These images are in the photograph collection of the Rocky Mountain National Park Library and have been digitized for this exhibit with the ROMO Library's permission. The descriptive information on this page was transcribed from the captions which are attached to the images in the ROMO collection. The authors of this site are working to verify and supplement that information.
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Dynamite. Placing boxes. Fall River Road.
(romo0002)
Dynamite. Blasting snow.
Fall River Road.
Date of original: October 14, 1924.
(romo0003)
Snow. Digging out automobile. Fall River Road near Chiquita Creek.
Photographer: George Washington travis.
Date of original: mid 20's.
(romo0004)
Snow. removal.
Fall River Road,
Photographer: George Washington travis.
Date of original: mid 20's.
(romo0005)
Snow. Snowbanks. Fall River Road near pass.
Photographer: Joe Mills.
Date of original: June 13, 1923.
(romo0006)
Snow. Big Drift. Fall River Road.
Photographer: Joe Mills.
Date of original: June 13, 1923.
(romo0007)
Snow. Hand shovel. Fall River Pass.
Date of original: June 18, 1924.
(romo0008)
Snow. Big Drift. Fall River Pass.
Date of original: June 18, 1924.
(romo0009)
Snow. An 8' cut on west side near timber line.
Fall River Pass; old.
Date of original: June 13, 1925.
(romo0010
Plowing Fall River Road.
Photographer: Francis
Date of original: June 16, 1924.
(romo0011)
Road crew and snow removal equipment at Fall River Pass.
(romo0012)
Bus with two teams breaking through after shoveling. Fall River Pass.
Photographer: Roger W. Toll.
Date of original: June 19, 1928.
(romo0013)
Fall River Pass. OPening Road by hand.
Date of original: June 18, 1924.
(romo0014)
Two snowbound vehicles being shoveled out. Fall River Pass.
Date of original: September 9, 1929.
(romo0015)
SnowGO and bulldozer at work below Fall River Pass.
Date of original: May 12, 1954.
(romo0016)
Snow. Crew and steamshovel. Fall River Road.
Photographer: George Washington Travis.
Date of original: mid-1920's.
(romo0017)
Snow. Steam shovel almost buried in snow. Fall River Road.
Photographer: George Washington Travis.
Date of original: mid-1920's.
(romo0018)
Snow. Steam shovel working on Big Drift.
Old Fall River Road.
Date of original: 1925.
(romo0019)
Snow. Showing cut that had been completely dug out. Refilled by snow of June 7. Fall River Pass.
Photographer: Tom Allen.
Date of original: June 9, 1925.
(romo0020)
Snow. Difficulty in dumping steam shovel dipper. Fall River Pass.
Date of original: June, 1925.
(romo0021)
Cut made by shovel. Team coming through. Fall River Road.
Photographer: Roger W. Toll.
Date of original: June 13, 1925.
(romo0022)
Snow cut. Fall River Pass.
Date of original: ca. 1925.
(romo0023)
First bus being hauled through drift. (18' snow cut). Fall River Road.
Date of original: june 20, 1923.
(romo0024)
A Blast. Fall River Road.
Photographer: F.T. Francis.
Date of original: 1924.
(romo0025)
Snowslide on Fall River Road,
Photographer: F.T. Francis.
Date of original: May 15, 1926.
(romo0026)
Shoveling through the "fan" snowslide after blasting. Old Fall River Road.
Date of original: May 7, 1926.
(romo0027)
Post-hole auger used in 20 feet of snow for dynamite. Old Fall River Road.
Photographer: Moomaw.
Date of original: May 7, 1926.
(romo0028)
SnoGo at work. Fall River Road.
Photographer: John McLaughlin.
Date of original: April 16, 1931.
(romo0029)
Snow cut 19.8'. Measuring drift. Fall River Pass drift.
Photographer: F.P. Clatworthy.
Date of original: June 14, 1927.
(romo0030)
Charles O. Thomas (left) and Bob/Bill (?) Parton (right). Fall River Road.
Date of original: June 19, 1928.
(romo0031)
Snow
removal. Fall River Pass.
Date of original: after 1933.
(romo0032)
Road
crew and truck clearing snow. Fall River Road. Casey Rockwell with hat.
Date of original: 1929.
(romo0033)
Snow. Steam shovel. Fall River Road.
Photographer: George Washington Travis.
Date of original: mid 1920's.
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Snow, Hand-shovel. Fall River Pass.
Photographer: George Washington Travis.
Date of original: June 18, 1924