Ouray, Colorado

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Ouray Colorado 1901

Ouray, Colorado 1890s

Ouray, Colorado with Beaumont Hotel on Right

Pharmacy at Ouray, Colorado late 1800s

This photo was provided by a family member of one of the men in the photo. She states "Picture of my maternal grandfather, Harry Langdon, (just right of the door) in front of the pharmacy in Ouray, Colorado in the late 1800s. A descendant of the Langdons of New Hampshire, he was a pharmacist, builder and miner. His cousin, Olivia, married Mark Twain."

Ouray Flood1909

Ouray Flood 1909

"An Ouray Suburban Scene" - Ouray, Colorado ca. 1890s

Pack train leaving Ouray, Colorado ca1890

Ouray Floods 1919

Ouray Flood 1919

Ouray Flood 1919

Ouray Flood 1919

Clearing the Cascade flume of debris.

Stagecoach in front of the Beaumont Hotel Ouray, Colorado

View of Ouray, Colorado ca. 1890s

Old Circle Route Stage - Ouray, Colorado 1923

High bridge on the Ouray Stage Line

PURCHASE DIGITAL FILE

This iconic ca. 1890s photo shows an elaborate log-cribbed bridge built over a deep gulch on the Ouray Stage Line between the mining towns of Ouray and Silverton in southwest Colorado. This was originally known as the "Otto Mears Toll Road" after the man who built the road - which for years was thought to be impossible.

This photo has appeared in the following articles:

The Impossible Road: Photos of the Otto Mears Toll Road

Ouray, Colorado

Ouray commercial district in the 1880s before brick construction was common

Colorized image of a stagecoach in front of the Beaumont Hotel in Ouray, Colorado ca. 1890.

High bridge on the Ouray Stage Line (colorized)

PURCHASE DIGITAL FILE

This colorized version of the iconic ca. 1890s photo shows an elaborate log-cribbed bridge built over a deep gulch on the Ouray Stage Line between the mining towns of Ouray and Silverton in southwest Colorado. This was originally known as the "Otto Mears Toll Road" after the man who built the road - which for years was thought to be impossible.

This photo has appeared in the following articles:

Best Historical Photos: Colorized Mining Scenes

The Impossible Road: Photos of the Otto Mears Toll Road

Wagon teams descending the road into Ouray, Colorado ca 1890s

Burros packed for the mountains. A street scene in Ouray, Colorado

Chief Ouray and Otto Mears pose for this 1880 photograph

Otto Mears toll road south of Ouray ca. 1890

Otto Mear's toll road between Silverton and Ouray, Colorado, just below Bear Creek Falls

Ouray-Silverton Toll Road at Rocky Point ca. 1890

Children in front of log cabin in Ouray ca. 1880