Craig, Colorado, 1920 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Craig, Colorado, 1920 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Craig School, Craig, Colo.
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Craig, Colorado, 1920
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Craig, Colorado, in 1920 was a young ranching town in the Yampa Valley of Moffat County, which had been carved out of Routt County in 1911 with Craig as its seat. Cattle and sheep raising along the Yampa River and coal mining in the surrounding hills supplied most of the local work, and the town's merchants depended on those trades. The Denver and Salt Lake Railway, known locally as the Moffat Road, had reached the valley only a few years earlier, giving area shippers a link to Denver and wider markets, though the region remained remote by Colorado standards. Residents would have known Craig as a shipping point at the edge of sparsely settled country, where the courthouse and main street anchored civic life.
| Created / published | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Creator | welch, g. h. (george h.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Colorado |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 928 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Craig School, Craig, Colo. |
| Reference | CO Craig 1920 |
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