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

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PhotographAspen Grove With Purple FlowersPhotograph | Aspen Grove With Purple Flowers | John Fielder | Aspen Grove | Flowers | Lupine2023.1.19
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PhotographAspen Grove With Purple Flowers 2Photograph | Aspen Grove With Purple Flowers 2 | John Fielder | Aspen Grove | Flowers | Lupine2023.1.20
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PhotographSandstone Cliff Looking Over CanyonsPhotograph | Sandstone Cliff Looking Over Canyons | John Fielder | sandstone | Trees | mountain range2023.1.21
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PhotographWest Fork Dolores River Aspen TreesPhotograph | West Fork Dolores River Aspen Trees | John Fielder | aspen trees2023.1.96
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PhotographWest Fork Dolores River Aspen Trees 2Photograph | West Fork Dolores River Aspen Trees 2 | John Fielder | aspen trees2023.1.97
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PhotographEagles Nest Ruins In The CliffsidePhotograph | Eagles Nest Ruins In The Cliffside | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins | Eagles Nest Ruin2023.1.124
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PhotographCliff Carvings At Eagles Nest RuinsPhotograph | Cliff Carvings At Eagles Nest Ruins | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Ancient Art | Eagles Nest Ruin | Cliff Carvings2023.1.125
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PhotographNordenskjöld Ruins In The CliffsidePhotograph | Nordenskjöld Ruins In The Cliffside | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins | Nordenskjöld Ruin2023.1.126
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PhotographNordenskjöld Ruins In The Cliffside 2Photograph | Nordenskjöld Ruins In The Cliffside 2 | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins | Evergreen Trees | Nordenskjöld Ruin2023.1.127
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PhotographUte Pueblo Ruins With Evergreen TreesPhotograph | Ute Pueblo Ruins With Evergreen Trees | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins | Evergreen Trees2023.1.128
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PhotographUte Pueblo Ruins Close-UpPhotograph | Ute Pueblo Ruins Close-Up | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins | Trees2023.1.129
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PhotographUte Pueblo Ruins Close-Up 2Photograph | Ute Pueblo Ruins Close-Up 2 | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins2023.1.130
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PhotographUte Pueblo Ruins Close-Up 3Photograph | Ute Pueblo Ruins Close-Up 3 | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins2023.1.131
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PhotographUte Pueblo Ruins With Large TreesPhotograph | Ute Pueblo Ruins With Large Trees | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins2023.1.132
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PhotographUte Pueblo Ruins From AfarPhotograph | Ute Pueblo Ruins From Afar | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins2023.1.133
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PhotographUte Pueblo Ruins From Afar 2Photograph | Ute Pueblo Ruins From Afar 2 | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins2023.1.134
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PhotographUte Pueblo Ruins With TouristsPhotograph | Ute Pueblo Ruins With Tourists | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins | People2023.1.135
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PhotographUte Pueblo Ruins From Afar 3Photograph | Ute Pueblo Ruins From Afar 3 | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins2023.1.136
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PhotographUte Pueblo Ruins Close-Up 4Photograph | Ute Pueblo Ruins Close-Up 4 | John Fielder | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | Pueblos | ruins2023.1.137
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PhotographHovenweep National Monument 1Photograph | Hovenweep National Monument 1 | John Fielder | Ancestral Puebloan | adobe | Sagebrush | Building | Hovenweep National Monument2023.1.361
This photograph was taken near the Mancos River in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The focus is a close-up on the lower portion of multiple aspen trees. The ground cover is extremely green, and groups of Lupine flowers are littered across it.
This photograph was taken near the Mancos River in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The focus is a close-up on the lower portion of multiple aspen trees. The ground cover is extremely green, and groups of Lupine flowers are littered across it. A wider shot than the first aspen grove photo.
This photograph was taken between Yellowjacket and McElmo Canyons in Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado. At the center of the photograph is a wind-eroded sandstone structure at the top of a cliff overlooking the canyons. In the valley below are groves of trees with green and yellow foliage. In the distance is a mountain range against a sky full of white clouds.
This photograph was taken near The West Fork Dolores River in San Juan National Forest, Montezuma County, Colorado. The entire photograph is filled with spring foliage leafing aspen trees. They are all in full foliage and very green.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 26.
This photograph was taken near The West Fork Dolores River in San Juan National Forest, Montezuma County, Colorado. The entire photograph is of spring foliage leafing aspen trees. They are all in full foliage and very green.

This photograph correlates to a location on the bundle of maps called, The Colorado Trail: Maps. It is on Map 26.
This is a photograph of Eagles Nest Ruin in Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. Ruins of ancient pueblos are on the left, center of the photo and surrounded by the rocky cliffside. On the right side is a large rock formation overhanging the ruins that are part of the cliffside.
This photograph was taken in Eagles Nest Ruin, Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. It is a close-up shot of the side of a cliff where ancient carvings have been made into the rock. There are humanoid, animal, and natural figures. There is a large hole in the rock above.
This is a photograph of Nordenskjöld Ruin in Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. The cliffside is on the left side of the photo and the ruins themselves are tucked into this cliff. The sky peeks out in the right corner.
This is a photograph of Nordenskjöld Ruin in Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. It is a close-up shot of the ruins in the cliffside on the right side of the photo. The sky is above and there are some trees clinging to the cliffside.
This photograph was taken in The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. Ruins of ancient pueblos can be seen at the center of the photo surrounded by a heavy rock cliffside above it. There are evergreen trees growing up from the canyon below.
This photograph was taken in The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. The photo is a close-up shot of ancient pueblos as if the viewer is standing next to them and looking in. The right side of the photo shows the cliff face and some trees.
This photograph was taken in The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. There are ancient pueblo ruins in the bottom third of the photo and appear to have been filled with black rock. The cliffside waps up and around them.
This photograph was taken in The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. There are pueblo ruins in the upper center of the photo and close enough to the viewer that the individual bricks can be seen. The cliffside wraps up and around the ruins.
This photograph was taken in The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. On the left side of the photo are two large, bare trees that stand parallel to the cliffside. There are ancient pueblo ruins tucked under the cliffside on the right.
This photograph was taken in The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. The photo was taken from afar so the ancient pueblo ruins that sit in the cliff face on the left appear far away. The cliffs stretch across the right side of the photo and are covered in trees.
This photograph was taken in The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. Ancient pueblo ruins sit in a cliffside at the center of the photo. Some trees are growing up from the canyon floor.
This photograph was taken in The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. Ancient pueblo ruins sit in a cliffside at the center of the photo. Some trees are growing up from the cliffside. There are people climbing on the cliff to see the ruins.
This photograph was taken in The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. There is a large cliffside on the right of the photo that has ancient pueblo ruins sitting inside it near the bottom of the photo. The left side of the photo shows the rest of the valley.
This photograph was taken in The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado. This photo is a close up of a cliffside with ancient pueblo ruins built into it on the bottom right. Some shrubs ar growing out of the cliff face.
A picture of the Ancestral Puebloan ruins in the sunset in Hovenweep National Monument in Montezuma County, Colorado. The walls are made of various stacked stone bricks and sagebrush grows around them. The buildings are rounded.
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