in Gunnison County, as well as article about the first winter for pioneers in the new town of Gunnison in 1874-1875.