 Share our website with your neighbors and friends Project Progress Process - remove photo from frame, scan, catalog, post to website, reframe, rehang in Town Hall with description labels Phase 1 - 15 photos, complete, begins on this page here Phase 2 - 20 photos, complete, begins on this page here Phase 3 - 18 photos, complete, begins on this page here Special Gift Comments welcome Contact information for the Town Clerk and Webmaster is available on the Town Staff page or by clicking here. Please refer to the photograph # at the end of each photograph description when communicating with staff. Phase 2
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 1st Addition to New Brick Courthouse - 1938  Last stage out of Hot Sulphur - 1905  Byers Canyon Before Railroad  Yampa Valley Mail Train  Hot Sulphur Springs from top of Big Ski Jump - 1914  Hot Sulphur Springs Sept 15 1905  Hot Sulphur Springs Boy Scout Troop - 1950s  Fount McQueary's Livery Stable  Hot Sulphur's Board Walk  Hot Sulphur Springs Bath House - 1871  Hot Sulphur Springs Dry Goods  Hot Sulphur Springs Depot  Byers Canyon - 1920  Hot Sulphur Springs - 1915  Hot Sulphur Springs - 1938  Hot Sulphur Springs - 1954  Sulphur Days 1976  Snowmobiling in Hot Suphur Springs  Old School House  3rd School, now GC Museum |
Paul Gilbert Photo Collection - Phase 2 In order to facilitate a faster download and simpler navigation, we have created three separate pages for each of the three phases of this preservation project. This is Phase 2 of the project will contain twenty individual photographs. For greater details about this project, please go to the main Paul F. Gilbert Photo Collection web page or click here. Note: All of the photographic images below have imbeded links to individual images that open in a separate browser window. Please click on the photograph itself for a standalone image. Use Control + (PC) or Command + (Mac) keys to enlarge (zoom) the individual expanded images further. 1st Addition to New Brick Courthouse - 1938Notes on the back of this photograph state, "C 1938, Building 1st addition to New brick courthouse." The building in the right backbround is the Hot Sulphur Springs Community Church and the building on the left is the Lew Wallace house now part of the Canyon Motel. The courthouse is located on the southwest corner of U.S. 40/Byers Avenue and Maple Street. The individuals in the photograph are unknown. Photograph #116 Last Stage Out of Hot Sulphur - 1905Notes on the back of this photograph state, "Last stage out of Hot Sulphur, 1905, Charles Purcell driving." Mount Bross is in the background. The stagecoach route went over Cottonwood Pass and was used from 1874 until the railroad arrived in Hot Sulphur Springs in 1905. More information about the stage and freight lines in Grand County may be found on the Grand County History website by clicking here. Charlie Purcell may also be seen in Photograph #101 in Phase 1 shown here. Passengers unknown. Photographer unknown. Photograph #117 Byers Canyon Before the RailroadOn the back of this photograph is written, "East end Byers Canyon before the railraod, Note First wagon road through Byers Canyon." Although the date of this photograph is unknown, we know that it is before 1905, since the railroad was constructed through Byers Canyon at that time. Acording to the Grand County History website time line, this wagon road was begun in 1893. Photographer unknown. Photograh #118 Yampa Valley MailOn the back of this photograph in the lower right hand corner is written, "Stop and let you on , Flag it down, Yampa Valley Mail." It is fairly certain that this is an east bound train in Byers Canyon. At one time this train had a western termination of Craig, Colorado. More information about the Yampa Vallley Mail Train may be found online. Date of photograph unknown. Photographer unknown. Photograph #119 Hot Sulphur Springs from Big Ski Jump - 1914Written on the back of this photograph is, "Hot Sulphur Springs 1914, Taken from the top of Big Ski Jump." Another image from this collection is photogrpah #113 in Phase 1 shown here, showing a ski jumper taking off from the Big Ski Jump in 1916. The Grand (now Colorado) River may be seen meandering across the photograph behind the town and the long eight-windowed Grand Hotel may be seen in the lower center of the image. In the center of the photograph is a large oval which may be where local indians raced their horses. Photographer unknown. Photograph #120 Hot Sulphur Springs - Sept 15 1905On the back of this photograph is written only "Sept 15 1905". Looking east from above the hot springs the Moffat Road railroad is in the foreground. In the center of the image is the eight-windowed Grand Hotel with the County Courthouse and Hot Sulphur Springs Community Church behind the hotel. Photographer unknown. Photograph #121 Hot Sulphur Springs Boy Scout Troop - 1950sWritten on the back of this photograph is, "HSS Boy Scout Troop, Scout Leader Dave THompson, Paul Gilbert, 1950s". Paul Gilbert is the gentelman standing on the far left. It is assumed then that the gentleman standing on the far right is the other scout leader, Dave Thompson. Photographer unknown. Photograph #122 Fount McQueary's Livery StableWritten on the back of this photograph is, "Fount McQuearys Livery Stable, Hot Sulphur Springs." The individuals in the photograph as well as the location in Hot Sulphur of this livery are unknown. Note that a different name beginning with the initials W.E. appears on the livery door. The date of the photograph and photographer are unknown. Photograph #123 Hot Sulphur's Board WalkWritten on the back of this photograph is "Hot Sulphur's Board Walk." Looking west down Grand Avenue the board walks may be seen on both sides of the street with Maple Street just past the two homes on the right. The first home on the right is a rental home built by Solomon Jones in 1903 and the next home is the Crawford cabin built in 1874. The Grand Hotel on Aspen Street can be seen on the left edge of the image. Photographer and date of photograph are unknown. Photograph #124 Hot Sulphur Springs Bath House - 1871Written on the back of this photograph is "Hot Sulphur Springs Bath House, 1871, Chamberlin Photo." It is believed that the photograph was taken by W.G. (William Gunnison) Chamberlain (1815-1910) who is credited with a similar photoghraph that appears in the Denver Public Library Western History Collection taken about the same time. In that photograph, the building on the right is described as a very early house belonging to Frank Byers. Photograph #125 Hot Sulphur Springs Dry GoodsThere is nothing written on the back of this photograph, however, this appears to be a dry goods store that has existed on this site under different owners for some time on the south side of Grand Avenue between Aspen and Spring Streets next to Antlers Hotel and Saloon. Note the name Griffith's on the frontage sign which may be either an owner's name or a product name. Photographer and date of photograph unknown. Photograph #126 Hot Sulphur Springs DepotOnly "HSS Depot" is written on the back of this photograph. Although the date is unknown it would need to be after 1905 when the Moffat Road Railroad came through Hot Sulphur Springs. The crossing in the foreground should be approximately the same location as today's crossing. No signs of the depot or the water tank remain. Photograph #127 Byers Canyon - 1920On the back of this photograph is a stamp with the following fields filled in, "Date - 20 [1920]; Subject - Byers Canyon; Donor - USFS [United States Forest Service]." Looking in a westward direction down river the railroad is on the right where the wagon road once existed. Note that there is yet no road on the east side of the river as there is now. Photograph #128 Hot Sulphur Springs - 1915This is the same photograph as #114 in Phase 1 that has lines drawn with building identifiers by Horace Button. The only thing written on the back of this photograph is the year 1915 and then C 1915. Photgraph #129 Hot Sulphur Springs - 1938Hot Sulphur Springs - 1954Hot Sulphur Springs 1954. Looking west down Grand Avenue, the Bank Block is on the southwest (left) corner and the Riverside Garage is on the northwest (right) corner of Grand Avenue and Aspen Street. Connelly's Cafe & Bar with the Coors sign is on the left. Vera's Cafe is on the right where later the M Bar 11 would be. The event and nose-pushing activity are not known. Hot Sulphur Days began in 1964 ten years after this photograph was taken, although this could have been a precursor. Photograph #131 Sulphur Days - 1976 A collection of photographs made into a collage of the 12th Sulphur Days event. Written on the back of this photograph in pencil is '989.' If you know any of the individuals in the images above or below, please let us know. Photograph #132 Below are three of the images cropped from the collage above. The first image (#132a) is of five gentelmen in from of the Bank Block on the southwest corner of Grand Avenue and Aspen Street. The second image (#132b) is looking west down Grand Avenue at Aspen Street. The third image (132c) is of five gentlemen at an unknown location. Click on each image to open in a separate browser window then use CTRL + or CMND + to enlarge from there.    Snowmobiling in Hot Sulphur SpringsThere is nothing written on the back of this photograph, however, it's clear that people are enjoying an unknown snowmobiling event in Pioneer Park in Hot Sulphur Springs. Although the date of this photograph is unknown, you can see that the bridge over the Colorado River in the center right of the frame is not the same bridge as today. Photograph #133 Old School HouseWriten on the back of this photograph is "Old School House, Historical Museum." Although there is no date on the photograph you can see some perspective from the lack of homes around the site. Compare with Photograph #135 of the same building below. Looking in an easterly direction, this is the corner of Byers Avenue and 1st Street. Photograph #134 3rd SchoolWritten on the back of this photograph is, "3rd School, Now GC Museum." Looking in a nortwesterly direction, located on the northeast corner of Byers Avenue and 1st Street in Hot Sulphur Springs. The date of this photograph is unknown. Compare with Photograph #134 above. Photograph #135 |