Three Albumen Photos Silver Mining Town Garfield, CO Destroyed by Fire 1880s

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Three Albumen Photos Silver Mining Town Garfield, CO Destroyed by Fire 1880s:
$1250.00

Unknown Three Albumen Photos Silver Mining Town Garfield, CO Destroyed by Fire 1880s, 1880s Albumen prints (3)
Each 5 x 9 1/2 inches overall; With manuscript captions. A trio of boudoir-card sized albumen photographs showing the town of Garfield, Colorado. Each is captioned underneath the image, and one has additional notations on the back of the mount.
Garfield, Colorado, located in Chaffee County about 17 miles west of Saliada, was originally called Junction City when it was founded in 1880. It was one of the principal mining towns of the Monarch Mining District during the state's silver boom. The same year it was founded, the name was changed to Garfield and it was described as one of the busiest towns in the district. However, in 1883 a devastating fire began at the Farrell Saloon, which housed a large cache of dynamite. The blaze destroyed the entire business district. Though it was eventually rebuilt, it is a ghost town today.
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