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The Mount of the Holy Cross, located in the Holy Cross Wilderness area of the White River National Forest. Snow covers the ground.
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A photo of mountains located near Crooked Creek Pass. Crooked Creek Pass is located near what is today Sylvan Lake State Park.
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The Mount of the Holy Cross, located in the Holy Cross Wilderness area of the White River National Forest.
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A view of mountains and "sheep hills" near Brush Creek.
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith standing outside their home on Brush Creek. Mr. Smith worked on the Borah ranch.
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From left to right: Leo Daugherty's sister, Loren Arthur, Bert Wolverton, Anne Wolverton, Miss Smith, Tom Carolan, Mildred Nutt, Leo Daugherty, and Mary Carolan picnic on Brush Creek in 1919.
668) Road on Brush Creek
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A view of Coffin Mountain near Brush Creek. Buildings from the Borah ranch are visible in the background.
"Coffin & Beacher Brush Creek, Colorado, on the road to school house where Mother watched for me." -- Alda Borah
669) Road to Red Cliff
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A view of the road leading down into Red Cliff. The town is visible on the right.
670) Twin Lakes
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A stereoscopic view of a footbridge at Twin Lakes near Leadville. This was part of the "Rocky Mountain Stereoscopic Views" series, and was published by Nast & Martin, Portrait and Landscape Photographers of Denver.
671) Lake Constantine
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A view of Lake Constantine, located in the Holy Cross Wilderness Area near the Mount of the Holy Cross.
672) Glenwood Canyon
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A view of Glenwood Canyon, taken in 1919. The Colorado River flows through the canyon. Glenwood Canyon is located between Dotsero and Glenwood Springs.
673) Hunting party
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"Uncle Jake Borah's camp site in Colorado near Sweetwater Lake". Two tents are visible for the camp with several men and horses (plus one pack mule) surrounding the area. A spit in the center holds what appears to be a bear strung up by his feet with other small animals attached. A smattering of snow remains on the small ridge behind the camp. Jake Borah is possibly the second man from right in a wide-brim hat.
674) East of Eagle
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A photograph near Eagle, Colorado where Diamond S Ranch is located today. From Alda Borah.
675) Mountain Scenery
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Double-printed on a green postcard reading "Colorado Mountain Scenery Photographed by C. W. Collins, Georgetown." Four people are perched on a mountainside looking down at the town below; the homes in the valley below provide scale for distance and height.
676) On horseback
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"Mr. MacKenzie, Uncle Jake (Borah), Mr. Hollingsworth" identified on back of photograph.
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"This showed the entire length of the farm" and the Borah's house is circled (from Alda Borah). The ranch was located on Brush Creek from what is now the Hardscrabble Road up to the red schoolhouse, then east toward Bruce Creek.
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"Big Mallard Engine going toward Pass at Red Cliff Ball Park, Colo 1917" from Alda Borah. (1919 is crossed out, replaced with 1917.) Trains of all kinds had trouble with Colorado mountain passes, eventually leading to the elimination of many routes over and through the the Rockies. Mallard engines were steam-powered locomotives developed in Europe and later versions hold the speed record for this category of engine.
Alda was concerned about the...
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Mr. Hollingsworth sits atop a large elk on a hunting trip. He has a long rifle across his lap and another holstered on his hip.
