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Explore Colorado’s past through the archives, artifacts, and photographs of the History Colorado Collection.

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PhotographBrocken Spectre Colorado Trail San Juan Mountains 1991 with me in middle of circular rainbow, La Garita WildernessPhotograph | Brocken Spectre Colorado Trail San Juan Mountains 1991 with me in middle of circular rainbow, La Garita Wilderness | John Fielder | clouds | rainbow | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1126
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PhotographCochetopa Creek, La Garita Wilderness 3Photograph | Cochetopa Creek, La Garita Wilderness 3 | John Fielder | Mountain Peak | Evergreen Trees | Flowers | Field | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1129
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PhotographEast Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 1Photograph | East Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 1 | John Fielder | Mountain Peak | clouds | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.) | East Mineral Creek2023.1.1131
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PhotographEast Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 2Photograph | East Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 2 | John Fielder | Mountains | Evergreen Trees | fog | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.) | East Mineral Creek2023.1.1132
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PhotographEast Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 3Photograph | East Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 3 | John Fielder | Mountains | Evergreen Trees | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.) | East Mineral Creek2023.1.1133
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PhotographEast Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 4Photograph | East Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 4 | John Fielder | Evergreen Trees | Tents | llamas | Field | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1134
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PhotographEast Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 5Photograph | East Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 5 | John Fielder | Mountains | Snow | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.) | East Mineral Creek2023.1.1135
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PhotographEast Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 6Photograph | East Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 6 | John Fielder | Flowers | Field | mountain range | Snow | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.) | East Mineral Creek2023.1.1136
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PhotographEast Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 7Photograph | East Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 7 | John Fielder | Flowers | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1137
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PhotographEast Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 8Photograph | East Mineral Creek, La Garita Wilderness 8 | John Fielder | Mountain Peak | mountain range | Snow | Evergreen Trees | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.) | East Mineral Creek2023.1.1138
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PhotographWest Mineral & Miners Creeks, La Garita Wilderness 1Photograph | West Mineral & Miners Creeks, La Garita Wilderness 1 | John Fielder | Beaver dams | Ponds | Trees | Mountains | creeks | reflection | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1172
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PhotographWest Mineral & Miners Creeks, La Garita Wilderness 2Photograph | West Mineral & Miners Creeks, La Garita Wilderness 2 | John Fielder | Lakes | Trees | Mountains | creeks | reflection | ice | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1173
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PhotographWest Mineral & Miners Creeks, La Garita Wilderness 3Photograph | West Mineral & Miners Creeks, La Garita Wilderness 3 | John Fielder | Beaver dams | Ponds | Trees | Mountains | creeks | reflection | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1174
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PhotographWest Mineral & Miners Creeks, La Garita Wilderness 4Photograph | West Mineral & Miners Creeks, La Garita Wilderness 4 | John Fielder | Beaver dams | Ponds | Trees | Mountains | creeks | reflection | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1175
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PhotographWheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 1Photograph | Wheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 1 | John Fielder | Volcanic ash, tuff, etc. | Trees | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1176
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PhotographWheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 2Photograph | Wheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 2 | John Fielder | Volcanic ash, tuff, etc. | Trees | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1177
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PhotographWheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 3Photograph | Wheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 3 | John Fielder | Volcanic ash, tuff, etc. | Trees | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1178
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PhotographWheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 4Photograph | Wheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 4 | John Fielder | Volcanic ash, tuff, etc. | Trees | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1179
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PhotographWheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 5Photograph | Wheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 5 | John Fielder | Volcanic ash, tuff, etc. | meadow | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1180
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PhotographWheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 6Photograph | Wheeler Geological Area, La Garita Wilderness 6 | John Fielder | Volcanic ash, tuff, etc. | Trees | La Garita Wilderness (Colo.)2023.1.1181
A photograph of an atmospheric phenomenon called Brocken Spectre. It appears as a circular rainbow on the side of a mountain underneath dense clouds. The photograph was taken on the Colorado Trail in the San Juan Mountains in either Hinsdale, Saguache, or Mineral County, Colorado.
A photograph of a valley meadow of Cinquefoil bushes with yellow flowers and grasses near Cochetopa Creek in Hinsdale, Saguache, or Mineral County, Colorado. evergreen trees surround and the valley and there are mountains with a distinct peak looming in the background. The sunlight shines upon the mountains in the background, while the rest of the landscape is shaded.
A photograph of a couple mountains near East Mineral Creek in Mineral County, Colorado. The mountains have grass on them, along with some snow. The sky is partially cloudy with light blue sky and redish-purplish clouds over head.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 21.
A photograph of a group of trees on a mountainside near East Mineral Creek in Mineral County, Colorado. The mountains in the background are faded due to either the haze or the fog.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 21.
A photograph of a group of trees on a mountainside near East Mineral Creek in Mineral County, Colorado. The mountains in the background are faded due to either the haze or the fog.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 21.
A photograph of the Fielder encampment on the outskirts of a evergreen tree forest in Mineral County, Colorado. Pack llamas graze in the meadow near one of the tents while a chair is unfolded underneath one of the evergreen trees. Four logs have been set up in a campfire square with a stove and coolers in the middle. The encampment is at the foot of a hill with mountains looming in the background.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 21.
A photograph of the mountains partially covered in snow near the East Mineral Creek in Mineral County, Colorado. Two of the mountains are bathed in a reddish hue, while the third is shaded.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 21.
A photograph of a top of a ridge with wildflowers growing on it near the East Mineral Creek in Mineral County, Colorado. The mountains in the background are partially in the sunlight. The wildflowers are purple and yellow and there is some vegetation on the ridge and mountains.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 21.
A close-up photograph of a patch of Moss Campion wildflowers near East Mineral Creek in Mineral County, Colorado.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 21.
A photograph of the mountains and foothills near East Mineral Creek in Mineral County, Colorado. The mountains have strips of snow, mainly in gullies or in the peaks and mostly barren except for some vegetation. The evergreen trees encroach upwards on the mountains in the mid ground and center background. The landscape is shaped with the foreground being in the sun.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 21.
A photograph of two beaver dams and ponds overflowing them near or on the West Mineral and Miner's Creeks in Mineral County, Colorado. The dams are made out of bush twigs and smaller branches on the outside and they are overflowing into the pond below and the creek below for the second one. The dam in the background is a large one and a creek is flowing into the pond it is built in. The mountains looming over the ponds are bathed in an orangish light. The ponds reflec the mountains and the sky.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 20.
A photograph of an alpine lake in the shadow of a mountain near West Mineral and Miners Creeks in Mineral County Colorado. The lake is mostly clear except for some algae along its shore. The mountain is the only thing in the sun. Evergreen trees line the bottom of the mountain and some grow along the mountainside. The lake reflects the mountain and the sky.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 20.
A photograph of part of an alpine pond near West Mineral and Miners Creek in Mineral County, Colorado. The pond has ice on it, with the ice surrounding small islands of grass in the pond. There is a beaver dam in the background, meaning the pond is caused by beavers damming the creek which lead to the water level rising. The lake reflects the mountain sky and the mountain looming above the pond.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 20.
A photograph of two beaver ponds in the shadow of a mountain near West Mineral and Miners Creeks in Mineral County, Colorado. The main pond has ice on it, with the ice surrounding small islands of grass in the pond. There is a beaver dam in the background, meaning the pond is caused by beavers damming the creek which lead to the water level rising. The lake reflects the mountain sky and the mountain looming above the pond.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 20.
A photograph of a volcanic ash formation in the Wheeler Geological Area in Mineral County, Colorado. The foreground formation looks like the trees trying to grow in between the front and rear formations. Larger formations loom in the background.
A photograph of a volcanic ash formation in the Wheeler Geological Area in Mineral County, Colorado. The foreground formation looks like the trees trying to grow in between the front and rear formations. Larger formations loom in the background.
A photograph of a volcanic ash formation in the Wheeler Geological Area in Mineral County, Colorado. The foreground formation looks like the trees trying to grow in between the front and rear formations. The base of larger formations loom in the background.
A photograph of a volcanic ash formation in the Wheeler Geological Area in Mineral County, Colorado. The foreground formation looks like the trees trying to grow in between the front and rear formations. Larger formations loom in the background.
A photograph of a volcanic ash formation surrounded by meadow in the Wheeler Geological Area in Mineral County, Colorado. The formation sits in a gully and volcanic ash can still be found in the meadow. The formation looks sharp like chert and is shaped like evergreen trees.
A photograph of a volcanic ash formation in the Wheeler Geological Area in Mineral County, Colorado. The foreground formation looks like the trees trying to grow in between the front and rear formations. The base of larger formations loom in the background.
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