Bob Rush Collection
Bob Rush was a prominent Salida attorney and had a large collection of framed photographs that adorned his office. He graciously donated his collection to the Salida Library, seen below. His father, William Rush, was a Denver & Rio Grande railroad engineer, and author of a local history, Memories of Leadville.
Bird’s Eye View of Salida and the Denver & Rio Grande Roundhouse, ca. 1900
40/8 veterans in an F Street parade
130 & 132 F Street
Aftermath of the 1886 fire that devastated downtown Salida, looking west from F Street
American Legion Band in front of the courthouse, ca. 1930s
Argys Bros. Garage at 223 E. 1st Street
Arkansas River and the Sangre de Cristos
Bateman Hardware at 119 F Street
Bert & Tom’s Camp at intersection of Highways 291 & 50
The Best Steam Laundry at 126 E. 1st Street
Bird’s Eye View of Salida, ca. 1903
Bird’s Eye View of Salida, ca. 1905
Bird’s Eye View of Salida, 1889
Bird’s Eye View of Salida, ca. 1890
Bird’s Eye View of Salida with view of Denver & Rio Grande’s pen yards
Bird’s Eye View of Salida, ca. 1900
Bird’s Eye View of Salida
Bird’s Eye View of Salida, ca. early 1880s
Bird’s Eye View of Salida, ca. 1910
The smelter at Smeltertown
Bird’s Eye View of Smeltertown
Inside the Salida Depot; Bob Pierce at left
Manhattan Hotel at 228 Lower F Street
Brickyards at C.R. 107
Central Block building at 100 F Street
Brotherhood of the Protective Order of Elks ceremony
Burro and buggy dressed up for a Salida parade
Chief of Police Harry Cable at left
The Capitol Hotel in Buena Vista
Christmas at the Episcopal Church
W.S. Edwards building at 225 W. 1st Street
Chaffee County Honor Roll Board sponsored by the Brotherhood of the Protective Order of Elks #808
Colorado & Southern Engine #30
Cook’s Skelly Station at 143 E. 1st Street
Denver & Rio Grande Hospital Chief Surgeon C. Rex Fuller
D.J. Kramer, Watch Inspector at 129 F Street
Denver & Rio Grande Scenic Line Band on W. 1st Street
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad ticket office; Bob Pierce at right
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad’s Salida Depot; Bob Pierce at center in light-colored hat
The Denver & Rio Grande Hospital at 448 E. 1st, built in November 1885
The Denver & Rio Grande Hospital
The Denver & Rio Grande Hospital after the fire, April 1899
The Denver & Rio Grande Hospital at 448 E. 1st Street, ca. 1900
The Denver & Rio Grande Hospital, ca. 1900
Denver & Rio Grande Engine #106 with crew in the Salida railyards
The Denver & Rio Grande Depot at the F Street turnaround; razed in 1985
The Denver & Rio Grande offices on W. 2nd
The Denver & Rio Grande Roundhouse in ruins from fire, December 1892
Denver & Rio Grande Roundhouse and Shops
The Salida Depot and Monte Cristo Hotel
Denver & Rio Grande Salida Depot
Doveton’s at 100 F Street
Elks Club at 142 E. 2nd
Engine 482 Train Wreck
F Street and Tenderfoot Mountain, ca. 1920
A panorama shot of F and 2nd Streets
F Street and Tenderfoot Mountain with Strait-McKenna building at left
First National Bank at 200 F Street
First National Bank at 201 F Street
Horse-drawn wagon outside of Vaughn’s Feed Store, 146 G Street
Interior of Vaughn’s, 146 G Street
George Vaughn’s Wholesale & Retail Feed Store at 146 G Street
Interior of Vaughn’s, 146 G Street
Lester Vaughn and Margaret Wright inside Vaughn’s Feed Store
Vaughn’s Wholesale & Retail Feed Store
Interior of Vaughn’s, 146 G Street
Frantzhurst Rainbow Trout Farm Truck
Frantzhurst Rainbow Trout Farm Crew; Horace Frantzhurst at top
Funeral March (or Temperance March) on F Street; taken at 2nd
Girls Drum Corp at Alpine Park, 1911
Goetthelf-Mayer building in Saguache, Colorado
Golden Gate Tavern at 132 W. 1st Street
Grand Army of the Republic Marching Band on 1st Street; St. Clair Hotel at right
Group of ladies in costume
Haight and Churcher Furniture and Undertaking business
Turret residents gathered in the shade of Alpine Park in Salida on July 4, 1903 for a community picture. Colorado Sate Senator Thomas Ehrhart of Nathrop was holding the American flag at the left. Marcus Ellis was the boy with the white collar in the front row, and behind him was George Williamson. The man with the white tie in the front row was Lewis Briggs. His son (in white shirt) and William Bryan Hall were next to him. Directly behind them was William Bassham. Elmer Briggs was at the right. In a white blouse and black hat (to the right of center) was Mathilda Hall. Bill Bartlett was leaning against the tree (at the left), and Arthur Williamson was on the other side. Fourth from left was Ora Williamson, and sixth from left was George Mendenhall. The man with the star in the center of the back row was Salida’s nigh marshal Lawrence Jesse Taliaferro, and Christine Bassham was at his left. Elsie Bassham held her daughter, Tillie. Pete Schlosser was standing beside her, and the tall man was Al Joerger. Notice the multisided bandstand for summer concerts in the background.
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center at 448 E. 1st Street, ca. 1980
Horse and buggy in front of the Denver & Rio Grande Hospital
Hunting outfitters with five burros and a dog, in Buena Vista
Independent Order of Oddfellows in a Salida parade, October 1907
Independent Order of Oddfellows in a Salida parade, October 1907
Ideal Cleaners at 117 W. 2nd Street
Indian Grill at 100 F Street
Interior of unknown garage
Interior of unknown Salida business
Interior of unknown Salida business
Ku Klux Klan marching down 4th Street next to Alpine Park, with Salida Library at right
Alice Chinn and colleagues with a wheelbarrow of silver dollars at First National Bank
Methodist Church and First Christian Church on the corner of 4th and D Streets
Group posing in front of the Hanging Bridge at the Royal Gorge
Lippard’s Drugstore at 109 Lower F
Main Street in St. Elmo, Colorado
Ute Pass and Rainbow Falls at Manitou Springs, Colorado
Minstrel band in downtown Salida, possibly at 123 Lower F
Mt. Princeton Hotel and Hot Springs Pool
Mt. Princeton Hotel
Oxford’s Drive-In Market on Highway 50
Palace Hotel at 206 Lower F Street
Parade on E Street next to Alpine Park
Peter Mulvany (presumably) standing amidst the ruins of the Big 1888 Fire that swept through downtown Salida
Red Cross Hospital on the corner of 3rd and G Streets
The original Red Cross Hospital building between 1st and 2nd on G Street
The Salida Band at Alpine Park
Salida Fire Department at 124 E Street
Salida Hose Company No. 1 at their early location on E. 1st Street
Salida Firefighters with dog and her litter of puppies
The Salida Fire Department’s Kissel engine in a Salida parade
The Salida Fire Department’s Kissel engine ready for a parade
Salida Granite Company at 348 H Street
Salida High School Band in the gym, ca. 1930s
Salida Lumber Company at 2nd and G Streets
Salida Police Department officers and detectives; Chief Harry Cable in back row, second from right
Salida Regional Library at 405 E Street, ca. 1980s
Salida State Bank at 200 F Street, ca. 1905
Salida Wrecking Co. at 248 W. 3rd Street
Salida Transfer Co. at 144 W. 1st Street
Salida Water Delivery wagon with two horses
Saloon on 1st Street
Two families in horse-drawn wagons with dog in the vicinity of I Street
Two pheasant hunters and two burros at the corner of 1st and E Streets
Panorama of Smeltertown, ca. 1918
The St. Clair Hotel at 201 E. 1st Street. The St. Clair was later known as the Hotel Denton, then the Rainbow Hotel; razed in 1938
Bird’s Eye View of St. Elmo, Colorado
Tenderfoot Mountain, the Salida Depot, and the Monte Cristo Hotel
The Arkansas River and Alpine Park; the Denver & Rio Grande Hospital is visible at left
The Leonora at 132 F Street
The Monte Cristo Hotel
Rear view of the Monte Cristo Hotel with Tenderfoot Mountain in background
The Right Place ad at 124 F Street
The Sherman Hotel at 123 G Street
Three men on horse-drawn wagon at the St. Clair Hotel, 201 E. 1st Street
Tom Irwin’s Ideal Auto Company at 139 W. 3rd Street
Unknown church
Class picture
Four duck hunters
Easter Sunday 1947 portrait
Unknown town (possibly Fairplay)
W.C. Keim, Decorator, at 133 E. 2nd Street
W. S. Edwards, Liquor Dealer at 225 W. 1st Street
West Side Pool Hall at the end of W. 2nd Street
This image (taken around 1910) of William and Mary Wickers, and their horse Buttons, shows his remodeled popcorn wagon that used to be Salida Fire Department’s Hook and Ladder Truck. Wickers used to farm in Chaffee County but later sold popcorn and ice cream on the corner of F and 1st from his food truck.
This image (taken around 1910) of William and Mary Wickers, and their horse Buttons, shows his remodeled popcorn wagon that used to be Salida Fire Department’s Hook and Ladder Truck. Wickers used to farm in Chaffee County but later in life sold popcorn and ice cream on the corner of F and 1st from his food truck. They are pictured in front of 124 E with some fire department members.
William Rush Law Offices at 122 W. 2nd Street
Scotty Buchanan’s Tailor Shop at 115 Lower F Street
Y&R Auto Company at 300 F Street