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

July 4th, 1903 at Alpine Park

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

This is 117 W. 2nd Street in Salida. This building is no longer standing. The current location is in the parking lot of Pueblo Bank and Trust and was probably the place of business of William W. Roller, whose specialty included real estate, rental properties, and loans.

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. This was taken right around the grand opening on Saturday, October 19, 1929.

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