Continental Divide, Colorado, 1909 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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 rare historic image captures Continental Divide, Colorado, 1909 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: [Corona Moffat Road, Colo., crest of the Continental Divide, 11,666 ft.]
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Continental Divide, Colorado, 1909
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In 1909 the Continental Divide in Colorado was known to the people who lived and worked along it as the line that sent snowmelt either east toward the Atlantic or west toward the Pacific. Mining and railroads gave the high country its economic life. Silver and gold camps had boomed and faded in the decades before, and rail lines such as the Denver & Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland had pushed their grades over the mountain passes to carry ore, timber, and passengers. Denver, the state's largest city, called itself the "Mile High City," and visitors came up into the mountains for the scenery and the cool summers.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | lawdy, e. f., mile high photo co., hindmarsh, r. b. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Colorado |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 532 px · prints to 18 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Corona Moffat Road, Colo., crest of the Continental Divide, 11,666 ft.] |
| Reference | CO Continental Divide 1909 |
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