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Historic Victor, Colorado
City of Gold MInes
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This Old Victor House--Then & Now
Photo Gallery of Historic Gold Mines
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Stratton's Independence Mine
Restoring the Historic Headframe of Stratton's Independence Mine
Gold Coin Mine--Part of the Woods Empire
Vindicator Mine
Photos From 1903-04 Labor Strike in Cripple Creek & Victor Mining District.
Step Back in Time with Glimpses of Historical Photos Featuring Victor, Colorado & the Surrounding Mining District
Oral History
Tragedies When I Was Growing Up In Victor by Charles Spray (AKA Jeep Hack).
Memories of James Garth Payne & How He Came to Letter Names on the Original WWII Roll of Honor in Victor and Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Winters in Victor, Colorado during the 1940's & 50's by Charles Spray (AKA Jeep Hack)
Biking & Hockey in Victor, Colorado -- The Passions of Brian Hayes
Sports in Victor, Colorado & Memories of the 1949 Pikes Peak Junior High Basketball Tournament
Abbott Family Memories Made in Victor, Colorado: The House & Antiques Shop -- by Debbie Abbott.
Abbott Family Memories Made in Victor, Colorado: Digging At the Dump -- by Steve Abbott.
Abbott Family Memories Made in Victor, Colorado: Mom & Her Victor Friends -- by Dave Abbott.
A History of VICTOR, COLORADO--THE CITY OF MINES, compiled and published in 1933 by S. E. Poet, Superintendent of Public Schools at Victor.
Carl Roy's Oral History Videos -- Life in Victor, Colorado
The Miner’s Photograph: A Pathway to the Past by Steven Wade Veatch.
Recollections of My Life in Victor, Colorado during the Depression, WWII, & After By Charles Norman Spray (AKA Jeep Hack)
Memories of Washington Elementary--My First School in Victor, Colorado by Charles Spray (AKA Jeep Hack).
Adventures at the Beaver Valley Ranch While Growing up in Victor, Colorado by Charles Spray (AKA Jeep Hack).
Memories of the Ina & Henry Cleveland Hack Family by Charles Norman Spray (AKA Jeep Hack).
The Lighter Side of a Visit to Hack's Victor Barber Shop by Charles Norman Spray (AKA Jeep Hack).
Memories of Margaret & Henry C. "June" Hack, Jr. by Charles Norman Spray (AKA Jeep Hack).
Memorabilia from Cripple Creek & Victor High School Bands Directed by Ernest T. Sly from 1939 to 1950.
A Day in the Cresson Mine by Charles Spray (AKA Jeep Hack).
Firewood For Victor, Colorado by Charles Norman Spray (AKA Jeep Hack).
Memories of My Grandfather, John Reed Gardner (1864-1951)--Gardner Mercantile Owner, Bank President, Insurance Company Executive. By John Reed Gardner, II (grandson).
Tarie Huber Oral History Videos -- Life in Victor, Colorado
1896 Shooting Affray at Union Theater in Victor, Colorado.
Memories of Mrs. Katy Bemore, resident of Independence when the deport was blown up in 1904.
Working Underground in the Cripple Creek & Victor Mining District, 1972 to 1979: How I Got the Shaft, the Gas, and the Broken Steel by Randall Stewart.
INSTALLMENT #1. Seven Generations In Victor, Colorado and The Mining District—The Way It Was as Recalled by Eleanor Musser Baker.
INSTALLMENT #2. Seven Generations In Victor, Colorado and The Mining District—The Way It Was as Recalled by Eleanor Musser Baker.
INSTALLMENT #3. Seven Generations In Victor, Colorado and The Mining District—The Way It Was as Recalled by Eleanor Musser Baker.
Memories of Edward Franklin Page: Watchman at the Stratton Mines and Subsequently a Mine Manager, Farmer, Retail Businessman, & Banker.
Tom Schryver's Memories of Growing Up in Victor, Colorado and His Parents--Mayme & Charles "Bumps" Chapman.
McCormick Family Connections to Victor, Colorado (1893-2014) by Mary Ann McCormick Hamm.
Paying the Piper by Gertrude Moore McGowan.
Gold Camp Celebration--Fourth of July in Victor, Early 1900's by Gertrude Moore McGowan.
Memories of Lulu Ella Manson & Harry Gordon Moore by Gertrude Moore McGowan
Memories of Fannie & Alfred Osborn by Marge Breth
Memories of Cripple Creek & Victor, 1945-62, by Mary Alice Orazen
The Story of Axel Olson & His Golden Girl, Betzi Johnson, by Shirley Beach.
Memories of Mr. and Mrs. Axel Olson by KC Garver
Victor Recollections--Mountain Doctor, Small Town Cop, Gus's Sporting Goods, & Little Toy Pocket Knife by Floyd Frank
Memories of Lowell Thomas--Victor"s Most Famous Former Resident
Memories of the Gold Rush Era in Victor by Edgar McGowan
A Day In the Life of a Miner by Chuck Clark
Underground Mining Experiences at the Cresson and Ajax by Myron House
Hynes Brothers "Clean Ice" for Victor, Colorado--Memories of Mary Ellen Hynes Chetelat.
Marguerite Clark--One of Victor's Angels by Chuck Clark
Charlie Clark & the Quality Cash Market by Chuck Clark
Pop Sly -- Ernest T. Sly, The Band Man by Chuck Clark
Mr. Mortenson--The Victor Shoemaker by Chuck Clark
Heninger Family Memories of Victor, Portland Junction, & Independence: 1909-1916, by Virginia & Edgar Heninger
Reflections on Goldfield by Carol Roberts
Growing Up In Victor in the 1930's by Bob Penman
Victor's Welcome to Vice-President Roosevelt
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Booklet: Guidelines for Preserving Victor's Architectural Heritage.
Photo Gallery: Collection of Victor Residential Gems.
Photo Gallery: Victor Businesses Operating in Historic Structures.
Photo Gallery: Historic Victor Homes & Buildings--Then & Now.
Photo Galleries: History & Photos of Underground Gold Mines Near Victor.
Stratton's Independence Mine.
Restoring the Historic Headframe of Stratton's Independence Mine.
Gold Coin Mine--Part of the Woods Family Empire.
Vindicator Mine.
Photo Gallery: Photos from 1903-04 Labor Strike in the Cripple Creek & Victor Mining District.
Photographic memorabilia collected by the Madonna & Ellis Families.
Video: Step Back in Time With Glimpses of Over 100 Historical Photos of Victor & the Mining District.
Video of Power Point Presentation by La Jean Greeson (September 15, 2018).