Rare early 1800s cabinet card photo by W H Jackson. Ouray Colo . Burros carrying timber for the mines. I have never seen this image before and you will not find another.
You can see the newspaper Ouray Plaindealer in photo.
At the height of the mining, Ouray had more than 30 active mines. After changing its name together with the county's name several times, the town was incorporated on October 2, 1876, named after Chief Ouray of the Utes, a Native American tribe. Photographer / Publisher: William
Henry Jackson (renowned 19th-century
American painter, civil war veteran, and explorer-photographer famous for his images of the American West).
Related Items:

1880s William Henry Jackson, Ouray Colorado Cabinet Card. Famous Mining Town

$526.00

---

1880s William Shakespeare Litho Libby, McNeill & Libby Canned Meats Trade Card 3

$39.32

---

Antique Victorian Trade Card Ivorine Soap J.B. Williams Co CT Child Litho 1880s

$14.93

---

---