Pawnee Buttes, CO & Vicinity

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 Pawnee Buttes, CO. 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.

Both Pawnee Buttes
1		Pawnee Buttes, West Butte in foreground: postcard
2		Pawnee Buttes, West Butte in foreground: postcard – adjusted for b&w
3		Pawnee Buttes, West Butte in foreground: postcard – back
4		Pawnee Buttes, West Butte in foreground: postcard – back – adjusted for b&w
5		Pawnee Buttes – Aerial view #1
6		Pawnee Buttes – Aerial view #1 – back
7		Pawnee Buttes with yucca plants in foreground: postcard
8		Pawnee Buttes with yucca plants in foreground: postcard - back
9		Pawnee Buttes with yucca plants in foreground: postcard - adjusted for b&w
10		"Greetings from Keota, Colorado" - Pawnee Buttes drawing by Masa Ashida #1
11		"Greetings from Keota, Colorado" - Pawnee Buttes drawing by Masa Ashida #1 - back
12		"Greetings from Keota, Colorado" - Pawnee Buttes drawing by Masa Ashida #2

East Pawnee Butte
1		East Pawnee Butte #1
2		East Pawnee Butte #1 -- back of photograph
3		East Pawnee Butte #2
4		East Pawnee Butte #2 -- back of photograph
5		East Pawnee Butte, figures in foreground
6		East Pawnee Butte, figures in foreground -- back of photograph
7		East Pawnee Butte #3
8		East Pawnee Butte #3 – back
9		East Pawnee Butte #4
10		East Pawnee Butte #4 – back
11		"East Butte taken from the west"
12		"East Butte taken from the west" - back
13		"East Butte taken from the west" - adjusted for b&w
14		East Pawnee Butte from the base
15		East Pawnee Butte from the base - back
16		East Pawnee Butte from the base - adjusted for b&w
17		On top of East Pawnee Butte chimney
18		On top of East Pawnee Butte chimney - back

West Pawnee Butte
1		West Pawnee Butte – Aerial view
2		West Pawnee Butte – Aerial view #2 – back
3		West Pawnee Butte silhouette at sunset
4		West Pawnee Butte silhouette at sunset – back
5		"West Pawnee Butte taken from the south" with road in foreground
6		"West Pawnee Butte taken from the south" with road in foreground – back
7		"West Pawnee Butte taken from the south" with road in foreground – adjusted for b&w
8		West Pawnee Butte from a distance #1
9		West Pawnee Butte from a distance #1- back
10		West Pawnee Butte from a distance #1- adjusted for b&w
11		West Pawnee Butte from a distance #2
12		West Pawnee Butte from a distance #2 - back
13		West Pawnee Butte from a distance #2 - adjusted for b&w
14		West Pawnee Butte from a distance #3
15		West Pawnee Butte from a distance #3- back
16		West Pawnee Butte from a distance #3 - adjusted for b&w

Pawnee Buttes - other views
1		Pawnee Butte
2		Pawnee Butte – back #63
3		Pawnee Butte from a distance, road in foreground and figures in distance
4		Pawnee Butte from a distance, road in foreground and figures in distance – back
5		Pawnee Butte from a distance, road in foreground and figures in distance – cropped
6		West Pawnee Butte taken from East Pawnee Butte
7		West Pawnee Butte taken from East Pawnee Butte - back
8		West Pawnee Butte taken from East Pawnee Butte - adjusted for b&w

Climbing, Outings, & Research Trips
1		Greeley Geo-“Phalentotogy” Hobby Club, Group Portrait, 1964-65
2		Greeley Geo-“Phalentotogy” Hobby Club, Group Portrait, 1964-65 – back
3		Group Portrait with East Pawnee Butte Behind and Bones of a Bison in front
4		Group Portrait with East Pawnee Butte Behind and Bones of a Bison in front – back
5		On top of East Pawnee Butte chimney
6		On top of East Pawnee Butte chimney - back
7		Rock Hunters in the "Pawnee Buttes Area"
8		Rock Hunters in the "Pawnee Buttes Area" - back
9		Rock Hunters in the "Pawnee Buttes Area" - adjusted for b&w
10		Group Portrait in the "Pawnee Buttes Area"
11		Group Portrait in the "Pawnee Buttes Area" back
12		Group Portrait in the "Pawnee Buttes Area" - adjusted for b&w
13		Woman climbing in the "Pawnee Buttes Area"
14		Woman climbing in the "Pawnee Buttes Area" back
15		Woman climbing in the "Pawnee Buttes Area" - adjusted for b&w

Pawnee Buttes Vicinity
1		"The 3rd pretty butte west of the West Butte"
2		"The 3rd pretty butte west of the West Butte" - back
3		"The 3rd pretty butte west of the West Butte" - adjusted for b&w
4		"Pawnee Buttes Area"
5		"Pawnee Buttes Area" - back
6		"Pawnee Buttes Area" - adjusted for b&w

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Greeley, CO 80639, USA

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Peggy Ford, Research Coordinator

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919 7th Street

Greeley, CO 80631, USA