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One of the earliest photos of Leadville, Colorado
General Grant Visits Leadville 1880
The advent of the railroad in Leadville was hailed with joy, and considered a guarantee of everlasting prosperity. The first distinguished person to arrive over the new line was General Grant, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Fred Grant and child, and Governor Smith and wife of Wisconsin. This was on the evening of July 22, 1880. "The street lights were a blaze of splendor". A magnificent banquet was held the evening of the 24th at the Clarendon. Grant spoke on his first impressions of Leadville.
Excerpt from A History of Leadville, Colorado by Marshall Conant Graff
Leadville, Colorado street scene ca. 1879
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This iconic western mining scene has been repaired by Western Mining History. Depicted is a street scene at Leadville, Colorado circa 1879.
Oro City 1870s
Harrison Ave. Leadville Colorado 1879
Harrison Avenue - Leadville Colorado
View of Leadville from the Southeast 1879
Leadville from Capitol Hill
Walnut Street Leadville Colorado
Leadville from Capitol Hill
Looking West on Chestnut Street - Leadville Colorado
View of Capitol Hill - Leadville Colorado
Tabor Grand Hotel - Leadville
Chestnut Street at Leadville, Colorado 1879
Leadville Pioneer Homes
Harrison Ave Leadville Colorado
Groceries, Hardware, and Mining Supplies - Leadville
Joslin & Park Jewelers at Leadville, Colorado ca. 1880s
Harrison Ave Leadville Colorado
Tabor Opera House - Leadville
Tabor Opera House ca. 1880
Interior of the Tabor Opera House - Leadville
Clarendon Hotel - Leadville Colorado
Harrison Ave Leadville Colorado 1884
Parade of Odd Fellows & Freeman at Leadville July 4 1879
Londoner Brothers Merchants - Leadville
Vendome Hotel
Horse-drawn sleigh Leadville
Leadville Colorado 1902
Vienna Laundry - Leadville, Colorado
"View from the West" - Leadville, Colorado ca. 1880
Hanging of Gilbert and Rosengrants at Leadville 1881
Toboggan Run - Leadville Colorado
Lake County Courthouse in Leadville
Leadville County Courthouse (colorized) 1880s
State Street (now Second) at Leadville ca. 1880
Harrison Ave Leadville Colorado 1915
Interior of the County Court - Leadville Colorado 1912
Written on the bottom of the photo:
"The fines can be suspended for the go to the school fund; but the costs must be paid because they are fees and go to the court"
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Office - Leadville
President Harrison at the Kitchen Hotel - Leadville, Colorado May 11, 1891
An interesting aspect of this photo is it reveals a little know fact about one of Leadville's landmark buildings. The Tabor Grand Hotel changed its name to Kitchen Hotel around 1887, before becoming the Vendome in the early 1890s.
Leadville Colorado 1915
Hotel Windsor on Chestnut Street - Leadville, Colorado ca. 1880
Leadville, Colorado 1900
Harrison Ave Leadville Colorado 1918
American National Bank Building - Leadville, Colorado ca. 1890s
Leadville street scene ca. 1890s
Colorado National Guardsmen camped at Leadville 1896
Tabor Hose Team 1879
Theodore Roosevelt 1900 vice-presidential campaign tour visits Leadville
Leadville Colorado 1879 (colorized)
Leadville Ice Palace 1895-1896
Leadville Ice Palace
Inside the entrance to the Leadville Ice Palace
Inside the entrance to the Leadville Ice Palace
Entrance to the Leadville Ice Palace
Skating Rink in the Leadville Ice Palace
Arches of Ice in the Leadville Ice Palace
Interior view of the Leadville Ice Palace
Denver's First Regiment Band at the Leadville Ice Palace
Sculpture of miners at the Leadville Ice Palace
Ice Palace Visitors Enjoy the Skating Rink 1896
Game Exhibit at the Leadville Ice Palace
Palace of Living Art and Illusions - Leadville, Colorado
According to the Denver Public Library, the Palace of Living Art and Illusions was a "mini-palace theater on West Seventh Street, Leadville, Colorado. Built by H.C. Dimick for the Winter Crystal Carnival, the theater opened on January 11, 1896 across from the Ice Palace. The theater was 40 x 75 feet, seated three hundred people and was constructed of wood, covered by ice blocks... W. Sunden of Stockholm & E. A. Covell of London operated the theater. Shows were done with reflecting light on a canvas screen while live figures moved behind the screen creating illusions."
"Ground Plan of the Leadville Carnival Palace"
Horace Tabor