Historic Colorado

Spanish Exploration

Spanish horseman in the New World.

Mountain Men

Rocky Mountain Trapper William

Settlement and Homesteading

Jam tin found in the cooking kit.

Getting Around

A 1912 Palisade ICE wagon pulled by two draft horses. Photo # 1979.0023 #086, Museums of Western Colorado.

Planting and Growing

Tom Cuddy and Morgan Goss herd cattle on Matt Lane's ranch near Fruita in 1913. Photo # 2004.0044.0864, Museums of Western Colorado.

Mining Boom

Uranium miner on the Colorado Plateau in the 1950s. William Chenoweth Collection, Museums of Western Colorado.