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Keota, CO

and James A. Michener's Centennial

 
Images from The Collections of
The City of Greeley Museums, Greeley, CO
Website created and hosted by
The James A. Michener Special Collection, University of Northern Colorado
Scope Note:
 
The images in these exhibits are from the collections of the City of Greeley Museums, Greeley, Colorado and have been chosen because they relate to the town of Keota, Colorado and are a part of the historical background for the setting of James A. Michener's novel, Centennial.    
 
The material from the City of Greeley Museums comes from a number of photographers and collectors including: Hazel E. Johnson, Flo Hinz, G. N. Allen, Skeets Calvin, Catherine Devereux, Orville Smith, and Robert E. Hanna.  It includes both color and black & white prints, as well as color and black & white negatives and transparencies. In addition, materials from the City of Greeley Museums in other formats have been used, including black & white and color printed material, handwritten and other manuscript material, and drawings.  Images might appear in more than one exhibit.
 
Of special assistance in this project has been Peggy Ford, Research Director of the City of Greeley Museums.
 

Keota, CO:  The Town

1 New Year's card
2 New Year's card – adjusted for b&w
3 Panorama of Keota, CO #1 – 4 panels
4 Panorama of Keota, CO #1 – panel 1
5 Panorama of Keota, CO #1 – panel 2
6 Panorama of Keota, CO #1 – panel 3
7 Panorama of Keota, CO #1 – panel 4
8 Panorama of Keota, CO #2 – 2 panels
9 Panorama of Keota, CO #2 – 2 panels – adjusted for b&w
10 Panorama of Keota, CO #3
11 Panorama of Keota, CO #3 – adjusted for b&w
12 Abandoned hotel in Keota, CO area
13 Abandoned hotel in Keota, CO area – back of photograph
14 Keota, CO coal mine
15 Keota, CO coal mine – back of photograph
16 Haunted house in Keota, CO (1956)
17 Haunted house in Keota, CO (1956) – back of photograph
18 The Lord’s Prayer in hieroglyphics and Spanish, Keota, CO – printer McKeown (1956)
19 Armistice Day parade, Keota, CO (1921)
20 Armistice Day parade, Keota, CO (1921) – back of photograph
21 Armistice Day parade, Keota, CO (1921) – adjusted for b&w
22 Armistice Day parade, Keota, CO (1921) – back of photograph – adjusted for b&w
23 Armistice Day parade, Keota, CO (1921) – adjusted for b&w – cropped #1
24 Armistice Day parade, Keota, CO (1921) – adjusted for b&w – cropped #2
25 Haunted House, Keota, CO – printer McKeown
26 Haunted House, Keota, CO – printer McKeown – back of postcard
27 Blank postcard, Wayside Press, Keota, CO
28 "Silent Centennial" Broadside with Keota, CO historical facts
29 "Greetings from Keota, Colorado"
30 "Greetings from Keota, Colorado"

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Keota, CO:  Quilting
1 Oram House, site of quilting workshops, Keota, CO
2 Oram House, displaying "windmill quilt" on front porch, Keota, CO
3 Oram House, displaying "windmill quilt" on front porch, Keota, CO - back
4 Oram House, displaying "windmill quilt" on front porch, Keota, CO - adjusted for b&w
5 Oram House, displaying "windmill quilt" on front porch, Keota, CO - cropped to quilt
6 Oram House, quilt frame filling front room, Keota, CO
7 Oram House, quilt frame filling front room, Keota, CO - back
8 Quilt displayed on abandoned shed, Keota, CO
9 Quilt displayed on abandoned shed, Keota, CO - back
10   Farmers & Merchants Building, quilt exhibition site, Keota, CO
11   Farmers & Merchants Building, quilt exhibition site, Keota, CO - back

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Keota, CO:  Printing and Publishing 
1 Pawnee Buttes postcard
2 Pawnee Buttes postcard – adjusted for b&w
3 Pawnee Buttes postcard – back
4 Pawnee Buttes postcard – back – adjusted for b&w
5 New Year's card
6 New Year's card – adjusted for b&w
7 The Lord’s Prayer in hieroglyphics and Spanish, Keota, CO – printer McKeown (1956)
8 Haunted House, Keota, CO – printer McKeown
9 Haunted House, Keota, CO – printer McKeown – back of photograph
10 Blank postcard, Wayside Press, Keota, CO
11 "Silent Centennial" Broadside with Keota, CO historical facts
12 "Greetings from Keota, Colorado"
13 "Greetings from Keota, Colorado" - back
14 "Greetings from Keota, Colorado"

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Keota, CO:  The Cemetery -- Coming Later

 

Keota, CO:  Interiors -- Coming Later
 

Keota, CO:  Clyde Stanley & Other Individuals -- Coming Later
 
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University of Northern Colorado website
 
For information on the use of material from the exhibition web site or for any other request regarding material from either the James A. Michener Special Collection or the City of Greeley Museums or for information on the Colorado Digitization Program, please, contact the appropriate individual listed below:
 
James A. Michener Special Collection:
          Archival Services
          James A. Michener Special Collection
          University Libraries
          University of Northern Colorado
          Greeley, CO 80639, USA
          (970) 351-3035
City of Greeley Museums:
          Peggy Ford, Research Coordinator
          City of Greeley Museums
          919 7th Street
          Greeley, CO  80631 USA
          (970) 350-9219
Colorado Digitization Project/Program:
          Liz Bishoff, Project Director
          Colorado Digitization Program
          University of Denver, Penrose Library
          2150 East Evans Avenue
          Denver, CO 80208-2007
          (303) 871-2006

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