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Colorado
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The American Southwest: A Guide to the National Parks and Natural Landscapes of Southwest USA 
 This travel site covers national parks and related natural wonders in Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and California, including the Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Carlsbad Caverns, and Yosemite, among many others. Though the information is brief and there are no links provided to the official sites for each park, there are photographs and some maps making it a good starting place for people planning a trip through the Southwest. Information is also provided on state parks and related areas of interest. http://www.americansouthwest.net/ Topics: Geography, Geology, Parks, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. Travel Last updated Jan 21, 2002 Colorado State Archives Photograph Collections
A sampling of photos from a variety of collections, some dating back to the 1870s. The exhibits include the "Postcard Collection," which captures "public buildings, main street scenes, town panoramas, amusements, and transportation"; "Department of Corrections Mug Shot Collection"; WPA projects; photos and a virtual tour of a couple orphanages; and other images depicting early 20th century life in Colorado. http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/photo/home.htm Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 18, 2004 Conservation & Xeriscape
Water saving and management tips and a guide to the Xeriscape "method of landscaping. .... Rather than a specific 'look' or a limited group of plants, Xeriscape is a combination of seven basic landscaping principles." This site explains the principles and provides before-and-after photographs of gardens landscaped using them. There is some Colorado focus, as the site is from Denver Water; the term "Xeriscape" was coined in the 1980s by one of its environmental planners. http://www.water.denver.co.gov/Conservation/Xeriscape/ Topics: Gardening, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jul 8, 2009 Geology By Lightplane
A collection of over three hundred aerial photos displaying geological features taken above Minnesota, Illinois, Idaho, Kentucky, Michigan, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. From a geology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~maher/air.html Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 21, 2004 Ghost Town Gallery
A couple who have visited ghost towns across six western states have posted hundreds of photographs online. The photos include Bodie, California; Virginia City, Nevada; Clarkdale, Arizona; and Silver City, Utah, along with towns in Montana, Idaho, and Colorado. Dozens of towns in each state are listed and there's a collection of links to more information on each town. Users can send an electronic postcard with an image from the gallery. The photos are copyrighted, and give an incredible impression of each unique place. http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Aug 13, 2002 History of the American West, 1860-1920
"Over 30,000 photographs, drawn from the holdings of the ... Denver Public Library ... illustrate Colorado towns and landscape, document the place of mining in the history of Colorado and the West, and show the lives of Native Americans." The site features special presentations on Native American women, Denver, and World War II troops, as well as thousands of photos browsable by photographer, place, or topic. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/hawphome.html Topics: Geology, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated May 18, 2004 The Hoover Dam: Lonely Lands Made Fruitful
The construction of the dam is presented in the context of the Great Depression, its enormity a metaphor for strength and modernity in a time of hardship. The site has social commentary about the creation of Boulder City, maps and plans, Franklin D. Roosevelt's dedication speech, and photographs taken throughout the project, including several of the Colorado River diversion process. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA98/haven/hoover/front2.html Topics: Architecture, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Presidents by Name, Technology, U.S. History By Place Last updated Feb 21, 2006 Hops Variety Research Project in Western Colorado
Information about a test performed in 2002 and 2003 to research varieties of hops, the plant used in beer brewing. Features many photos (including images of trellises and of sheep grazing), reports on the tests, and related information. From a farm that performed the tests as part of a grant through Colorado State University. http://www.dsrtweyr.com/hops/hopsindex.php Topics: Agriculture, Beverages, Crops, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Plants by Name Last updated Apr 6, 2005 Las Vegas and Water in the West
This site provides access to hundreds of photographs relating to the history of water in Las Vegas. The site features a large sample of images concerning the planning and construction of Hoover Dam. Searchable, or browsable by topic such as Black Canyon, Colorado River, and tunnels. From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries. http://digital.library.unlv.edu/water/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, Water Last updated May 23, 2008 Longmont Dairy Farm: Kids
Games, puzzles, jokes, cow photos, and other dairy-related activities for children. Features a photo tour of a dairy farm and processing plant, recipes, and coloring pages. From a Longmont, Colorado, dairy farm. http://www.longmontdairy.com/kids.htm Topics: Agriculture, Beverages, Fish, Meat, & Dairy, Livestock, Mysteries and More, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Feb 2, 2005 The Photography Collection
A searchable collection of photographs of the American West, primarily Colorado, that provides access to images of a portion of the over one million item collection. Over 100,000 "images of North American Indians, pioneers, railroads, mining, Denver and Colorado towns. ... Notable collections depict the daily lives of the Tenth Mountain Division ski troops and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show." From the collections of the Denver Public Library and the Colorado Historical Society. http://photoswest.org/ Topics: Geology, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 13, 2005 Surveyors of the American West
This New York Public Library virtual exhibit highlights America's westward expansion through the photographs and searchable notes of photographer William Henry Jackson and of civil/mining engineer Robert Brewster Stanton. Three months of Jackson's diary entries made during the summer of 1869 along with many large format images and stereoscopic views are on display. Four volumes of Stanton's notes and selected photographs taken during two expeditions surveying the canyons along the Colorado River from 1889 to 1890 are also featured. http://digital.nypl.org/surveyors/ Topics: Geography, Geology, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology, United States History Last updated Aug 24, 2004 Traders: Voices from the Trading Post
With funding from the now-disbanded United Indian Traders Association (UITA), the University of Northern Arizona's library is conducting oral history interviews with over fifty Indian traders of the southwest United States. More than just a collection of interviews, this site also contains photographic slide shows of traders and trading posts from 1860-1999. Additionally, the site contains interview excerpts about livestock, weaving, jewelry, pinon nuts, medicine men, and pawn. Focus is primarily on the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni reservations of Arizona, New Mexico, and southern Utah and Colorado. A fascinating and historically important project. http://www.nau.edu/library/speccoll/exhibits/traders/ Topics: Native Americans, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Mar 16, 2006 War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945
A searchable and browsable collection of over 7,000 photographs and 300 Kodachrome slides taken by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) during World War II, documenting the internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans evacuated from California, Oregon, and Washington state. Also includes images of pre-evacuation and resettlement. Includes hundreds of photographs by Dorothea Lange. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf596nb4h0 Topics: History, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History, World War II Last updated Jul 3, 2006 Western Waters Digital Library (WWDL)
"A collaborative regional project created by twelve university libraries in eight western states," containing "government reports, classic water literature, legal transcripts, water project records, personal papers, photographic collections, and video materials about the Columbia, Colorado, Platte, and Rio Grande river basins." A project of the Greater Western Library Alliance. http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Water Last updated Aug 7, 2007 |
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