Salida Centennial Photo Collection

Salida, Colorado celebrated its centennial in 1980. The Salida Centennial Committee compiled this collection of old photographs to help preserve the history of Salida and the surrounding areas. Photos were donated from: • Frank Thomson • Donna Nevens • Salida Museum • Alice Chinn • Salida Fire Department • Josephine Soukup (Kratky) • Ernest Brownson • Alta Proctor • Janice Pennington • Dick Dixon

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Knights of Pythias Band
The Knights of Pythias hosted a Grand Lodge Session in early September 1890. Here is a photo of the Knights of Pythias Band on E. 1st and E Streets – taken September 3, 1890: • Comstock – Solo B flat • Logan – first B flat • Kirkbride – first B flat • Bogue – first tenor • Johnston – 2nd tenor • Gilliam – 2nd alto • Porchard – 1st alto • Smith – baritone • Motz – tuba • Williams – snare drum • Gillet – bass drum • Warner – drum major Donna Nevens Collection.
Lela Benton
Lela Benton. Nellie Ellis Collection.
Looking North on F Street
Looking North on F Street, before the S was installed on Tenderfoot Mountain. Alice Chinn Collection.
Magic Garland Hot Blast Stove
Woman seated near a Garland Hot Blast Stove. Josephine Soukup Collection.
Marvin Ice Houses & Pond
Marvin Ice Houses and Pond, ca. 1908 – 1910. Pearl Lunnon Collection.
Mary E. Hanks
Mary Hanks. Haley-Bratton Collection.
Mary E. Hanks
Mary E. Hanks. Haley-Bratton Collection.
Mary, Helen, and Alberta Hanks
Mary, Helen, and Alberta Hanks. Haley-Bratton Collection.
Miners at Garfield
With riches inches ahead in mine shafts or tunnels, men were impatient and work often continued in deep winter snow and sub-zero temperatures near timberline. There was an insatiable demand for mine and construction timbers. Although work was brutal, the rewards were good enough that men such as this fellow at Garfield were willing to risk snow slides and frostbite to snake timber up dangerously narrow trails even in the dead of winter. Miners working underground usually didn’t feel the cold as much, but were faced with a difficult trip to and from work. There was also the chance that while they were underground, the entrance to their workplace might be buried by a snow slide. Ernest Brownson Collection.
Minstrel Band
Minstrel band coming into town for a performance. Photograph taken by John Kratky who lived in Salida between 1912-1920. Josephine Soukup Collection.
Monte Cristo Hotel on the 4th of July
The Hotel Monte Christo was decorated with American flags and bunting in commemoration of the Fourth of July. The lunchroom occupied this wing of the hotel, and the main entrance was to the left, where some gentlemen were relaxed under the canopy. By 1890, standard-gauge rail had reached Salida, and dual-gauge track was clearly visible here. Steve Frazee Collection.
Monte Cristo Hotel with a View of Tenderfoot
The rear of the Hotel Monte Christo is seen in this rare view, recorded on a glass negative before 1889, during the period before the standard-gauge reached Salida. Tents were put up for additional staff on either side of the bunkhouse. The D&RG pumphouse is to the right of the hotel. Beyond the pumphouse coal shed, the cabooses are visible. A protective rock wall was built to prevent erosion of the property by high water from the Arkansas River. Tenderfoot Hill, still speckled with pinon and cedar trees, was beyond the hotel and railroad yards. Steve Frazee Collection.

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